Section 45-37-90.02 Legislative Findings.

(a) The Legislature has found and determined that in any county having a population of 500,000 or more the following conditions exist: (1) That there is a great metropolitan area extending over a substantial portion of the territory lying within the boundaries of the county. (2) That in the county there is a large number of municipalities, with the municipalities being contiguous to each other in many instances. (3) That it is to the interest of the citizens of the county that there be established at the county seat a civic center. (4) That such civic center, though located in one municipality, shall be a great cultural asset and constitute a great civic betterment for all people of the county, which shall be to the interest of all of the people of the county. (5) That it is desirable that there be established to operate, control, and manage the civic center the public corporation created by this part, vested with the powers conferred on the corporation by this part. (b) The Legislature declares that it is the purpose of this part to facilitate, in the manner hereinafter prescribed, the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a civic center in the county and to provide for the operation and management of such civic center by the public corporation created by this part.