Rhode Island General Laws Title 32. Parks and Recreational Areas § 32-3-12. Expenses and appropriations for commissions

The members of any town forest and park commission shall serve without compensation. They shall have no authority to spend any money or to contract any indebtedness for or on account of the town, other than such moneys as shall be appropriated and placed at their disposal for the purposes aforesaid, or such indebtedness as they may be especially authorized to incur by the town at some regularly called meeting of the electors thereof who are entitled to vote upon any proposition to impose a tax.