Rhode Island General Laws Title 45. Towns and Cities § 45-52-2. Authority

(a) The electors of the district may at any meeting adopt and ordain bylaws as they deem necessary and proper for the purposes of this chapter and not repugnant to it and not inconsistent with any other law.

(b) The district is authorized to raise money by tax on the real property within the district: for the purchase of land and erection of buildings for use by the district; for the payment of the personnel employed to protect and maintain property owned by the district; and for the purchase, installation, improvements, and maintenance of roads, right of ways, watersheds, water systems, wells, pumping stations, piping, storage facilities, green space, and beaches within the district.