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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012

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A N A C T

RELATING TO THE CUMBERLAND HILL FIRE DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF

CUMBERLAND

     Introduced By: Representative Rene R. Menard

     Date Introduced: February 09, 2012

     Referred To: House Municipal Government

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 5 of an act approved January 27, 1931, entitled “An Act to

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Incorporate the Cumberland Hill Fire District in the Town of Cumberland,” as amended is hereby

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further amended to read as follows:

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     Sec. 5. Power to tax, assess, collect. – Said members at any of their legal meetings shall

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have power to order such taxes, and provide for assessing and collecting the same, on the taxable

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inhabitants and property in said district as they shall deem necessary for the operation and

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administration of said fire district. Such taxes so ordered shall be assessed by the assessors of said

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district on the taxable inhabitants and property therein according to the last valuation made by the

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assessors of the town next previous to said assessment; and in the assessing and collecting of said

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taxes such proceedings shall be had by the officers of said district, as near as may be, as are

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required to be had by the corresponding officers of towns in this state in assessing and collecting

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town taxes; and the collector of taxes for said district shall for the purpose of collecting taxes

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assessed for said district have the same powers and authorities as are now by law conferred upon

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collectors of taxes for towns in this state. Said district may provide for such deduction from the

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tax assessed against any person if paid by an appointed time, or for such penalty by way of

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percentage on the tax if not paid at an appointed time, as they shall deem necessary to insure

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punctual payment.

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     The assessed valuation of property subject to taxation shall be classified as follows:

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     (1) Class One: Residential property;

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     (2) Class Two: Commercial property;

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     (3) Class Three: Industrial property; or

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     (4) Class Four: Tangible/personal property.

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     The assessor, subject to elector approval, shall determine the percentage of the tax levy to

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be apportioned each class of property, and shall establish a tax rate which shall reflect this

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apportionment as to each class.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N A C T

RELATING TO THE CUMBERLAND HILL FIRE DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF

CUMBERLAND

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     This act would authorize the Cumberland Hill Fire District to employ four types of

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classes of property classification for taxation: residential, commercial, industrial, and

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tangible/personal property.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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