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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - STATE AID | |
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Introduced By: Senator Louis P. DiPalma | |
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Date Introduced: January 24, 2013 | |
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Referred To: Senate Finance | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Section 45-13-5.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 45-13 entitled "State |
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Aid" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
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45-13-5.1. General assembly appropriations in lieu of property tax from certain |
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exempt private and state properties. -- (a) In lieu of the amount of local real property tax on |
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real property owned by any private nonprofit institution of higher education, or any nonprofit |
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hospital facility, or any state owned and operated hospital, veterans' residential facility, or |
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correctional facility occupied by more than one hundred (100) residents or any active military |
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installation which may have been or will be exempted from taxation by applicable state law, |
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exclusive of any facility operated by |
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its subdivisions, the general assembly shall annually appropriate for payment to the several cities |
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and towns in which the property lies a sum equal to twenty-seven percent (27%) of all tax that |
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would have been collected had the property been taxable. |
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(b) As used in this section, "private nonprofit institution of higher education" means any |
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institution engaged primarily in education beyond the high school level, the property of which is |
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exempt from property tax under any of the subdivisions, and "nonprofit hospital facility" means |
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any nonprofit hospital licensed by the state and which is used for the purpose of general medical, |
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surgical, or psychiatric care and treatment. |
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(c) The grant payable to any municipality under the provision of this section shall be |
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equal to twenty-seven percent (27%) of the property taxes which, except for any exemption to |
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any institution of higher education or general hospital facility, would have been paid with respect |
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to that exempt real property on the assessment list in the municipality for the assessment date of |
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December 31, 1986 and with respect to such exempt real property appearing on an assessment list |
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in the municipality on succeeding assessment dates. Provided however that the grant paid for the |
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fiscal year ending June 30, 2008 shall be based upon the assessment list in the municipality as of |
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December 31, 2004. |
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(d) The state budget offices shall include the amount of the annual grant in the state |
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budget for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1988 and each fiscal year thereafter. The amount of |
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the annual grant payable to each municipality in any year in accordance with this section shall be |
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reduced proportionately in the event that the total of the annual grants in any year exceeds the |
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amount appropriated that year for the purposes of this section. |
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(e) Distribution of appropriations shall be made by the state on or before July 31 of 1988 |
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and each July 31 thereafter, and the payments may be counted as a receivable by any city or town |
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for a fiscal year ending the preceding June 30. |
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(f) Any act or omission by the state with respect to this chapter shall in no way diminish |
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the duty of any town or municipality to provide public safety or other ordinary services to the |
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properties or facilities of the type listed in subsection (a). |
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(g) Provided, that payments authorized pursuant to this section shall be reduced pro rata, |
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for that period of time that the municipality suspends or reduces essential services to eligible |
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facilities. For the purposes of this section "essential services" include, but are not to be limited to, |
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police, fire and rescue. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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This act would allow cities and towns to receive state aid in lieu of taxes not paid by |
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federal government facilities located in their jurisdictions. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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