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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - RHODE ISLAND HOUSING

RESOURCES ACT OF 1998

     

     Introduced By: Senator Elizabeth A. Crowley

     Date Introduced: February 12, 2015

     Referred To: Senate Finance

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 42-128-10 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-128 entitled "Rhode

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Island Housing Resources Act of 1998" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     42-128-10. Appropriations. – (a) The general assembly shall, in addition to all funds

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generated through § 44-25-1 and deposited into the housing resources commission restricted

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receipt account, annually appropriate any sums it may deem necessary to enable the commission

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to carry out its assigned purposes; and the state controller is authorized and directed to draw his

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or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of any sums appropriated or so much as

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may be from time to time required, upon receipt by him or her of proper vouchers approved by

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the chairperson or the executive director.

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     (b) For fiscal year 2016 and beyond, the general assembly shall appropriate, pursuant to §

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42-128-10(a), an amount equal to at least twelve million five hundred thousand dollars

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($12,500,000) annually in capital financing for affordable housing development or whatever

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amount is deemed necessary to enable the commission to carry out its assigned purposes under

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this chapter.

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     (c) For fiscal year 2016 and beyond, the general assembly shall appropriate, from funds

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not otherwise used in the general fund, an amount equal to at least two million one hundred and

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seventy thousand dollars ($2,170,000) to support the efforts of the housing resources commission.

 

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - RHODE ISLAND HOUSING

RESOURCES ACT OF 1998

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     This act would create two specific appropriations, one of twelve million five hundred

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thousand dollars ($12,500,000), and one of two million one hundred and seventy thousand dollars

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($2,170,000), to be used by the housing resources commission, in addition to the revenue

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generated from the real estate conveyance tax.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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