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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION--TOWN OF FOSTER

     

     Introduced By: Representative Michael W. Chippendale

     Date Introduced: January 27, 2017

     Referred To: House Municipal Government

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 44-3 of the General Laws entitled "Property Subject to Taxation" is

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hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

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     44-3-13.14. Foster -- Exemption of elderly and disabled persons.

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     The town council of the town of Foster may, by ordinance, issue a tax credit for real

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property situated in the town of Foster which is owned and occupied by resident owners as

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follows:

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     (1) Any owner of an owner-occupied single family dwelling that has attained the age of

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sixty-seven (67) years, or more, or who is totally disabled and who is a resident of the town of

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Foster, as provided in said ordinance, shall be entitled to a tax credit equal to the lesser of:

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     (i) Five hundred dollars ($500); or

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     (ii) Any increase in the "dollar amount" required to be paid by such owner on the said

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property above the "dollar amount" required to be paid in taxes during the tax assessment next

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following such owner's sixty-seventh birthday, or following the filing of a certificate evidencing

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disability, as provided in said ordinance.

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     (2) Any owner of an owner-occupied single family dwelling that has attained the age of

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seventy-seven (77) years, or more, and who is a resident of the town of Foster, as provided in said

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ordinance, shall be entitled to a tax credit equal to the lesser of:

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     (i) One thousand dollars ($1,000); or

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     (ii) Any increase in the "dollar amount" required to be paid by such owner on the said

 

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property above the "dollar amount" required to be paid in taxes during the tax assessment next

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following such owner's seventy-seventh birthday, as provided in said ordinance.

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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 TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION--TOWN OF FOSTER

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     This act would authorize the town of Foster to provide tax credits to the elderly and

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disabled.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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