2019 -- S 0060 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CENTRAL FALLS | |
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Introduced By: Senator Elizabeth A. Crowley | |
Date Introduced: January 16, 2019 | |
Referred To: Senate Finance | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Unless otherwise amended by this act, the terms, conditions, provisions and |
2 | definitions of Chapter 241 of the Public Laws of 2012 are hereby incorporated by reference and |
3 | shall remain in full force and effect. |
4 | SECTION 2. Section 6 of Article 22 of Chapter 241 of the Public Laws of 2012, as |
5 | amended, entitled "An Act Relating to Central Falls", is hereby amended to read as follows: |
6 | Sec. 6. Under Rhode Island general laws section 45-9-1 et seq. a municipality subject to |
7 | the jurisdiction of a fiscal overseer, budget commission or receiver is responsible for payment of |
8 | expenses and costs incurred carrying out the responsibilities of the fiscal overseer, budget |
9 | commission and/or receiver. During fiscal 2011, the State incurred and paid on behalf of the City |
10 | of Central Falls expenses totaling $ 1,073,131. On or about September 15, 2011, the State billed |
11 | the City of Central Falls for said $1,073,131 expenses, for which the City of Central Falls is |
12 | responsible under section 45-9-1 et seq., and which continue to be incurred and paid for by the |
13 | State on behalf of the city. The State intends to bill the City of Central Falls for those expenses. |
14 | Notwithstanding the provisions of ยง 45-9-1 et seq., the state shall not bill the City of Central Falls |
15 | for any expenses related to the drafting of and statewide defense of the constitutionally of the |
16 | fiscal stability act, any expenses related to the state-controlled Central Falls school district |
17 | brought in the bankruptcy proceeding, any expenses related to the failed attempt to collect the |
18 | fees and expenses incurred in the Moreau v. Flanders litigation, or any expenses incurred after |
19 | the termination of the receivership on April 15, 2013. As of January 1, 2018, the City of Central |
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1 | Falls has repaid the state a total of two million, four hundred thousand dollars ($2,400,000) in |
2 | addition to paying six hundred twenty thousand, eight hundred fifty-six dollars ($620,856) in the |
3 | city budget for state oversight, for a total of three million, twenty thousand, eight hundred fifty- |
4 | six dollars ($3,020,856) in receivership expenses. This amount shall be the total amount owed |
5 | and paid by the City of Central Falls for receivership expenses and the state shall declare, in |
6 | writing, that no further debt is owed. Recognizing that the City of Central Falls does not currently |
7 | have the financial ability to reimburse the State in full for said expenses and may need additional |
8 | time to reimburse the State for expenses reflected in future bills submitted by the State for such |
9 | expenses, the City of Central Falls shall have up to June 30, 2021 to reimburse the State for all |
10 | such expenses paid by the State and billed to the city. |
11 | SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CENTRAL FALLS | |
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1 | This act would amend the public laws to establish that the City of Central Falls has paid |
2 | back the state $3,020,856 and would relieve the City of Central Falls from further reimbursing the |
3 | state for expenses incurred in drafting the statewide defense of the fiscal stability act, any |
4 | expenses related to the state-controlled Central Falls school district bankruptcy proceeding, |
5 | expenses incurred in Moreau v. Flanders, or any expenses incurred after termination of the |
6 | receivership. |
7 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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