Title 39
Public Utilities and Carriers

Chapter 16
Kent County Water District

R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-16-14

§ 39-16-14. Payments in lieu of taxes.

The authority shall pay annually, having first made provision for the payment of principal and interest on any bonds outstanding and any other charges payable from revenues due in such year as may be provided in the resolution or resolutions authorizing any bonds, in lieu of any property tax, as a charge upon its earnings or revenues, to each city, town, or district, a sum equal in amount to any property tax levied on any property by or on behalf of the city, town, or district during the year next preceding the acquisition of such property by the authority. The authority shall have no power to levy or collect ad valorem property taxes.

History of Section.
P.L. 1946, ch. 1740, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 39-16-14.