Title 45, Title 45 and Cities

The invalidity of any section or sections or parts of any section or sections shall not affect the validity of the remainder of §§ 45-13-6 — 45-13-11.

The provisions of §§ 45-13-6 — 45-13-10 of this chapter may be excused, avoided or suspended only by law enacted by the affirmative vote of three-fifths (⅗) of the full membership of each house of the general assembly.

(a) There is established a fund to provide state assistance to those Rhode Island cities and towns that have the highest property tax burdens relative to the wealth of taxpayers. (b) Establishment of indices. Four (4) indices of distress shall be established to determine eligibil…

(a) Whenever the director of revenue computes the relative wealth of municipalities for the purpose of distributing state aid in accordance with title 16 and the provisions of § 45-13-12, the director shall base it on the full value of all property except: (1) That exempted from …

For the purposes of this chapter, “tax levy” means the total amount of taxes annually certified by the assessors of taxes of the cities and towns, as shown on the annual reports certified by the assessors to the director of revenue; provided, that whenever a city or town, inciden…

The annual apportionment and payment of any sums during the state’s fiscal year shall be based on the annual tax levy of the respective cities and towns as of December 31st of the calendar year preceding the calendar year in which the current state fiscal year begins.

(a) In lieu of the amount of local real property tax on real property owned by any private nonprofit institution of higher education, the Pokanoket Management Group, a Rhode Island nonprofit corporation, trustee of the Pokanoket Tribe Land Trust, or any nonprofit hospital facilit…

Not later than August first in any year, any town or municipality to which a grant may be payable under the provisions of § 45-13-5.1, shall provide the director of revenue with the assessed valuation of the tax exempt real property which is required for the computation of the gr…

It is the purpose of §§ 45-13-7 — 45-13-10, to control state mandates on towns and cities, to identify and report on all state mandates, and to establish a system for the reimbursement to towns and cities for the cost of state mandates.

“State mandate” means any state initiated statutory or executive action or rule, regulation or policy adopted by a state department or agency or a quasi-public department or agency that requires a local government to establish, expand, or modify its activities in a way as to nece…

(a) The department of revenue in consultation and cooperation with towns and cities shall maintain: (1) An identification of state mandates created by statute since January 1, 1970; (2) Specific identification of all state mandates established since July 1, 1979 which are subject…

(a)(1) The department of revenue shall submit to the budget office by October 1 of each year, a report by each city and town, of the cost of state mandates established after January 1, 1979, to be reimbursed for the next preceding July 1 — June 30 period. (2) The budget office sh…

No mandate shall be enacted or promulgated after July 1, 2006, unless the body enacting or promulgating the same shall first, after public hearing, determine the cost of the proposed mandate to the city, town or school districts of the state. Any rule, regulation or policy adopte…

Whenever it shall be determined by the governor that the postponement of the effective date of rules, regulations or policies of state departments, agencies or quasi-state departments or agencies, shall cause an emergency situation which imperils the public’s safety or public’s h…