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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013

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A N A C T

IN AMENDMENT OF AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE RHODE

ISLAND SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS," PASSED AT

THE MAY SESSION, 1870, AS AMENDED

     Introduced By: Representatives Shekarchi, Ackerman, Bennett, Costantino, and Lombardi

     Date Introduced: February 14, 2013

     Referred To: House Corporations

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 5 of an act entitled, "An act to incorporate the Rhode Island Society

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for the prevention of Cruelty to Animals," passed at the May session, 1870, as amended by an act

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passed at the January session 1871, and by an act passed at the January session, 1890, and by an

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act passed at the January session, 1968, and by an act passed at the January session, 1984, is

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hereby further amended to read as follows:

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     "Section 5. The Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals is hereby

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authorized to take, hold, transmit and convey real and personal estate to an amount not exceeding

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seven hundred fifty thousand dollars which shall be exempt from taxation so long as said real and

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personal estate shall be devoted to the purposes of said Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of

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Cruelty to Animals.; provided, however, that no real property located in the city of Providence

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shall be exempt from taxation unless the provisions of section 44-3-3 of the Rhode Island general

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laws provide a specific exemption for such property."

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N A C T

IN AMENDMENT OF AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE RHODE

ISLAND SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS," PASSED AT

THE MAY SESSION, 1870, AS AMENDED

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     This act would amend the tax exemption provisions pertaining to the Rhode Island

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Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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