2015 -- H 5982

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO TAXATION - LOCAL TAXES

     

     Introduced By: Representative Scott Slater

     Date Introduced: March 26, 2015

     Referred To: House Municipal Government

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 44-5-12.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 44-5 entitled "Levy and

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Assessment of Local Taxes" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     44-5-12.1. Assessment of tangible personal property. -- (a) All tangible personal

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property subject to taxation shall be assessed for taxation based on the original purchase price

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(new or used) including all costs such as freight and installation. Assets will be classified and

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depreciated as defined in this section. (b) The following classification and depreciation table

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shall be used in determining the assessed value of tangible personal property.

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State of Rhode Island Property Tangible Property Classification

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Class I Class II Class III

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      Class of Assets Short Life Mid-Life Long Life

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Age 1-5 yrs 6-12 13+ yrs

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1 95 95 95

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2 80 90 90

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3 60 80 85

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4 30 70 80

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5 20 60 75

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6 20 50 70

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7 20 40 65

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8 20 30 60

 

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9 20 30 55

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10 20 30 50

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11 20 30 45

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12 20 30 40

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13 20 30 35

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14 20 30 30

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15+ 20 30 30

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Assets Shall Not be Trended

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      (c) Assets shall be classified on an annual basis by the Rhode Island Association of

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Assessing Officers' Personal Property Committee based on the following table:

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     INDUSTRY GROUP IN YEARS CLASS

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     Aerospace industry II

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     Agriculture machinery and equipment II

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     cotton ginning II

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     Aircraft and all helicopters II

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     Amusement and theme parks II

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     Apparel and fabricated textile manufacturing II

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     Automobile repair shops II

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     Bakeries and confectionery production II

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     Barber and beauty shops II

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     Billboards II III

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     Brewery equipment (if not used directly in manufacturing) II

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     Cable television, headend facilities II

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     microwave systems II

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     program origination II

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     service and test II

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     subscriber connection and distribution II

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     Cable television: All equipment including set top boxes,

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     remotes, and other related equipment II

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     Aerial, underground, and drops (Including MDUS) III

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     Canneries and frozen food production II

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     Cement manufacture processing III

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     Chemical and allied production II

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     Clay products manufacturing III

 

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     Clocks and watches, manufacturing II

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     electronic instrumentation I

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     Cold storage and ice-making equipment III

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     Cold storage warehouse equipment II

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     Computers, personal computers (PC), laptops, tablets, cell phones,

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     mainframe/servers, peripherals, keyboard, mouse, etc. I

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     Mainframe I/II

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     peripherals I

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     Condiments, manufacturing and processing II

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     Construction equipment, general construction II

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     Backhoes, forklifts, loaders, cranes, unregistered vehicles etc. II

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     Dairy products manufacturing processing II

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     Data handling equipment, except computers II

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     Ex. Printers, copiers, bridges, routers, and gateways II

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     Distilling II

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     Electrical equipment not used in manufacturing II

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     Electronic companies, steam production III

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     other production, combined cycle III

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     gas turbines III

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     nuclear production III

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     transmission III

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     distribution III

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     Electronic equipment manufacturing I

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     Fabricated metal products special tools II

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     special tools I

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     Fishing equipment, excluding boats, and barges lines and nets, etc I

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     Food and beverage production II

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     special handling devices I

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     Fur processing II

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     Gas distribution, total distribution equipment III

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     Optional - for equipment by category:

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     mains and services, plastic III

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     mains and services, steel III

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     meters, regulators, installations III

 

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     other distribution equipment III

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     Glass and glass products, special tools II

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     special tools I

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     Grain and grain mill products manufacture processing III

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     Gypsum products III

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     Hand tools I II

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     Hospital furnishings and equipment II

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     Hotel and motel furnishings and equipment II

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     Jewelry products and pens II

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     Knitwear and knit products, ex. work uniforms I

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     Laundry equipment II

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     Leather and leather products II

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     Logging, timber cutting I/II

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     Machinery manufacturing, except, as otherwise listed II

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     Marine construction II

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     Meatpacking II

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     Medical and dental supply production II

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     Metalworking machinery manufacturing II

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     Mining and quarrying II

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     Motion picture and television production II

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     Motor vehicle and parts manufacturing special tools II

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     special tools I

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     Office furniture and equipment II

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     Optical lenses and instrument manufacturing processing II

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     Paints and varnishes I

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     Paper and pulp manufacturing II

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     converted paper, paperboard and pump II

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     Petroleum and natural gas, drilling, onshore II

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     drilling, offshore II

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     exploration and production II

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     petroleum refining III

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     pipeline transportation III

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     Plastics manufacturing I/II

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     Plastic products manufacturing processing/special tools II

 

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     special tools I

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     Primary metals production, nonferrous and foundry products III

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     special tools I

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     Primary steel mill products III

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     Printing and publishing II

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     Professional and scientific instruments II

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     Radio and television, broadcasting I/II

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     Railroad transportation equipment manufacturing II

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     locomotive manufacturing II

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     Recreation and amusement II

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     Retail trades, fixtures and equipment II

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     Residential furniture II

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     Restaurant and bar equipment II

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     Restaurant equipment, fast foods II

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     Rubber products manufacturing processing/special tools II

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     special tools I

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     Sawmills, permanent, portable II

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     portable I

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     Service establishments II

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     Ship and boat building machinery and equipment/special tools II

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     special tools I

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     Soft drink manufacture and bottling II

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     Steam production and distribution III

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     Stone products manufacturing processing III

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     Sugar and sugar products manufacturing III

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     Telecommunications, local exchange and Interstate II

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     Analog/digital switching I/II

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     digital switching I/II

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     circuit, digital analog optic I/II

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     circuit, analog II

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     circuit, optic I/II

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     other central office equipment I/II

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     information/origination equipment I/II

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     smart phones I

 

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     metallic cable II

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     fiber cable poles, conduit III

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     poles III

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      conduit III

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     Telecommunications, interstate interexchange

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     analog switching I/II

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     digital switching I/II

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     metallic cable II

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     fiber cable III

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     poles III

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     conduit III

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     all other equipment I/II

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     Telecommunications, cellular

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     analog/digital switching I/II

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     digital switching I/II

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     radio frequency channel and control I/II

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      power equipment II

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     antennae II

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     towers III

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     transmission equipment I/II

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     cellular phones I

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     Textile products, including finishing and dyeing II

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     manufacture of nonwoven fabrics II

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     manufacture of yarn, thread and woven fabrics II

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     manufacture of textured yarns II

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     Theater equipment II

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     Tobacco and tobacco products III

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     Vegetable oil products III

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     Utilities/Power production III

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     Generation, transmission, or distribution equipment III

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     Waste reduction and resource recovery II

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     Water transportation III

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     vessels, barges and tugs III

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     Water utilities III

 

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     Wharves, docks and piers III

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     Wholesale trade fixtures and equipment II

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     Wood products and furniture manufacturing II

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     Any industry group or asset not listed above, will be classified as Class II.

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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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A N   A C T

RELATING TO TAXATION - LOCAL TAXES

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     This act would make changes in the classification of taxable property for local taxation

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purposes.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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