ARTICLE 6 SUBSTITUTE
A
RELATING TO
COMMUNITY SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES AND STATE AID
SECTION
1. Section 29-6-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 29-6 entitled "State Aid
to
Libraries" is hereby
amended to read as follows:
29-6-3. Eligibility
requirements – Municipalities. – (a) To qualify for state aid under §
29-6-2, a city or town shall:
(1) Appropriate from
local tax revenues an amount not less than the amount appropriated
the previous year from local tax revenues and expended
for library operating expenses, except in
the fiscal years ending June 30, 2009 and June 30,
2010, during which the amount appropriated
from local tax revenues is not less than eighty
percent (80%) of the amount appropriated from the
previous year from local tax revenues and expended for
library operating systems. The
appropriation would exclude any state funds received
for public library services. Any funds
received from the state shall not be used to supplant
funds from local tax revenues;
(2) In the case of a
city or town having more than one free public library therein, submit
or cause to be submitted to the department of state
office of library and information services a
plan for the allotment or division of the proposed
state aid among the free public libraries in the
city or town. The plan shall be developed by agreement
among the free public libraries of the city
or town;
(3) Submit or cause to
be submitted to the department of state office of library and
information
services evidence that free public libraries in the city or town meet standards
of
service as set forth in regulations to be made by the
director of state library services pursuant to
the provisions of chapter 3.1 of this title or that
the regulations are inappropriate for that library;
(4) Submit or cause to
be submitted a plan describing how the public library or libraries
plan to address one or more of the priorities
established by the department of state office of
library and information services.
(b) The director of the department
of state office of library and information services upon
application and for cause shown may authorize an
annual grant-in-aid under § 29-6-2, or a portion
thereof, to a city or town not fully meeting the
requirements set forth in paragraphs (1) – (3) of
this subsection.
(c) Decisions as to the
eligibility of cities and towns for grants-in-aid under this chapter,
and the amounts of the grants-in-aid, shall be made by
the director of the department of state
office of
library and information services.
(d) The director of the department
of state office of library and information services shall
require a preservation plan from any public library
which receives an appropriation from the state
of Rhode Island which states the preservation needs
and objectives of the library for the coming
fiscal year. The plan shall include, but not be
limited to: condition of materials, assessment of
building and environmental controls, and preservation
measures to be taken.
(e) The director of the department
of state office of library and information services shall
require a disaster preparedness plan from any public
library which receives an appropriation from
the state of
human made disaster. The plan shall be in accordance
with a suggested plan published by the
department office.
The plan shall be submitted no later than January 1, 1993 and shall be updated
yearly.
SECTION 2. Section 42-61.2-7 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-61.2 entitled
“Video
Lottery Terminal” is hereby
amended to read as follows:
42-61.2-7. Division
of revenue. -- (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 42-61-15, the
allocation of net terminal income derived from video
lottery games is as follows:
(1)
For deposit in the general fund and to the state lottery division fund for
administrative purposes: Net terminal income not
otherwise disbursed in accordance with
subdivisions (a)(2) – (a)(6) herein;
(i) Except for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008,
nineteen one hundredths of one
percent (0.19%) up to a maximum of twenty million
dollars ($20,000,000) shall be equally
allocated to the distressed communities as defined in
§ 45-13-12 provided that no eligible
community shall receive more than twenty-five percent
(25%) of that community's currently
enacted municipal budget as its share under this
specific subsection. Distributions made under
this specific subsection are supplemental to all other
distributions made under any portion of
general laws § 45-13-12. For the fiscal year ending
June 30, 2008 distributions by community
shall be identical to the distributions made in the
fiscal year ending June 30, 2007 and shall be
made from general appropriations. For the fiscal year
ending June 30, 2009, the total state
distribution shall be the same total amount
distributed in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008 and
shall be made from general appropriations. For the
fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, the total
state distribution shall be the same total amount
distributed in the fiscal year ending June 30,
2009 and shall be made from general appropriations,
provided however that $784,458 of the total
appropriation shall be distributed equally to each
qualifying distressed community.
(ii)
Five one hundredths of one percent (0.05%) up to a maximum of five million
dollars ($5,000,000) shall be appropriated to property
tax relief to fully fund the provisions of §
44-33-2.1. The maximum credit defined in subdivision
44-33-9(2) shall increase to the maximum
amount to the nearest five dollar ($5.00) increment
within the allocation until a maximum credit
of five hundred dollars ($500) is obtained. In no
event shall the exemption in any fiscal year be
less than the prior fiscal year.
(iii)
One and twenty-two one hundredths of one percent (1.22%) to fund § 44-34.1-1,
entitled "Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Tax
Elimination Act of 1998", to the maximum
amount to the nearest two hundred fifty dollar ($250)
increment within the allocation. In no event
shall the exemption in any fiscal year be less than
the prior fiscal year.
(iv)
Except for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, ten one hundredths of one
percent
(0.10%) to a maximum of ten million dollars
($10,000,000) for supplemental distribution to
communities not included in paragraph (a)(1)(i) above distributed proportionately on the basis of
general revenue sharing distributed for that fiscal
year. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008
distributions by community shall be identical to the
distributions made in the fiscal year ending
June 30, 2007 and shall be made from general
appropriations. For the fiscal year ending June 30,
2009, no funding shall be disbursed. For the fiscal
year ending June 30, 2010 and thereafter,
funding shall be determined by appropriation.
(2) To
the licensed video lottery retailer:
(a)
Prior to the effective date of the NGJA Master Contract, Newport Jai Ali
twenty-six
percent (26%) minus three hundred eighty four thousand
nine hundred ninety-six dollars
($384,996);
(ii)
On and after the effective date of the NGJA Master Contract, to the licensed
video
lottery retailer who is a party to the NGJA Master
Contract, all sums due and payable under said
Master Contract minus three hundred eighty four
thousand nine hundred ninety-six dollars
($384,996).
(b)
Prior to the effective date of the UTGR Master Contract, to the present
licensed
video lottery retailer at
eight and eighty-five one hundredths percent (28.85%)
minus seven hundred sixty-seven
thousand six hundred eighty-seven dollars ($767,687);
(ii)
On and after the effective date of the UTGR Master Contract, to the licensed
video
lottery retailer who is a party to the UTGR Master
Contract, all sums due and payable under said
Master Contract minus seven hundred sixty-seven
thousand six hundred eighty-seven dollars
($767,687).
(3) To
the technology providers who are not a party to the GTECH Master Contract as
set forth and referenced in Public Law 2003, Chapter
32, seven percent (7%) of the net terminal
income of the provider's terminals;
(ii)
To contractors who are a party to the Master Contract as set forth and
referenced in
Public Law 2003, Chapter 32, all sums due and payable
under said Master Contract;
(iii)
Notwithstanding paragraphs (i) and (ii) above, there
shall be subtracted
proportionately from the payments to technology
providers the sum of six hundred twenty-eight
thousand seven hundred thirty-seven dollars
($628,737);
(4) To
the city of
income of authorized machines at Newport Grand and to
the town of
hundreths (1.26%) of net terminal income of authorized machines
at
(5) To
the Narragansett Indian Tribe, seventeen hundredths of one percent (0.17%) of
net terminal income of authorized machines at
dollars ($10,000,000) per year, which shall be paid to
the Narragansett Indian Tribe for the
account of a Tribal Development Fund to be used for
the purpose of encouraging and promoting:
home ownership and improvement, elderly housing, adult
vocational training; health and social
services; childcare; natural resource protection; and
economic development consistent with state
law. Provided, however, such distribution shall
terminate upon the opening of any gaming facility
in which the Narragansett Indians are entitled to any
payments or other incentives; and provided
further, any monies distributed hereunder shall not be
used for, or spent on previously contracted
debts.
(6)
Unclaimed prizes and credits shall remit to the general fund of the state;
(7)
Payments into the state's general fund specified in subdivisions (a)(1) and
(a)(6)
shall be made on an estimated monthly basis. Payment
shall be made on the tenth day following
the close of the month except for the last month when
payment shall be on the last business day.
SECTION
3. Section 45-13-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 45-13 entitled "State
Aid"
is hereby amended to read
as follows:
45-13-1.
Apportionment of annual appropriation for state aid. -- (a) As used in
this
chapter, the following words and terms have the
following meanings:
(1) "Population"
means the most recent estimates of population for each city and town as
reported by the
(2) "Income"
means the most recent estimate of per-capita income for a city, town or
county as reported by the
(3) "Tax
effort" means the total taxes imposed by a city or town for public
purposes or
the totals of those taxes for the cities or towns
within a county (except employee and employer
assessments and contributions to finance retirement
and social insurance systems and other
special assessments for capital outlay) determined by
the
general statistical purposes and adjusted to exclude
amounts properly allocated to education
expenses.
(4) "Reference
year" means the second fiscal year preceding the beginning of the fiscal
year in which the distribution of state aid to cities
and towns is made provided however that the
reference year for distributions made in fiscal year
2007-2008 shall be the third fiscal year
preceding the beginning of the fiscal year 2007-2008
and provided further that the reference year
for distributions made in fiscal year 2008-2009 shall
be the fourth fiscal year preceding the
beginning of the fiscal year 2008-2009.
(b) Aid to cities and
towns shall be apportioned as follows: For each county, city or
town, let R be the tax effort divided by the square of
per capita income, i.e., R = (tax
effort)/(income x income).
The amount to be
allocated to the counties shall be apportioned in the ratio of the value
of R for each county divided by the sum of the values
of R for all five (5) counties.
The amount to be
allocated for all cities and for all towns within a county shall be the
allocation for that county apportioned proportionally
to the total tax effort of the towns and cities
in that county.
The amount to be
allocated to any city or town is the amount allocated to all cities or all
towns within the county apportioned in the ratio of
the value of R for that city (or town) divided
by the sum of the values of R for all cities (or all
towns) in that county; provided, further, that no
city or town shall receive an entitlement in excess of
one hundred forty-five percent (145%) of
that city or town's population multiplied by the
average per capita statewide amount of the annual
appropriation for state aid to cities and towns. Any
excess entitlement shall be allocated to the
remainder of the cities and towns in the respective
county in accordance with the provisions of
this section.
For fiscal year 2004,
notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), aid calculations
shall be based on a blended rate of ninety percent
(90%) of the data from the 1990 census and ten
percent (10%) of the data from the 2000 census. In
each of the succeeding nine (9) fiscal years,
the calculations shall be based on a blended rate that
increases the percentage of data utilized
from the 2000 census by ten percent (10%) from the
previous year and decreases the percentage
of the data utilized from the 1990 census by ten
percent (10%) from the previous year.
(c) The total amount of
aid to be apportioned pursuant to subsection (b) above shall be
specified in the annual appropriation act of the state
and shall be equal to the following:
(1) For fiscal years
ending June 30, 1994 through June 30, 1998, the total amount of aid
shall be based upon one percent (1%) of total state
tax revenues in the reference year.
(2) For the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1999, the total amount of aid shall be based upon
one and three-tenths percent (1.3%) of total state tax
revenues in the reference year.
(3) For the fiscal year
ending June 30, 2000, the total amount of aid shall be based upon
one and seven-tenths percent (1.7%) of total state tax
revenues in the reference year.
(4) For the fiscal year
ending June 30, 2001, the total amount of aid shall be based upon
two percent (2.0%) of total state tax revenues in the
reference year.
(5) For the fiscal year
ending June 30, 2002, the total amount of aid shall be based upon
two and four-tenths percent (2.4%) of total state tax
revenues in the reference year.
(6) For the fiscal year
ending June 30, 2003, the total amount of aid shall be based upon
two and four-tenths percent (2.4%) of total state tax
revenues in the reference year.
(7) For the fiscal year
ending June 30, 2004, the total amount of aid shall be based upon
two and seven-tenths percent (2.7%) of total state tax
revenues in the reference year.
(8) For the fiscal year
ending June 30, 2005, the total amount of aid shall be fifty-two
million four hundred thirty-eight thousand five
hundred thirty-two dollars ($52,438,532).
(9) For the fiscal year
ending June 30, 2006, the total amount of aid shall be based upon
three percent (3.0%) of total state tax revenues in
the reference year.
(10) For the fiscal
year ending June 30, 2007 the total amount of aid shall be sixty-four
million six hundred ninety-nine thousand three dollars
($64,699,003).
(11) For the fiscal
year ending June 30, 2008, the total amount of aid shall be sixty-four
million six hundred ninety-nine thousand three dollars
($64,699,003).
(12) For the fiscal
year ending June 30, 2010 and each year thereafter, the total amount
of aid shall be based upon three percent (3.0%) of
total state tax revenues in the reference year.
(13) [Deleted by P.L.
2007, ch. 73, art. 25, section 1.]
(14) [Deleted by P.L.
2007, ch. 73, art. 25, section 1.]
(d) The assent of
two-thirds ( 2/3) of the members elected to each house of the general
assembly shall be required to repeal or amend this
section.
(e) For the fiscal year
ending June 30, 2008 the apportionments of state aid as derived
through the calculations as required by subsections
(a) through (c) of this section shall be adjusted
downward statewide by ($10,000,000).
(f) For the fiscal year
ending June 30, 2009, the total amount of aid shall be twenty-five
million dollars ($25,000,000) with such distribution
allocated proportionately on the same basis
as the original enactment of general revenue sharing
of FY 2009.
(g) For the fiscal
year ending June 30, 2009 and thereafter, funding shall be determined
by appropriation.
SECTION
4. This article shall take effect upon passage.