| Chapter 019 |
| 2023 -- H 5263 Enacted 05/18/2023 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO PROPERTY -- TAX RELIEF IN THE TOWN OF JAMESTOWN |
Introduced By: Representative Alex S. Finkelman |
| Date Introduced: January 27, 2023 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 1 of chapter 27 of the public laws of 2009, as amended, and as |
| amended by Chapter 370 of the Public Laws of 2005 entitled "An Act Providing for Tax Relief for |
| the Members of the Jamestown Emergency Medical Services and Volunteer Fire Department" is |
| hereby amended to read as follows: |
| The town council of Jamestown may, by ordinance, grant to every member of the |
| Jamestown Fire Department, who is a member in good standing, and to the surviving spouse of any |
| deceased member of the same, on proper claim being made therefor, a property tax abatement. |
| The town council of Jamestown may, from time to time, by ordinance, make such rules |
| and regulations as they deem necessary to promote the purpose of this act. |
| The schedule of abatements shall be as follows: A property tax abatement in an amount up |
| to two thousand dollars ($2,000) or the cash equivalent if no property is owned; and such abatement |
| shall be in addition to any other abatement or exemption to which said person shall be entitled. |
| SECTION 2. Any ordinance or amendment to any ordinance passed by the town council |
| of Jamestown to provide tax relief for the surviving spouses of deceased members of the Jamestown |
| Fire Department shall become effective upon passage. |
| SECTION 3. The question of the acceptance or rejection of this act shall be submitted to |
| the qualified electors of said town, entitled to vote upon a proposition to impose tax or for the |
| expenditure of money, at any special or regular financial town meeting to be held after the passage |
| of the act, and no other action shall be taken under the authority of this act unless a majority of said |
| electors voting on said question at said town meeting vote to accept this act. |
| However, any action taken in the year 2023 by the town meeting shall be as valid and |
| effective as if this act were in effect at the time of issue, posting and publication of the warrant for |
| such meeting and at the time of the taking such action. |
| The town clerk of the town of Jamestown shall forthwith after said town meeting certify to |
| the secretary of state the result of this vote upon the question at the 2023 or a subsequent financial |
| town meeting; any ordinance passed by the town council of Jamestown to provide tax relief for the |
| spouses of deceased members of the Jamestown Fire Department shall become effective upon |
| passage; provided, however, that such ordinance adoption shall be preceded by a public hearing. |
| SECTION 4. Chapter 44-3 of the General Laws entitled "Property Subject to Taxation" is |
| hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
| 44-3-67. Jamestown - Firefighters tax abatement. |
| The town of Jamestown may establish, by ordinance, a program to provide property tax |
| relief for every member in good standing of the Jamestown emergency medical services and |
| volunteer fire department. Such tax relief may provide an abatement of up to two thousand dollars |
| ($2,000) in property taxes due or the cash equivalent, if they do not own property, for any fiscal |
| year. The criteria for providing such tax relief may include, but not be limited to, years of service, |
| quantity of calls responded to, and number of training hours. This benefit is transferrable to a |
| surviving spouse until remarriage or death. |
| SECTION 5. This section and section 3 of this act shall take effect upon passage, and the |
| remaining sections shall take effect if and when the electors of the town of Jamestown qualified to |
| vote upon a proposition to impose a tax or for the expenditure of money vote to accept this act. |
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