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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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RELATING TO THE CUMBERLAND HILL FIRE DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF | |
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CUMBERLAND | |
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Introduced By: Representative Rene R. Menard | |
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Date Introduced: February 09, 2012 | |
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Referred To: House Municipal Government | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Section 5 of an act approved January 27, 1931, entitled An Act to |
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Incorporate the Cumberland Hill Fire District in the Town of Cumberland, as amended is hereby |
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further amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 5. Power to tax, assess, collect. (a) Said members at any of their legal meetings |
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shall have power to order such taxes, and provide for assessing and collecting the same, on the |
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taxable inhabitants and property in said district as they shall deem necessary for the operation and |
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administration of said fire district. Such taxes so ordered shall be assessed by the assessors of said |
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district on the taxable inhabitants and property therein according to the last valuation made by the |
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assessors of the town next previous to said assessment; and in the assessing and collecting of said |
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taxes such proceedings shall be had by the officers of said district, as near as may be, as are |
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required to be had by the corresponding officers of towns in this state in assessing and collecting |
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town taxes; and the collector of taxes for said district shall for the purpose of collecting taxes |
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assessed for said district have the same powers and authorities as are now by law conferred upon |
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collectors of taxes for towns in this state. Said district may provide for such deduction from the |
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tax assessed against any person if paid by an appointed time, or for such penalty by way of |
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percentage on the tax if not paid at an appointed time, as they shall deem necessary to insure |
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punctual payment. |
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(b) Provided, that effective July 1. 2012, the district, acting through its officers and/or |
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members, may employ, levy, and implement a multi-tier tax system consisting of separate tax |
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rates for residential, commercial, industrial, and tangible/personal property. Such taxes so ordered |
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shall be assessed by the assessors of said district on the taxable inhabitants and property therein |
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according to the last valuation made by the assessors of the town of Cumberland. |
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The rate of said taxes shall be as follows: |
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(1) Residential $1.67 per thousand dollars of valuation; |
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(2) Commercial $2.37 per thousand dollars of valuation; |
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(3) Industrial $2.37 per thousand dollars of valuation; |
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(4) Tangible/personal $2.37 per thousand dollars of valuation. |
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(c) Provided further, however, that the assessment levied against each individual taxpayer |
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shall not be less than twenty dollars ($20.00). The taxes provided for herein shall be assessed as |
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of December 31, 2011, and shall be due on July 15, 2012. All taxes remaining unpaid on or after |
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August 1, 2012, shall carry a penalty as allowed by the by-laws of the district and/or other |
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applicable law. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO THE CUMBERLAND HILL FIRE DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF | |
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CUMBERLAND | |
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This act would authorize the Cumberland Hill Fire District to establish a multi-tier tax |
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system consisting of separate tax rates for residential, commercial, industrial, and tangible and |
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personal property. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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