Introduced By: Senators Breene and Lenihan
Date Introduced : March 19, 1999
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 44-3 of the General Laws entitled "Property Subject to Taxation" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:
{ADD 44-3-13.7. Exemption of real property from taxation in Exeter. Totally Disabled Persons. -- ADD} {ADD (a) The town council of the town of Exeter may, by ordinance, exempt from taxation any real property situated in the town which is owned and occupied by any one or more persons who is a domiciled resident of the town of Exeter and who is determined to be totally disabled by the social security administration. The amount of the exemption and the rules and regulations regarding eligibility for the exemption shall be provided for by ordinance and the town council of the town of Exeter, upon recommendation of the tax assessor, may, from time to time, by amendment to the ordinance, make such changes in the amount of exemption granted and the rules and regulations regarding eligibility for the exemption as they deem necessary to promote the purpose of this section. ADD}
{ADD (b) The town council of the town of Exeter is hereby authorized in the ordinance to provide that any person who obtains an exemption pursuant to the ordinance to which the person is not entitled by the filing or making of any false statement or the proffering of any document or other writing known by the person to have been altered, forged, or to contain any false or untrue information shall be liable to the town of Exeter for an amount equal to double the amount of reductions in taxes resulting from the exemption, which amount shall be recoverable by the town in a civil action. ADD}
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
