Rhode Island / State / 2015 Session
P.L. 2015, ch. 168, § 1 and P.L. 2015, ch. 179, § 1 Two acts set the Smithfield veterans exemption at two different figures in the same session
Both acts amended subdivision (a)(1)(x) of 44-3-4, the Smithfield veterans property tax exemption. Chapter 168 sets it at $10,000. Chapter 179 sets it at $4,000 and adds that from July 1, 2016 the town council may provide up to $10,000. Neither repealed the other and the statute still prints both versions of the same subdivision, each with its own bracketed note. This is tracked because the catalog cannot state a single Smithfield figure from the statute, and because it is the clearest illustration of why every Rhode Island property tax figure has to be confirmed with the local assessor.
Progress
Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature
- Introduced Done, House
- In committee Done, House Municipal Government
- Passed one chamber Done, House
- Passed both chambers Done, Senate, in concurrence
- Signed by the governor Done,
- In effect Done,
Sponsors
- Costantino
- Winfield
What it touches
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 44-3-4(a)(1)(x)
Catalog entry
Official record
Read P.L. 2015, ch. 168, § 1 and P.L. 2015, ch. 179, § 1 on the jurisdiction's own record