| f | it is enacted by the general assembly as follows: section 1. | f | it is enacted by the general assembly as follows: section 1. |
| n | section 44-3-12 of the general laws in chapter 44-3 entitled "property subject t | n | section 44-3-3 of the general laws in chapter 44-3 entitled "property subject to |
| o taxation" is hereby amended to read as follows: 44-3-12. | | taxation" is hereby amended to read as follows: 44-3-3. |
| visually impaired persons — exemption. | | property exempt. |
| (a) the property of each person who is legally blind according to federal standa | | (a) the following property is exempt from taxation: (1) property belonging to th |
| rds as certified by a licensed physician or as certified by the rhode island ser | | e state, except as provided in § 44-4-4.1; (2) lands ceded or belonging to the u |
| vices for the blind and visually impaired shall be exempted from taxation to the | | nited states; (3) bonds and other securities issued and exempted from taxation b |
| amount of six thousand dollars ($6,000), except for the towns of: tiverton. | | y the government of the united states or of this state; (4) real estate, used ex |
| | | clusively for military purposes, owned by chartered or incorporated organization |
| | | s approved by the adjutant general and composed of members of the national guard |
| | | , the naval militia, or the independent, chartered-military organizations; (5) b |
| | | uildings for free public schools, buildings for religious worship, and the land |
| | | upon which they stand and immediately surrounding them, to an extent not exceedi |
| | | ng five (5) acres so far as the buildings and land are occupied and used exclusi |
| | | vely for religious or educational purposes; (6) dwellings houses and the land on |
| | | which they stand, not exceeding one acre in size, or the minimum lot size for z |
| | | one in which the dwelling house is located, whichever is the greater, owned by, |
| | | or held in trust for, any religious organization and actually used by its offici |
| | | ating clergy; provided, further, that in the town of charlestown, where the prop |
| | | erty previously described in this paragraph is exempt in total, along with dwell |
| | | ing houses and the land on which they stand in charlestown, not exceeding one ac |
| | | re in size, or the minimum lot size for zone in which the dwelling house is loca |
| | | ted, whichever is the greater, owned by, or held in trust for, any religious org |
| | | anization and actually used by its officiating clergy, or used as a convent, nun |
| | | nery, or retreat center by its religious order; (7) intangible personal property |
| | | owned by, or held in trust for, any religious or charitable organization, if th |
| | | e principal or income is used or appropriated for religious or charitable purpos |
| | | es; (8) buildings and personal estate owned by any corporation used for a school |
| | | , academy, or seminary of learning, and of any incorporated public charitable in |
| | | stitution, and the land upon which the buildings stand and immediately surroundi |
| | | ng them to an extent not exceeding one acre, so far as they are used exclusively |
| | | for educational purposes, but no property or estate whatever is hereafter exemp |
| | | t from taxation in any case where any part of its income or profits, or of the b |
| | | usiness carried on there, is divided among its owners or stockholders; provided, |
| | | however, that unless any private nonprofit corporation organized as a college o |
| | | r university located in the town of smithfield reaches a memorandum of agreement |
| | | with the town of smithfield, the town of smithfield shall bill the actual costs |
| | | for police, fire, and rescue services supplied, unless otherwise reimbursed, to |
| | | said corporation commencing march 1, 2014; (9) estates, persons, and families o |
| | | f the president and professors for the time being of brown university for not mo |
| | | re than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each officer, the officer’s estate, p |
| | | erson, and family included, but only to the extent that any person had claimed a |
| | | nd utilized the exemption prior to, and for a period ending, either on or after |
| | | december 31, 1996; (10) property especially exempt by charter unless the exempti |
| | | on has been waived in whole or in part; provided that, notwithstanding any provi |
| | | sion of a charter or act of incorporation or other law to the contrary, any real |
| | | and personal property (or portion thereof) of a healthcare facility, and/or any |
| | | parent corporation, operator, manager, or subsidiary thereof, or of an institut |
| | | ion of higher education, that would otherwise be exempted from property taxation |
| | | that is leased to, subleased to, occupied or used by an entity, organization, o |
| | | r individual that is not itself exempted from property taxation shall be taxed t |
| | | o the tenant, who, for the purposes of taxation is deemed the owner; (11) lots o |
| | | f land exclusively for burial grounds; (12) property, real and personal, held fo |
| | | r, or by, an incorporated library, society, or any free public library, or any f |
| | | ree public library society, so far as the property is held exclusively for libra |
| | | ry purposes, or for the aid or support of the aged poor, or poor friendless chil |
| | | dren, or the poor generally, or for a nonprofit hospital for the sick or disable |
| | | d; - page 2 of 15 (13) real or personal estate belonging to, or held in trust fo |
| | | r, the benefit of incorporated organizations of veterans of any war in which the |
| | | united states has been engaged, the parent body of which has been incorporated |
| | | by act of congress, to the extent of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) if |
| | | actually used and occupied by the association; provided, that the city council |
| | | of the city of cranston may by ordinance exempt the real or personal estate as p |
| | | reviously described in this subdivision located within the city of cranston to t |
| | | he extent of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000); (14) property, real and p |
| | | ersonal, held for, or by, the fraternal corporation, association, or body create |
| | | d to build and maintain a building or buildings for its meetings or the meetings |
| | | of the general assembly of its members, or subordinate bodies of the fraternity |
| | | , and for the accommodation of other fraternal bodies or associations, the entir |
| | | e net income of which real and personal property is exclusively applied or to be |
| | | used to build, furnish, and maintain an asylum or asylums, a home or homes, a s |
| | | chool or schools, for the free education or relief of the members of the fratern |
| | | ity, or the relief, support, and care of worthy and indigent members of the frat |
| | | ernity, their wives, widows, or orphans, and any fund given or held for the purp |
| | | ose of public education, almshouses, and the land and buildings used in connecti |
| | | on therewith; (15) real estate and personal property of any incorporated volunte |
| | | er fire engine company or incorporated volunteer ambulance or rescue corps in ac |
| | | tive service; (16) the estate of any person who, in the judgment of the assessor |
| | | s, is unable from infirmity or poverty to pay the tax; provided, that in the tow |
| | | ns of burrillville and west greenwich, the tax shall constitute a lien for five |
| | | (5) years on the property where the owner is entitled to the exemption. |
| which exemption shall be provided by town ordinance as a tax credit of three hun | | at the expiration of five (5) years, the lien shall be abated in full. |
| dred dollars ($300) or greater; and warren. | | |
| which exemption shall be up to forty thousand eight hundred ninety-five dollars | | provided, if the property is sold or conveyed, or if debt secured by the propert |
| ($40,895); and barrington. | | y is refinanced during the five-year (5) period, the lien immediately becomes du |
| | | e and payable; any person claiming the exemption aggrieved by an adverse decisio |
| | | n of an assessor shall appeal the decision to the local board of tax review and |
| | | thereafter according to the provisions of § 44-5-26; (17) household furniture an |
| | | d family stores of a housekeeper in the whole, including clothing, bedding, and |
| | | other white goods, books, and all other tangible personal property items that ar |
| | | e common to the normal household; (18) improvements made to any real property to |
| | | provide a shelter and fallout protection from nuclear radiation, to the amount |
| | | of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500); provided, that the improvements m |
| | | eet applicable standards for shelter construction established, from time to time |
| | | , by the rhode island emergency management agency. |
| which exemption shall be sixteen thousand dollars ($16,000) for real property. | | the improvements are deemed to comply with the provisions of any building code o |
| | | r ordinance with respect to the materials or the methods - page 3 of 15 of const |
| | | ruction used and any shelter or its establishment is deemed to comply with the p |
| | | rovisions of any zoning code or ordinance; (19) aircraft for which the fee requi |
| | | red by § 1-4-6 has been paid to the tax administrator; (20) manufacturer’s inven |
| | | tory. |
| the exemption shall apply to the property in the municipality where the person r | | (i) for the purposes of §§ 44-4-10, 44-5-3, 44-5-20, and 44-5-38, a person is de |
| esides, and if there is not sufficient property to exhaust the exemption, the pe | | emed to be a manufacturer within a city or town within this state if that person |
| rson may proclaim the balance in any city or town where the person may own prope | | uses any premises, room, or place in it primarily for the purpose of transformi |
| rty; except for the town of cumberland, which exemption shall be up to forty-sev | | ng raw materials into a finished product for trade through any or all of the fol |
| en thousand five hundred forty-four dollars ($47,544); and cumberland. | | lowing operations: adapting, altering, finishing, making, and ornamenting; provi |
| | | ded, that public utilities; non-regulated power producers commencing commercial |
| | | operation by selling electricity at retail or taking title to generating facilit |
| | | ies on or after july 1, 1997; building and construction contractors; warehousing |
| | | operations, including distribution bases or outlets of out-of-state manufacture |
| | | rs; and fabricating processes incidental to warehousing or distribution of raw m |
| | | aterials, such as alteration of stock for the convenience of a customer; are exc |
| | | luded from this definition; (ii) for the purposes of this section and §§ 44-4-10 |
| | | and 44-5-38, the term “manufacturer’s inventory,” or any similar term, means an |
| | | d includes the manufacturer’s raw materials, the manufacturer’s work in process, |
| | | and finished products manufactured by the manufacturer in this state, and not s |
| | | old, leased, or traded by the manufacturer or its title or right to possession d |
| | | ivested; provided, that the term does not include any finished products held by |
| | | the manufacturer in any retail store or other similar selling place operated by |
| | | the manufacturer whether or not the retail establishment is located in the same |
| | | building in which the manufacturer operates the manufacturing plant; (iii) for t |
| | | he purpose of § 44-11-2, a “manufacturer” is a person whose principal business i |
| | | n this state consists of transforming raw materials into a finished product for |
| | | trade through any or all of the operations described in paragraph (i) of this su |
| | | bdivision. |
| which exemption shall be up to forty-seven thousand five hundred forty-four doll | | a person will be deemed to be principally engaged if the gross receipts that per |
| ars ($47,544); and westerly. | | son derived from the manufacturing operations in this state during the calendar |
| | | year or fiscal year mentioned in § 44-11-1 amounted to more than fifty percent ( |
| | | 50%) of the total gross receipts that person derived from all the business activ |
| | | ities in which that person engaged in this state during the taxable year. |
| which may provide, by ordinance, an exemption on the total value of real and per | | for the purpose of computing the percentage, gross receipts derived by a manufac |
| sonal property not to exceed twenty-nine thousand dollars ($29,000). | | turer from the sale, lease, or rental of finished products manufactured by the m |
| | | anufacturer in this state, even though the manufacturer’s store or other selling |
| | | place may be at a different location from the location of the manufacturer’s ma |
| | | nufacturing plant in this state, are deemed to have been derived from manufactur |
| | | ing; (iv) within the meaning of the preceding paragraphs of this subdivision, th |
| | | e term - page 4 of 15 “manufacturer” also includes persons who are principally e |
| | | ngaged in any of the general activities coded and listed as establishments engag |
| | | ed in manufacturing in the standard industrial classification manual prepared by |
| | | the technical committee on industrial classification, office of statistical sta |
| | | ndards, executive office of the president, united states bureau of the budget, a |
| | | s revised from time to time, but eliminating as manufacturers those persons, who |
| | | , because of their limited type of manufacturing activities, are classified in t |
| | | he manual as falling within the trade rather than an industrial classification o |
| | | f manufacturers. |
| the city or town council of any city or town may, by ordinance, increase the exe | | among those thus eliminated, and accordingly also excluded as manufacturers with |
| mption within the city or town to an amount not to exceed twenty-two thousand fi | | in the meaning of this paragraph, are persons primarily engaged in selling, to t |
| ve hundred dollars ($22,500). | | he general public, products produced on the premises from which they are sold, s |
| | | uch as neighborhood bakeries, candy stores, ice cream parlors, shade shops, and |
| | | custom tailors, except, that a person who manufactures bakery products for sale |
| | | primarily for home delivery, or through one or more non-baking retail outlets, a |
| | | nd whether or not retail outlets are operated by the person, is a manufacturer w |
| | | ithin the meaning of this paragraph; (v) the term “person” means and includes, a |
| | | s appropriate, a person, partnership, or corporation; and (vi) the department of |
| | | revenue shall provide to the local assessors any assistance that is necessary i |
| | | n determining the proper application of the definitions in this subdivision; (21 |
| | | ) real and tangible personal property acquired to provide a treatment facility u |
| | | sed primarily to control the pollution or contamination of the waters or the air |
| | | of the state, as defined in chapter 12 of title 46 and chapter 25 of title 23, |
| | | respectively, the facility having been constructed, reconstructed, erected, inst |
| | | alled, or acquired in furtherance of federal or state requirements or standards |
| | | for the control of water or air pollution or contamination, and certified as app |
| | | roved in an order entered by the director of environmental management. |
| the exemption shall not be allowed in favor of any person who is not a legal res | | the property is exempt as long as it is operated properly in compliance with the |
| ident of the state, or unless the person entitled to the exemption shall have pr | | order of approval of the director of environmental management; provided, that a |
| esented to the assessors, on or before the last day on which sworn statements ma | | ny grant of the exemption by the director of environmental management in excess |
| y be filed with the assessors for the year for which exemption is claimed, due e | | of ten (10) years is approved by the city or town in which the property is situa |
| vidence that the person is so entitled, which evidence shall stand so long as hi | | ted. |
| s or her legal residence remains unchanged. | | |
| the exemption provided for in this section, to the extent that it shall apply to | | this provision applies only to water and air pollution control properties and fa |
| any city or town, shall be applied in full to the total value of the person’s r | | cilities installed for the treatment of waste waters and air contaminants result |
| eal and tangible personal property located in the city or town and shall be appl | | ing from industrial processing; furthermore, it applies only to water or air pol |
| ied to intangible personal property only to the extent that there is not suffici | | lution control properties and facilities placed in operation for the first time |
| ent real property or tangible personal property to exhaust the exemption. | | after april 13, 1970; (22) manufacturing machinery and equipment acquired or use |
| | | d by a manufacturer after december 31, 1974. |
| this exemption shall be in addition to any other exemption provided by law excep | | manufacturing machinery and equipment is defined as: (i) machinery and equipment |
| t as provided in § 44-3-25. | | used exclusively in the actual manufacture or conversion of raw materials or go |
| | | ods in the process of manufacture by a manufacturer, as defined in subdivision - |
| | | page 5 of 15 (20), and machinery, fixtures, and equipment used exclusively by a |
| | | manufacturer for research and development or for quality assurance of its manuf |
| | | actured products; (ii) machinery and equipment that is partially used in the act |
| | | ual manufacture or conversion of raw materials or goods in process of manufactur |
| | | e by a manufacturer, as defined in subdivision (20), and machinery, fixtures, an |
| | | d equipment used by a manufacturer for research and development or for quality a |
| | | ssurance of its manufactured products, to the extent to which the machinery and |
| | | equipment is used for the manufacturing processes, research and development, or |
| | | quality assurance. |
| west warwick. | | in the instances where machinery and equipment is used in both manufacturing and |
| | | /or research and development and/or quality assurance activities and non-manufac |
| | | turing activities, the assessment on machinery and equipment is prorated by appl |
| | | ying the percentage of usage of the equipment for the manufacturing, research an |
| | | d development, and quality-assurance activity to the value of the machinery and |
| | | equipment for purposes of taxation, and the portion of the value used for manufa |
| | | cturing, research and development, and quality assurance is exempt from taxation |
| | | . |
| which exemption shall be equal to three hundred thirty-five dollars ($335). | | the burden of demonstrating this percentage usage of machinery and equipment for |
| | | manufacturing and for research and development and/or quality assurance of its |
| | | manufactured products rests with the manufacturer; and (iii) machinery and equip |
| | | ment described in §§ 44-18-30(7) and 44-18-30(22) that was purchased after july |
| | | 1, 1997; provided that the city or town council of the city or town in which the |
| | | machinery and equipment is located adopts an ordinance exempting the machinery |
| | | and equipment from taxation. |
| (b) in each city or town that has not increased the exemption provided by subsec | | for purposes of this subsection, city councils and town councils of any municipa |
| tion (a) above the minimum of six thousand dollars ($6,000), except for the town | | lity may, by ordinance, wholly or partially exempt from taxation the machinery a |
| of: barrington. | | nd equipment discussed in this subsection for the period of time established in |
| | | the ordinance and may, by ordinance, establish the procedures for taxpayers to a |
| | | vail themselves of the benefit of any exemption permitted under this section; pr |
| | | ovided, that the ordinance does not apply to any machinery or equipment of a bus |
| | | iness, subsidiary, or any affiliated business that locates or relocates from a c |
| | | ity or town in this state to another city or town in the state; (23) precious me |
| | | tal bullion, meaning any elementary metal that has been put through a process of |
| | | melting or refining, and that is in a state or condition that its value depends |
| | | upon its content and not its form. |
| which exemption shall be sixteen thousand dollars ($16,000) for real property. | | the term does not include fabricated precious metal that has been processed or m |
| | | anufactured for some one or more specific and customary industrial, professional |
| | | , or artistic uses; (24) hydroelectric power-generation equipment, which include |
| | | s, but is not limited to, turbines, generators, switchgear, controls, monitoring |
| | | equipment, circuit breakers, transformers, protective relaying, bus bars, cable |
| | | s, connections, trash racks, headgates, and conduits. |
| the exemption shall increase automatically each year by the same percentage as t | | the - page 6 of 15 hydroelectric power-generation equipment must have been purch |
| he percentage increase in the total amount of taxes levied by the city or town. | | ased after july 1, 1979, and acquired or used by a person or corporation who or |
| | | that owns or leases a dam and utilizes the equipment to generate hydroelectric p |
| | | ower; (25) subject to authorization by formal action of the council of any city |
| | | or town, any real or personal property owned by, held in trust for, or leased to |
| | | an organization incorporated under chapter 6 of title 7, as amended, or an orga |
| | | nization meeting the definition of “charitable trust” set out in § 18-9-4, as am |
| | | ended, or an organization incorporated under the not-for-profits statutes of ano |
| | | ther state or the district of columbia, the purpose of which is the conserving o |
| | | f open space, as that term is defined in chapter 36 of title 45, as amended, pro |
| | | vided the property is used exclusively for the purposes of the organization; (26 |
| | | ) tangible personal property, the primary function of which is the recycling, re |
| | | use, or recovery of materials (other than precious metals, as defined in § 44-18 |
| | | -30(24)(ii) and (iii)), from, or the treatment of “hazardous wastes,” as defined |
| | | in § 23-19.1-4, where the “hazardous wastes” are generated primarily by the sam |
| | | e taxpayer and where the personal property is located at, in, or adjacent to a g |
| | | enerating facility of the taxpayer. |
| the automatic increase shall not apply to cities or towns that have increased th | | the taxpayer may, but need not, procure an order from the director of the depart |
| e exemption provided by subsection (a) above the minimum of six thousand dollars | | ment of environmental management certifying that the tangible personal property |
| ($6,000), except for the town of: barrington. | | has this function, which order effects a conclusive presumption that the tangibl |
| | | e personal property qualifies for the exemption under this subdivision. |
| which exemption shall be sixteen thousand dollars ($16,000) for real property. | | if any information relating to secret processes or methods of manufacture, produ |
| | | ction, or treatment is disclosed to the department of environmental management o |
| | | nly to procure an order, and is a “trade secret” as defined in § 28- 21-10(b), i |
| | | t shall not be open to public inspection or publicly disclosed unless disclosure |
| | | is otherwise required under chapter 21 of title 28 or chapter 24.4 of title 23; |
| | | (27) motorboats as defined in § 46-22-2 for which the annual fee required in § |
| | | 46-22-4 has been paid; (28) real and personal property of the providence perform |
| | | ing arts center, a non-business corporation as of december 31, 1986; (29) tangib |
| | | le personal property owned by, and used exclusively for the purposes of, any rel |
| | | igious organization located in the city of cranston; (30) real and personal prop |
| | | erty of the travelers aid society of rhode island, a nonprofit corporation, the |
| | | union mall real estate corporation, and any limited partnership or limited liabi |
| | | lity company that is formed in connection with, or to facilitate the acquisition |
| | | of, the providence ymca building; (31) real and personal property of meeting st |
| | | reet center or msc realty, inc., both not- for-profit rhode island corporations, |
| | | and any other corporation, limited partnership, or limited - page 7 of 15 liabi |
| | | lity company that is formed in connection with, or to facilitate the acquisition |
| | | of, the properties designated as the meeting street national center of excellen |
| | | ce on eddy street in providence, rhode island; (32) the buildings, personal prop |
| | | erty, and land upon which the buildings stand, located on pomham island, east pr |
| | | ovidence, currently identified as assessor’s map 211, block 01, parcel 001.00, t |
| | | hat consists of approximately twenty-one thousand three hundred (21,300) square |
| | | feet and is located approximately eight hundred sixty feet (860′), more or less, |
| | | from the shore, and limited exclusively to these said buildings, personal estat |
| | | e and land, provided that said property is owned by a qualified 501(c)(3) organi |
| | | zation, such as the american lighthouse foundation, and is used exclusively for |
| | | a lighthouse; (33) the stadium theatre performing arts centre building located i |
| | | n monument square, woonsocket, rhode island, so long as said stadium theatre per |
| | | forming arts center is owned by the stadium theatre foundation, a rhode island n |
| | | onprofit corporation; (34) real and tangible personal property of st. |
| if the application of the automatic increase to an exemption of six thousand dol | | mary academy — bay view, located in east providence, rhode island; (35) real and |
| lars ($6,000) on a continuous basis from december 31, 1987, to any subsequent as | | personal property of east bay community action program and its predecessor, sel |
| sessment date would result in a higher exemption than the exemption enacted by t | | f help, inc; provided, that the organization is qualified as a tax-exempt corpor |
| he city or town council, then the amount provided by the automatic increase appl | | ation under § 501(c)(3) of the united states internal revenue code; (36) real an |
| ies. | | d personal property located within the city of east providence of the columbus c |
| | | lub of east providence, a rhode island charitable nonprofit corporation; (37) re |
| | | al and personal property located within the city of east providence of the colum |
| | | bus club of barrington, a rhode island charitable nonprofit corporation; (38) re |
| | | al and personal property located within the city of east providence of lodge 233 |
| | | 7 bpo elks, a rhode island nonprofit corporation; (39) real and personal propert |
| | | y located within the city of east providence of the st. |
| barrington. | | andrews lodge no. |
| the town of barrington may, by ordinance, provide a tax dollar credit reduction | | 39, a rhode island charitable nonprofit corporation; (40) real and personal prop |
| for such legally blind person. | | erty located within the city of east providence of the trustees of methodist hea |
| | | lth and welfare service a/k/a united methodist elder care, a rhode island nonpro |
| | | fit corporation; (41) real and personal property located on the first floor of 9 |
| | | 0 leonard avenue within the city of east providence of the zion gospel temple, i |
| | | nc., a religious nonprofit corporation; (42) real and personal property located |
| | | within the city of east providence of the cape verdean museum exhibit, a rhode i |
| | | sland nonprofit corporation; (43) the real and personal property owned by a qual |
| | | ified 501(c)(3) organization that is - page 8 of 15 affiliated and in good stand |
| | | ing with a national, congressionally chartered organization and thereby adheres |
| | | to that organization’s standards and provides activities designed for recreation |
| | | al, educational, and character building purposes for children from ages six (6) |
| | | years to seventeen (17) years; (44) real and personal property of the rhode isla |
| | | nd philharmonic orchestra and music school; provided, that the organization is q |
| | | ualified as a tax-exempt corporation under § 501(c)(3) of the united states inte |
| | | rnal revenue code; (45) the real and personal property located within the town o |
| | | f west warwick at 211 cowesett avenue, plat 29-lot 25, which consists of approxi |
| | | mately twenty-eight thousand seven hundred fifty (28,750) square feet and is own |
| | | ed by the station fire memorial foundation of east greenwich, a rhode island non |
| | | profit corporation; (46) real and personal property of the comprehensive communi |
| | | ty action program, a qualified tax-exempt corporation under § 501(c)(3) of the u |
| | | nited states internal revenue code; (47) real and personal property located at 5 |
| | | 2 plain street, within the city of pawtucket of the pawtucket youth soccer assoc |
| | | iation, a rhode island nonprofit corporation; (48) renewable energy resources, a |
| | | s defined in § 39-26-5, used in residential systems and associated equipment use |
| | | d therewith in service after december 31, 2015; (49) renewable energy resources, |
| | | as defined in § 39-26-5, if employed by a manufacturer, as defined in subsectio |
| | | n (a) of this section, shall be exempt from taxation in accordance with subsecti |
| | | on (a) of this section; (50) real and personal property located at 415 tower hil |
| | | l road within the town of north kingstown, of south county community action, inc |
| | | ., a qualified tax-exempt corporation under § 501(c)(3) of the united states int |
| | | ernal revenue code; (51) as an effort to promote business growth, tangible busin |
| | | ess or personal property, in whole or in part, within the town of charlestown’s |
| | | community limits, subject to authorization by formal action of the town council |
| | | of the town of charlestown; (52) all real and personal property located at 1300 |
| | | frenchtown road, within the town of east greenwich, identified as assessor’s map |
| | | 027, plat 019, lot 071, and known as the new england wireless and steam museum, |
| | | inc., a qualified tax-exempt corporation under § 501(c)(3) of the united states |
| | | internal revenue code; (53) real and tangible personal property of mount saint |
| | | charles academy located within the city of woonsocket, specifically identified a |
| | | s the following assessor’s plats and lots: logee street, plat 23, lot 62, logee |
| | | street, plat 24, lots 304 and 305; welles street, plat 23, lot 310; monroe stree |
| | | t, plat 23, lot 312; and roberge avenue, plat 24, lot 47; - page 9 of 15 (54) re |
| | | al and tangible personal property of steere house, a rhode island nonprofit corp |
| | | oration, located in providence, rhode island; (55) real and personal property lo |
| | | cated within the town of west warwick of tides family services, inc., a rhode is |
| | | land nonprofit corporation; (56) real and personal property of tides family serv |
| | | ices, inc., a rhode island nonprofit corporation, located in the city of pawtuck |
| | | et at 242 dexter street, plat 44, lot 444; (57) real and personal property locat |
| | | ed within the town of middletown of lucy’s hearth, a rhode island nonprofit corp |
| | | oration; (58) real and tangible personal property of habitat for humanity of rho |
| | | de island— greater providence, inc., a rhode island nonprofit corporation, locat |
| | | ed in providence, rhode island; (59) real and personal property of the artic pla |
| | | yhouse, a rhode island nonprofit corporation, located in the town of west warwic |
| | | k at 1249 main street; (60) real and personal property located at 321 main stree |
| | | t, within the town of south kingstown, of the contemporary theatre company, a qu |
| | | alified, tax-exempt corporation under § 501(c)(3) of the united states internal |
| | | revenue code; (61) real and personal property of the samaritans, inc., a rhode i |
| | | sland nonprofit § 501(c)(3) corporation located at 67 park place, pawtucket, rho |
| | | de island, to the extent the city council of pawtucket may from time to time det |
| | | ermine; (62) real and personal property of north kingstown, exeter animal protec |
| | | tion league, inc., dba “pet refuge,” 500 stony lane, a rhode island nonprofit co |
| | | rporation, located in north kingstown, rhode island; (63) real and personal prop |
| | | erty located within the city of east providence of foster forward (formerly the |
| | | rhode island foster parents association), a rhode island charitable nonprofit co |
| | | rporation; (64) real and personal property located at 54 kelly avenue within the |
| | | town of east providence, of the associated radio amateurs of southern new engla |
| | | nd, a rhode island nonprofit corporation; (65) real and tangible personal proper |
| | | ty of providence country day school, a rhode island nonprofit corporation, locat |
| | | ed in east providence, rhode island and further identified as plat 406, block 6, |
| | | lot 6, and plat 506, block 1, lot 8; (66) as an effort to promote business grow |
| | | th, tangible business or personal property, in whole or in part, within the town |
| | | of bristol’s community limits, subject to authorization by formal action of the |
| | | town council of the town of bristol; - page 10 of 15 (67) real and tangible per |
| | | sonal property of the heritage harbor foundation, a rhode island nonprofit corpo |
| | | ration, located at 1445 wampanoag trail, suites 103 and 201, within the city of |
| | | east providence; (68) real property of ocean state community wellness, inc., a q |
| | | ualified tax-exempt corporation under § 501(c)(3) of the united states internal |
| | | revenue code, located in north kingstown, rhode island, with a physical address |
| | | of 7450 post road, and further identified as plat 108, lot 83; (69) real and tan |
| | | gible personal property of st. |
| (c) the town of charlestown may, by ordinance, provide a tax dollar credit reduc | | john baptist de la salle institute, d/b/a la salle academy, a rhode island domes |
| tion for such legally blind person. | | tic nonprofit corporation, located in providence, rhode island denominated at th |
| | | e time this subsection was adopted as plat 83 lot 276 by the tax assessor for th |
| | | e city of providence comprising approximately 26.08 acres of land along with all |
| | | buildings and improvements that have been or may be made; (70) real and tangibl |
| | | e personal property of the providence community health centers, inc., a rhode is |
| | | land domestic nonprofit corporation, located in providence, rhode island; (71) i |
| | | n the city of central falls and the city of pawtucket, real property and tangibl |
| | | e personal property located on or in the premise acquired or leased by a railroa |
| | | d entity and for the purpose of providing boarding and disembarking of railroad |
| | | passengers and the supporting passenger railroad operations and services. |
| (d) the town of jamestown may, by ordinance, provide a tax dollar credit reducti | | for the purpose of this section, a railroad entity shall be any incorporated ent |
| on on real property for such legally blind person(s). | | ity that has been duly authorized by the rhode island public utilities commissio |
| | | n to provide passenger railroad services; (72) real and tangible personal proper |
| | | ty of the american legion riverside post holding company, d/b/a american legion |
| | | post 10, a rhode island nonprofit corporation, located at 830 willet avenue, wit |
| | | hin the city of east providence on map 513, block 27, parcel 001.00 as long as s |
| | | aid property is owned by american legion post 10; (73) real and tangible persona |
| | | l property of the holy rosary band society, a rhode island nonprofit corporation |
| | | , located at 328 taunton avenue, within the city of east providence on map 306, |
| | | block 01, parcel 012.00; (74) real and tangible personal property of foster forw |
| | | ard, a rhode island domestic nonprofit corporation, located within the city of p |
| | | awtucket, at 16 north bend street, and further identified as assessor’s plat 21, |
| | | lot 312; (75) real and tangible personal property of the old and ancient rowers |
| | | society of rhode island, a rhode island domestic nonprofit corporation, located |
| | | at 166 walmsley lane, within the town of north kingstown on plat 004/lot 019; ( |
| | | 76) real and tangible personal property of the rhode island public health founda |
| | | tion, a - page 11 of 15 domestic nonprofit corporation or any other entity forme |
| | | d by the rhode island public health foundation in connection with, or to facilit |
| | | ate the acquisition of, one property to be owned by the rhode island public heal |
| | | th foundation or such entity, located in the city of providence; (77) real and t |
| | | angible personal property of the manissean tribal council, a rhode island nonpro |
| | | fit corporation, located in the town of new shoreham, rhode island; (78) real an |
| | | d tangible personal property of sophia academy located at 582 elmwood avenue, th |
| | | e san miguel education center located at 525 branch avenue, and the community pr |
| | | eparatory school, inc. |
| (e) the town of north kingstown may, by ordinance, provide a tax dollar credit r | | located at 135 prairie avenue, all of which are domestic nonprofit corporations, |
| eduction or the equivalent assessment dollars on real property for such legally | | and all of which are located within the city of providence; (79) real and tangi |
| blind person(s). | | ble personal property of cape verdean museum exhibit, a rhode island domestic no |
| | | nprofit corporation, located at 617 prospect street, within the city of pawtucke |
| | | t on assessors’ plat 37, lot 434; (80) real and tangible personal property of so |
| | | journer house, a rhode island nonprofit corporation, located in the city of prov |
| | | idence, at 386 smith street, further identified as assessor’s plat 67, lot 46, a |
| | | nd 1570 westminster street, further identified as assessor’s plat 35, lot 200; ( |
| | | 81) real and tangible personal property of the little flower home, a rhode islan |
| | | d domestic nonprofit corporation, located at 304 hooper street, within the town |
| | | of tiverton on map 102, lot 196; provided that, the organization remains a feder |
| | | al 501(c)(3) tax-exempt corporation and a domestic nonprofit charitable corporat |
| | | ion; (82) real and tangible personal property of the brain injury association of |
| | | rhode island, inc., a nonprofit corporation, located at 1017 waterman avenue wi |
| | | thin the city of east providence on tax assessor’s map 607, block 11, parcel 4; |
| | | (83) real and tangible personal property of the johnnycake center realty corpora |
| | | tion, a rhode island nonprofit corporation, located in the town of south kingsto |
| | | wn, and further identified as 12 green street, assessor’s map 49-1, lot 148, 44 |
| | | kersey road, further identified as assessor’s map 49-1, lot 136, 54 kersey road, |
| | | further identified as assessor’s map 49-1, lot 137, and 1004 kingstown road, fu |
| | | rther identified as assessor’s map 49-4, lot 124; (84) real and tangible persona |
| | | l property of the little compton game club, a rhode island domestic nonprofit co |
| | | rporation, located at 83 john dyer road and 88 john dyer road, within the town o |
| | | f little compton on assessor’s plat 44 lots 4 and 5; (85) real and tangible pers |
| | | onal property of wildlife rehabilitators association of rhode island (wildlife c |
| | | linic of rhode island), a rhode island domestic nonprofit corporation, located a |
| | | t 2865 tower hill road, within the town of north kingstown on assessor’s map pla |
| | | t 5, lot 1; (86) non-commercial real and tangible personal property of southside |
| | | community land - page 12 of 15 trust, a rhode island domestic nonprofit corpora |
| | | tion, located in the city of providence, at 404 broad street, further identified |
| | | as assessor’s plat 23, lot 753; (87) tangible personal property of northwest co |
| | | mmunity health care d/b/a wellone primary medical and dental care, a rhode islan |
| | | d domestic nonprofit corporation, located in the town of north scituate at 35 vi |
| | | llage plaza way, and further identified as plat 38, lot 72; (88) real and tangib |
| | | le personal property of friends of little compton wellness center, inc., a domes |
| | | tic nonprofit corporation located at 115 east main road, within the town of litt |
| | | le compton, on assessor’s plat 28, lot 45; (89) real and tangible personal prope |
| | | rty of project weber/renew, a rhode island domestic nonprofit corporation; provi |
| | | ded that, it is qualified as a tax-exempt corporation pursuant to 26 u.s.c. |
| - page 2 of 4 section 2. | | 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code; (90) real and tangible personal property |
| | | of codac, inc., a rhode island domestic nonprofit corporation, located in the c |
| | | ity of providence, rhode island, at 45 royal little drive, further identified as |
| | | assessor’s plat 74, lot 402; (91) real and tangible personal property of the ce |
| | | nter for southeast asians, a rhode island domestic nonprofit corporation, locate |
| | | d in the city of providence, at 105 glenham street, further identified as assess |
| | | or’s plat 45, lot 668, 270 elmwood avenue, further identified as assessor’s plat |
| | | 44, lot 388 and 126 princeton avenue, further identified as assessor’s plat 44, |
| | | lot 723; (92) real and tangible personal property of the rhode island business |
| | | development institute, a domestic nonprofit corporation, located at 220 smith st |
| | | reet within the city of providence on the assessor’s map as plat 67, lot 100; (9 |
| | | 3) real and tangible personal property of the providence preservation society, a |
| | | rhode island domestic nonprofit corporation, located at 24 meeting street, with |
| | | in the city of providence on tax assessor’s map, plat 10, lot 75; and (94) real |
| | | and tangible personal property of the pokanoket management group, a rhode island |
| | | nonprofit corporation, trustee of the pokanoket tribe land trust, located in th |
| | | e town of bristol, rhode island, and used directly to cultivate, preserve and pr |
| | | otect the natural, cultural, traditional and historical resources, watersheds, h |
| | | abitats, ecosystems and archaeological sites of and within the ancestral territo |
| | | ry of the pokanoket people ; and (95) real and tangible personal property of bli |
| | | thewold, inc., a rhode island domestic nonprofit corporation, located at 101 fer |
| | | ry road, within the town of bristol on assessor's map, plat 165, lot 007. |
| | | (b) except as provided below, when a city or town taxes a for-profit hospital fa |
| | | cility, the value of its real property shall be the value determined by the most |
| | | recent full revaluation or - page 13 of 15 statistical property update performe |
| | | d by the city or town; provided, however, in the year a nonprofit hospital facil |
| | | ity converts to or otherwise becomes a for-profit hospital facility, or a for-pr |
| | | ofit hospital facility is initially established, the value of the real property |
| | | and personal property of the for-profit hospital facility shall be determined by |
| | | a valuation performed by the assessor for the purpose of determining an initial |
| | | assessed value of real and personal property, not previously taxed by the city |
| | | or town, as of the most recent date of assessment pursuant to § 44-5-1, subject |
| | | to a right of appeal by the for-profit hospital facility which shall be made to |
| | | the city or town tax assessor with a direct appeal from an adverse decision to t |
| | | he rhode island superior court business calendar. |
| | | a “for-profit hospital facility” includes all real and personal property affilia |
| | | ted with any hospital as identified in an application filed pursuant to chapter |
| | | 17 or 17.14 of title 23. |
| | | notwithstanding the above, a city or town may enter into a stabilization agreeme |
| | | nt with a for-profit hospital facility under § 44-3-9 or other laws specific to |
| | | the particular city or town relating to stabilization agreements. |
| | | in a year in which a nonprofit hospital facility converts to, or otherwise becom |
| | | es, a for-profit hospital facility, or a for-profit hospital facility is otherwi |
| | | se established, in that year only the amount levied by the city or town and/or t |
| | | he amount payable under the stabilization agreement for that year related to the |
| | | for-profit hospital facility shall not be counted towards determining the maxim |
| | | um tax levy permitted under § 44-5-2. |
| | | (c) notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in an effort to |
| | | provide relief for businesses, including small businesses, and to promote econom |
| | | ic development, a city, town, or fire district may establish an exemption for ta |
| | | ngible personal property within its geographic limits by formal action of the ap |
| | | propriate governing body within the city, town, or fire district, which exemptio |
| | | ns shall be uniformly applied and in compliance with local tax classification re |
| | | quirements. |
| | | exemptions established pursuant to this subsection shall conform to the requirem |
| | | ents of § 44-5- 12.2. |
| | | section 2. |
| this act shall take effect upon passage. | | this act shall take effect upon passage. |
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| c t relating to taxation -- property subject to taxation *** this act would auth | | a c t relating to taxation -- property subject to taxation *** this act would ex |
| orize the town of barrington to provide a tax dollar credit reduction for legall | | empt from taxation the real and tangible personal property of blithewold, inc., |
| y blind persons by ordinance. | | located at 101 ferry road, bristol, rhode island. |
| this act would take effect upon passage. | | this act would take effect upon passage. |
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