| RI | S3023 | Intro
Sine Die | TOWNS AND CITIES -- OPTIONAL RETIREMENT FOR MEMBERS OF POLICE FORCE AND FIREFIGHTERS - Provides an option for members to receive retirement allowances, without reduction, upon reaching twenty-five (25) years of total service or after twenty (20) year...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-04
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2048 | Intro
Sine Die | TOWNS AND CITIES -- STATE AID - Includes municipal detention facility corporations as exempt from taxation, and requires that an amount equal to twenty-seven percent (27%) of all tax that would have been collected if the property was taxable be paid ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-30
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2318 | Intro
Sine Die | TOWNS AND CITIES -- PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS - Adds department of corrections' correctional officers to the list of public safety employees that are entitled to their full salary if t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-30
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S3103 | Intro
Sine Die | TOWNS AND CITIES -- ORDINANCES - Allows town and city councils to impose penalties for the violation of ordinances and regulations not exceeding the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2010 | Intro
Sine Die | TOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES - Increases the number of days a retired municipal employee could work in a calendar year without interruption of pension benefits to ninety (90) days.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-28
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2341 | Intro
Sine Die | TOWNS AND CITIES -- STATE AID - Provides PILOT to Exeter for state owned properties. Imposes no duty on Exeter to protect these properties. Requires payments to be used to create a police department or defray town expenses used to provide police prot...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-28
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2314 | Intro
Sine Die | TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS - Increases the killed-in-line-of-duty benefit for active or retired police officer, capitol police officer, correctional officer, firefighter, crash rescue crew per...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-28
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2338 | Intro
Sine Die | TOWNS AND CITIES -- STATE AID - Secures general assembly appropriations in lieu of property taxes for state-owned properties within the town of Exeter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-28
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2567 | Intro
Sine Die | TOWNS AND CITIES -- STATE AID - Requires an appropriation of an additional five percent (5%) of the assessed value of all low-income housing as part of the payment in lieu of taxes program to the municipality where the property is located beginning i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-23
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S3079 | Intro
Sine Die | TOWNS AND CITIES -- OPTIONAL RETIREMENT FOR MEMBERS OF POLICE FORCE AND FIREFIGHTERS - Allows police and firefighters to retire with 20 years of service and attained 57 years of age based on their highest 3 years consecutive compensation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-23
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2408 | Intro
Sine Die | TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES -- PROMOTION OF NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER AND SMART GROWTH - Amends several sections of chapter 24 of title 45, entitled "zoning ordinances," also known as the "Rhode Island zoning enabling act of 1991," with the in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S2630 | Intro
Sine Die | TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES - Amends several sections of law relating to zoning ordinances to provide uniform zoning standards for accessory dwelling units.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S3022 | Intro
Sine Die | TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS - Enables the city of Newport to impose a nine percent (9%) amusement tax on the sale of certain amusement ticket sales.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2955 | Intro
Sine Die | TOWNS AND CITIES -- HOUSING MAINTENANCE AND OCCUPANCY CODE - Permits the department of environmental management and local municipalities to drain, remove, and replace an overflowing septic tank or system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-08
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S2922 | Intro
Sine Die | TOWNS AND CITIES -- HOUSING MAINTENANCE AND OCCUPANCY CODE -- NOTICE OF VIOLATIONS - Requires a housing code enforcement officer to give a copy of any housing code violation notice to all tenants of the building affected by a housing code violation a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2020 | Intro
Sine Die | TOWNS AND CITIES -- SHORT-TERM RENTAL COMMUNITY IMPACT FEE - Enables cities and towns to impose an impact fee of 2% on the total consideration charged for occupancy of a house, condominium, or other resident dwelling that is rented in its entirety fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S2883 | Intro
Sine Die | TOWNS AND CITIES -- ORDINANCES - Allows municipalities to seek recovery of fines associated with ordinance violations by permitting the municipality to include the fines on a property tax bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S2433 | Intro
Sine Die | TOWNS AND CITIES -- ACTIONS BY AND AGAINST TOWNS - Requires a municipality to disclose on their official website the specific issues, details and costs of any legal action of which the town or city is a named defendant.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2016 | Intro
Sine Die | TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING - Allows municipalities without public transportation extending to urban service boundaries to reduce the low- or moderate-income housing requirements from 10% to 6%.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S2017 | Intro
Sine Die | TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING - Provides another method for municipalities to identify and calculate private residences as low- and moderate-income housing. This method is in addition to and not in lieu of other methods permitte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S2190 | Intro
Sine Die | TOWNS AND CITIES -- HISTORICAL AREA ZONING - Authorizes the town of South Kingstown to adopt a local ordinance to delay the demolition of historic properties located in the town.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S2632 | Intro
Sine Die | TOWNS AND CITIES -- MULTIFAMILY HOUSING ACT - Requires single-family residential zoning in municipalities with populations of over 40,000 to allow middle housing and mandates that those municipalities adopt zoning regulations for middle housing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S2155 | Intro
Sine Die | TOWNS AND CITIES -- STATEWIDE MUNICIPAL SOLAR PERMIT - Requires as part of the solar permit application an assessment on carbon-neutral, a solar permit would only be approved if it was carbon neutral based on the assessment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-06
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S2581 | Intro
Sine Die | TOWNS AND CITIES -- STATE AID - Reinstates general revenue sharing of state aid among the 39 cities and towns in RI. The initial amount would be based upon population, and would be increased annually thereafter based on the increase in the Consumer P...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2562 | Intro
Sine Die | TOWNS AND CITIES -- AWARD OF MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS - Increases the maximum state and municipal small purchase limits from $10,000 to $25,000 for construction projects and from $5,000 to $10,000 for all other state and municipal purchases.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01
To Senate Finance Committee |
