Section 45-13-7. – State mandated costs defined.
§ 45-13-7. State mandated costs defined. “State mandate” means any state initiated statutory or executive action or rule, regulation or policy adopted by a state department or agency or a quasi-public department or agency that requires a local government to establish, expand, or modify its activities in a way as to necessitate additional expenditures from […]
Section 45-13-8. – Reports.
§ 45-13-8. Reports. (a) The department of revenue in consultation and cooperation with towns and cities shall maintain: (1) An identification of state mandates created by statute since January 1, 1970; (2) Specific identification of all state mandates established since July 1, 1979 which are subject to reimbursement in accordance with § 45-13-9, and the […]
Section 45-13-9. – Reimbursement to cities and towns and school districts for the costs of state mandates.
§ 45-13-9. Reimbursement to cities and towns and school districts for the costs of state mandates. (a)(1) The department of revenue shall submit to the budget office by October 1 of each year, a report by each city and town, of the cost of state mandates established after January 1, 1979, to be reimbursed for […]
Section 45-13-9.1. – Future mandates.
§ 45-13-9.1. Future mandates. No mandate shall be enacted or promulgated after July 1, 2006, unless the body enacting or promulgating the same shall first, after public hearing, determine the cost of the proposed mandate to the city, town or school districts of the state. Any rule, regulation or policy adopted by state departments, agencies […]
Section 45-13-9.2. – Postponement of effective date.
§ 45-13-9.2. Postponement of effective date. Whenever it shall be determined by the governor that the postponement of the effective date of rules, regulations or policies of state departments, agencies or quasi-state departments or agencies, shall cause an emergency situation which imperils the public’s safety or public’s health, the governor may by executive order suspend […]
Section 45-13-10. – Exemptions from reimbursement.
§ 45-13-10. Exemptions from reimbursement. (a) State mandates not subject to reimbursement includes: (1) The holding of elections; (2) The assurance of due process; (3) The notification and conduct of public meetings; (4) The procedures for administrative and judicial review of actions taken by cities and towns; (5) The protection of the public from malfeasance, […]
Section 45-13-1. – Apportionment of annual appropriation for state aid.
§ 45-13-1. Apportionment of annual appropriation for state aid. (a) As used in this chapter, the following words and terms have the following meanings: (1) “Income” means the most recent estimate of per-capita income for a city, town or county as reported by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. (2) “Population” […]
Section 45-13-1.1. – Aid reduced by amounts owed state entities.
§ 45-13-1.1. Aid reduced by amounts owed state entities. If any city or town fails to pay any assessment, bill, or charge levied, presented, or imposed by any public or quasi-public board, commission, corporation, council, authority, agency, department, committee or other similar body organized under the laws of this state, within one hundred eighty (180) […]
Section 45-13-1.2. – Aid withheld for failure to comply with state statutes.
§ 45-13-1.2. Aid withheld for failure to comply with state statutes. If any city or town fails to furnish information as defined in chapter 21 of title 39 within seventy-five (75) days of June 22, 1987, then there shall be withheld from any state aid, determined to be due under the provisions of this chapter, […]
Section 45-13-2. – “Tax levy” defined.
§ 45-13-2. “Tax levy” defined. For the purposes of this chapter, “tax levy” means the total amount of taxes annually certified by the assessors of taxes of the cities and towns, as shown on the annual reports certified by the assessors to the director of revenue; provided, that whenever a city or town, incidental to […]