House Bill #5453 (2019)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES
Exempts from taxation the real property of the surviving spouse of any law enforcement officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty with the provisions applied only prospectively and not retroactively.
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2019-02-14: Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government
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2019-03-01: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/07/2019)
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2019-03-07: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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2019-06-07: Scheduled for consideration
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2019-06-07: Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2019)
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2019-06-07: Proposed Substitute
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2019-06-10: Meeting postponed (06/11/2019)
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2019-06-10: Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2019)
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2019-06-13: Committee recommends passage of Sub A
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2019-06-14: Placed on House Calendar (06/19/2019)
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2019-06-19: House passed Sub A
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2019-06-26: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/27/2019)
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2019-06-27: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
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2019-07-03: Transmitted to Governor
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2019-07-08: Signed by Governor
Changes since original draft
2019 – H 5453- 2019 – H 5453 SUBSTITUTE A
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LC001376- LC001376/SUB A
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S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D- S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D
- IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
- JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019
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- A N A C T
- RELATING TO TAXATION - LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES
- Introduced By: Representatives McEntee, Craven, Almeida, Ucci, and Morin
- Date Introduced: February 14, 2019
- Referred To: House Municipal Government
- It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
- SECTION 1. Chapter 44-5 of the General Laws entitled "Levy and Assessment of Local Taxes" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:
- 44-5-13.40. Property tax exemptions for surviving spouses of police and fire personnel killed in the line of duty.
- (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of chapter 5 of title 44, each municipality shall exempt from taxation the real property of the surviving spouse of any law enforcement officer or firefighter who was killed in the line of duty, who occupies the real property as their principal place of residence. This exemption shall cease if the surviving spouse remarries and shall not be claimed thereafter. This exemption applies to the surviving spouse's principal place of residence without any restriction on the spouse's moving to a different principal place of residence within the state.
- (b) For the purposes of this section, killed in the line of duty shall mean a traumatic physical wound (or traumatized physical condition of the body) directly and proximately caused by external force (such as bullets, explosives, sharp instruments, blunt objects, or physical blows), chemicals, electricity, climatic conditions, infectious disease, radiation, virii, or bacteria. When a law enforcement officer or firefighter engages in a situation involving nonroutine stressful or strenuous physical law enforcement, fire suppression or participates in a training exercise involving nonroutine stressful or strenuous physical activity and dies of a heart attack, stroke or vascular rupture not later than twenty-four (24) hours after the officer or firefighter engaged in such activity the death shall be considered killed in the line of duty.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. ======== LC001376 ========- (c) The provisions of this section shall not be applied retroactively but shall only be applied prospectively.
- SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. ======== LC001376/SUB A ========
- EXPLANATION
- BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
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A N A C T RELATING TO TAXATION - LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES *** This act would exempt from taxation the real property of the surviving spouse of any law enforcement officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty. This act would take effect upon passage. ======== LC001376 ========- A N A C T
- RELATING TO TAXATION - LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES
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- This act would exempt from taxation the real property of the surviving spouse of any law enforcement officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty with the provisions applied only prospectively and not retroactively.
- This act would take effect upon passage. ======== LC001376/SUB A ========
Votes
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June 19, 2019 at 5:57pm
Yeas: 73 /
Nays: 0 /
Not voting: 2 /
Recused: 0
Floor vote for Passage
In Concurrence
June 27, 2019 at 5:47pm
Yeas: 36 /
Nays: 2 /
Not voting: 0 /
Recused: 0