Rhode Island § 44-35-7 - Property Tax and Fiscal Disclosure — Municipal Budgets
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§ 44-35-7. Property Tax and Fiscal Disclosure — Municipal Budgets
R.I. Gen. Laws § 44-35-7
§ 44-35-7. Publication of town and city budget summary.
At least ten (10) calendar days prior to the financial town meeting or, for towns and cities without town meetings, the first hearing on the budget for the purpose of adopting the budget, the chief elected official in each town and city shall cause to be published a budget summary in a newspaper of general circulation in the town or city. The budget summary shall set out proposed expenditures by department or function and receipts by source for the proposed budget year, and comparisons of these with estimated expenditures and receipts for the current budget year.
The published budget summary shall be in the following form:
| (CITY, TOWN) of (NAME) | ||
| REPORT TO TAXPAYERS ON CURRENT AND PROPOSED | ||
| BUDGET | ||
| Function or | Amounts | Proposed |
| Purpose of | Actually | Budget year |
| Expenditures | Budgeted for | Operating |
| Current Year | Capital | |
| Operating | ||
| Capital | ||
| Expenditures | ||
| 1. Education | ||
| 2. General Financial | ||
| Admin. | ||
| 3. Public Works | ||
| 4. Police Protection | ||
| 5. Fire Protection | ||
| 6. Sewerage | ||
| 7. Other Sanitation | ||
| 8. Parks and | ||
| Recreation | ||
| 9. Interest on General | ||
| Debt | ||
| 10. Principal on | ||
| General Debt | ||
| 11. All Other (Specify) | ||
| Revenues | ||
| 1. Local Property | ||
| 2. Local Non-Property | ||
| 3. Federal | ||
| 4. State | ||
| 5. All Other (Specify) | ||
| TOTAL BUDGET | ||
| Certification: This is to certify that data contained in this report are accurate to the best of my knowledge. | ||
| Date ......................................... | ....................................... | |
| Signature of Official | ||
History of Section.
P.L. 1979, ch. 298, § 1.
Source: official Rhode Island text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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