Rhode Island § 39-17-4 § 39-17-4. Apportionment of gross earnings among cities and towns.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 39-17-4 — § 39-17-4. Apportionment of gross earnings among cities and towns.

Rhode Island § 39-17-4

Title 39Public Utilities and Carriers

Ch. 39-17Franchises

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-17-4 (2026).

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§ 39-17-4. Apportionment of gross earnings among cities and towns.
In case any corporation shall do business in more than one town or city, and it shall
            be unable to ascertain the amount of its gross earnings in each town or city separately
            from actual accounts kept thereof, its returns of gross earnings to be made as provided
            in § 39-17-3 shall state the gross earnings of its entire business and the length of its wires,
            pipes, mains, or tracks in the streets and highways of each town or city, and the
            gross earnings from its business in the town or city shall be taken to be that proportion
            of the whole gross earnings that the length of its wires, pi

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§ 39-17-4. Apportionment of gross earnings among cities and towns.

In case any corporation shall do business in more than one town or city, and it shall be unable to ascertain the amount of its gross earnings in each town or city separately from actual accounts kept thereof, its returns of gross earnings to be made as provided in § 39-17-3 shall state the gross earnings of its entire business and the length of its wires, pipes, mains, or tracks in the streets and highways of each town or city, and the gross earnings from its business in the town or city shall be taken to be that proportion of the whole gross earnings that the length of its wires, pipes, mains, or tracks in the streets and highways of the city or town bears to the total length of all its wires, pipes, mains, or tracks in streets and highways.