§ 44-35-7 — § 44-35-7. Publication of town and city budget summary.

Rhode Island § 44-35-7

• Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
• Title 44: Taxation
• Ch. 44-35: Property Tax and Fiscal Disclosure — Municipal Budgets

Text

§ 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

Legislative History

P.L. 1979, ch. 298, § 1.