Rhode Island § 44-5-44 § 44-5-44. Collection and publication of property tax data.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 44-5-44 — § 44-5-44. Collection and publication of property tax data.

Rhode Island·Title 44 Taxation·Ch. 44-5 Levy and Assessment of Local Taxes

§ 44-5-44. Collection and publication of property tax data.
(a) The department of revenue shall annually make and publicly issue comprehensive assessment
            ratio studies of the average level of assessment and the degree of assessment uniformity
            within each town and city. The department of revenue shall also annually compute and
            publicly issue the Russell Index of Inequality within each town and city.
         
(b) The department of revenue shall require assessors and other officers to report to
            it data on assessed valuations and other features of the property tax for the periods
            and in the form and content that the dep

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§ 44-5-44. Collection and publication of property tax data.

(a) The department of revenue shall annually make and publicly issue comprehensive assessment ratio studies of the average level of assessment and the degree of assessment uniformity within each town and city. The department of revenue shall also annually compute and publicly issue the Russell Index of Inequality within each town and city.

(b) The department of revenue shall require assessors and other officers to report to it data on assessed valuations and other features of the property tax for the periods and in the form and content that the department of revenue requires. The department of revenue shall construct and maintain its system for the collection and analysis of property tax facts to enable it to make intrastate comparisons as well as interstate comparisons based on property tax and assessment ratio data compiled for other states by the United States Bureau of the Census or any agency successor to the Bureau.

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