§ 45-9-4. Approval of tax levy.
A city, town, or fire district that is subject to the jurisdiction of a fiscal overseer
or a budget commission, may not levy property taxes or motor vehicle excise taxes
without prior approval of the division of municipal finance. Before the city, town,
or fire district that is subject to the jurisdiction of a fiscal overseer or a budget
commission, shall send out tax bills, the city, town, or fire district shall submit
to the division of municipal finance a copy of its adopted municipal or fire district
budget and such supporting revenue and expenditure information as the division of
municipal finance sha
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§ 45-9-4. Approval of tax levy.
A city, town, or fire district that is subject to the jurisdiction of a fiscal overseer
or a budget commission, may not levy property taxes or motor vehicle excise taxes
without prior approval of the division of municipal finance. Before the city, town,
or fire district that is subject to the jurisdiction of a fiscal overseer or a budget
commission, shall send out tax bills, the city, town, or fire district shall submit
to the division of municipal finance a copy of its adopted municipal or fire district
budget and such supporting revenue and expenditure information as the division of
municipal finance shall prescribe for the succeeding fiscal year. The adopted municipal
or fire district budget, and such supporting revenue and expenditure information as
the division of municipal finance may prescribe, shall be submitted to the division
of municipal finance no later than ten (10) days after the adoption of the budget.
The division of municipal finance shall ascertain whether the budget for that fiscal
year contains reasonable revenues from taxation and other sources to meet the appropriations
and other amounts required by law to be raised, and the division of municipal finance
shall report its conclusion to the director of revenue. If the director of revenue
determines that the municipal or fire district budget as presented does not contain
reasonable revenues from taxation and other sources to meet appropriations and other
amounts required by law to be raised, the director of revenue shall certify this determination
in writing and provide notice of the determination with a copy of the certificate
to the auditor general, the governor, and the chairpersons of the house and senate
finance committees; and notify the city, town, or fire district that its tax levy
has not been approved and that the city, town, or fire district is not authorized
to mail or otherwise transmit tax bills to city or town taxpayers. If the director
of revenue has made the foregoing determination, the city, town, or fire district
shall prepare a revised budget for review and approval by the director of revenue.
The city, town, or fire district shall submit the reports required by §â€‚45-12-22.2 to the director of revenue, the division of municipal finance, the auditor general,
the governor, and the chairpersons of the house and senate finance committees.
The director of revenue may waive any reporting or filing requirements contained in
this section.