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Allows a municipality to set its own conveyance tax rate for residential properties sold in excess of $900,000.00 at $10 per $500. Provides collected taxes to be in a restricted account and distributed within 2 years for affordable housing.
This bill would give Rhode Island municipalities the option to charge an additional tax when high-priced homes are sold within their borders.
Allows the town of Johnston to determine its density bonuses based upon its underlying zoning.
This bill would give the town of Johnston, Rhode Island special authority to set its own rules about "density bonuses" — a tool that allows developers to build more housing units on a piece of land than would normally be permitted.
Authorizes the town of Middletown to adopt by ordinance, a veterans’ property tax exemption to any veteran, who was honorably discharged, or discharged under conditions other than dishonorable, regardless of dates or periods of service.
This bill would give the town of Middletown, Rhode Island, the authority to create a property tax break specifically for veterans.
Prohibits cities or towns that implement a rent control ordinance from raising property taxes and such prohibition would last for as long as the rent control ordinance is in effect.
This bill would create a direct link between rent control policies and property taxes in Rhode Island cities and towns.
Provides that cities or towns may, by ordinance, designate "special ways" throughout the city or town which would be subject to alternative regulations to preserve its cultural, historic or scenic character.
This bill would give Rhode Island cities and towns a new tool to protect streets, roads, or pathways that have special cultural, historical, or scenic value.
Requires that affordable housing would be provided for with some developments.
This Rhode Island bill would require that some new housing developments include a portion of units that are priced affordably for lower- and moderate-income residents.
Clarifies that a magistrate or sentencing judge sitting in a court with jurisdiction over motor vehicle offenses has the discretion to grant a conditional hardship license for a first-time offender upon request.
This bill clarifies that a judge or magistrate handling motor vehicle cases has the authority to grant a "hardship license" to someone convicted of a motor vehicle offense for the first time.
Requires nonprofit entities who receive grants or other funding, to provide a detailed list of their ten highest paid directors, officers or employees’ salaries and benefits, including the names of said individuals.
This bill would require nonprofit organizations that receive grants or other funding from the state of Rhode Island to publicly disclose detailed compensation information about their highest-paid employees.
Authorizes the state police to enforce municipal ordinances; provided that, the ordinances provide for civil penalties only.
This bill would give Rhode Island State Police the authority to enforce local town and city ordinances, but only in cases where breaking those ordinances results in a civil penalty (like a fine) rather than criminal charges.
Creates the joint committee of the repealer for a term of six (6) years to compile suggestions for repeal of certain statutes, regulations, and executive orders.
This bill would create a special legislative committee called the "Joint Committee of the Repealer" that would exist for six years.
Increases fines for speeding in residential or school zones.
This bill would increase the fines that drivers must pay if they are caught speeding in residential neighborhoods or near schools.
Amends various sections of law relating to campaign contributions and expenditures, including prohibitions on self-dealing with committee funds and prohibits donations made in fictitious names.
This bill makes several updates to Rhode Island's existing campaign finance laws, which govern how money is raised and spent in political campaigns.
Creates the child-serving provider liability joint underwriting association to provide a joint underwriting association to provide liability insurance coverage for eligible child serving providers.
This bill would create a special insurance pool in Rhode Island specifically designed to provide liability insurance coverage for organizations and providers that serve children.
Includes animal cruelty offenses to the domestic violence crimes committed by a family or household members against another.
This bill would expand Rhode Island's Domestic Violence Prevention Act to include animal cruelty as a form of domestic violence.
Changes the application to purchase a firearm. Further, this act would require all persons seeking to possess a firearm except for police and military personnel to complete and pass a basic firearm safety training course.
This bill would make two main changes to how Rhode Island residents obtain firearms.
Creates an intervenor compensation program to provide compensation in the form of grants for legal fees, expert witness fees, and other reasonable costs to an intervenor in both, energy siting board and public utilities commission proceedings.
This bill would create a financial assistance program in Rhode Island to help everyday people and community groups participate in important government hearings about energy and utility issues.
Requires notice to E-ZPass users before DMV reporting, and set rules and regulations for transponder failures, requires outreach and free replacements, and allow mitigation or forgiveness of tolls and penalties from equipment failures.
This bill creates new protections for Rhode Island drivers who use E-ZPass transponders to pay tolls.
Prohibits a peace officer, as defined in § 12-7-21, from employing threats, physical harm, deprivation, deception, coercion, or psychologically manipulative interrogation tactics during the custodial interrogation of a juvenile.
This bill would place new restrictions on how law enforcement officers in Rhode Island can conduct questioning of minors who are in police custody.
Allows lane filtering, the act of passing stopped or slow-moving vehicles proceeding in the same direction, for motorcycles at low speeds.
This bill would allow motorcycle riders in Rhode Island to practice "lane filtering," which means slowly riding between lanes of stopped or slow-moving traffic going in the same direction.
Requires landlords who rent shoreline property to provide their tenants, before the start of the tenancy, with a detailed, written disclosure regarding their shoreline access rights.
This bill would require landlords in Rhode Island to give tenants a written notice — before they move in — explaining their legal rights to access the shoreline if the rental property is located near the coast.
Amends the process for creating and governing project labor agreements (“PLA”).
This bill proposes changes to how Rhode Island creates and manages project labor agreements (PLAs) for public construction projects.
Ensures that the State of Rhode Island adopt the protections afforded under the Occupational Safety and Health Act if its scope or enforcement capacity is diminished.
This bill is a contingency measure designed to protect Rhode Island workers' on-the-job safety standards.
Grants hourly credit of 288 hours against 576 hours if graduate of accredited trade school/raises to 4 years of work under master plumber and requires 8,000 hours of on-the-job training plus 5 years of registration with DLT.
This bill changes the requirements for people working toward becoming a licensed master plumber in Rhode Island.
Requires all health care workers who are employed on any Sunday or holiday, to be compensated at the rate of time and one-half.
This bill would require that all healthcare workers in Rhode Island receive extra pay — specifically, one and a half times their regular hourly rate ("time and a half") — whenever they work on a Sunday or a recognized holiday.