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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-44 > Chapter-44-3 > 44-3-13-3SECTION 44-3-13.3
§ 44-3-13.3 North Kingstown –Exemption of property of totally disabled persons. – (a) The town council of the town of North Kingstown may, by ordinance, exemptfrom taxation any real property situated in the town which is owned andoccupied by any one or more persons who is a domiciled resident of the town ofNorth Kingstown and who is determined to be totally disabled by the SocialSecurity Administration. The amount of the exemption and the rules andregulations regarding eligibility for the exemption shall be provided for byordinance and the town council of the town of North Kingstown may, from time totime, by amendment to the ordinance, make any changes in the amount ofexemption granted and the rules and regulations regarding eligibility for theexemption that it deems necessary to promote the purpose of this section.
(b) The town council of the town of North Kingstown isauthorized in the ordinance to provide that any person who obtains an exemptionpursuant to the ordinance to which the person is not entitled by the filing ormaking of any false statement or the proffering of any document or otherwriting known by the person to have been altered, forged, or to contain anyfalse or untrue information is liable to the town of North Kingstown for anamount equal to double the amount of reductions in taxes resulting from theexemption, which amount is recoverable by the town in a civil action.
(c) The question of the acceptance or rejection of thissection shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the town of NorthKingstown entitled to vote upon a proposition to impose a tax or for theexpenditure of money at the next general or special election to be held afterJune 19, 1986, and no other action shall be taken under the authority of thissection unless a majority of the electors voting on the question, vote toaccept this section.
