(a)  All real property in the district shall be taxed to the owners, whether individuals, copartnerships, or corporations, according to the last valuation made by the assessor of taxes of the town of Charlestown, prior to the next assessment, adding, however, any taxable real property which may have been omitted by the assessor of taxes of the town of Charlestown or afterwards acquired, and in all cases where the town assessor may have included property within the district and property without the district in one valuation, the tax assessor of the district shall make an equitable valuation of that portion of the property lying within the district.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 45-52-11

  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9

(b)  In assessing and collecting taxes, the proceedings shall be had by the officers of the district, as near as may be, as are required to be had by the corresponding officers of towns in the state in assessing and collecting town taxes.

History of Section.
P.L. 1990, ch. 499, § 1.