§ 45-13-1 - Apportionment of annual appropriation for state aid.
SECTION 45-13-1
§ 45-13-1 Apportionment of annualappropriation for state aid. – (a) As used in this chapter, the following words and terms have the followingmeanings:
(1) "Income" means the most recent estimate of per-capitaincome for a city, town or county as reported by the United States Departmentof Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
(2) "Population" means the most recent estimates ofpopulation for each city and town as reported by the United States Departmentof Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
(3) "Reference year" means the second fiscal year precedingthe beginning of the fiscal year in which the distribution of state aid tocities and towns is made provided however that the reference year fordistributions made in fiscal year 2007-2008 shall be the third fiscal yearpreceding the beginning of the fiscal year 2007-2008 and provided further thatthe reference year for distributions made in fiscal year 2008-2009 shall be thefourth fiscal year preceding the beginning of the fiscal year 2008-2009.
(4) "Tax effort" means the total taxes imposed by a city ortown for public purposes or the totals of those taxes for the cities or townswithin a county (except employee and employer assessments and contributions tofinance retirement and social insurance systems and other special assessmentsfor capital outlay) determined by the United States Secretary of Commerce forgeneral statistical purposes and adjusted to exclude amounts properly allocatedto education expenses.
(b) Aid to cities and towns shall be apportioned as follows:For each county, city or town, let R be the tax effort divided by the square ofper capita income, i.e., R = (tax effort)/(income x income).
The amount to be allocated to the counties shall beapportioned in the ratio of the value of R for each county divided by the sumof the values of R for all five (5) counties.
The amount to be allocated for all cities and for all townswithin a county shall be the allocation for that county apportionedproportionally to the total tax effort of the towns and cities in that county.
The amount to be allocated to any city or town is the amountallocated to all cities or all towns within the county apportioned in the ratioof the value of R for that city (or town) divided by the sum of the values of Rfor all cities (or all towns) in that county; provided, further, that no cityor town shall receive an entitlement in excess of one hundred forty-fivepercent (145%) of that city or town's population multiplied by the average percapita statewide amount of the annual appropriation for state aid to cities andtowns. Any excess entitlement shall be allocated to the remainder of the citiesand towns in the respective county in accordance with the provisions of thissection.
For fiscal year 2004, notwithstanding the provisions ofsubsection (a), aid calculations shall be based on a blended rate of ninetypercent (90%) of the data from the 1990 census and ten percent (10%) of thedata from the 2000 census. In each of the succeeding nine (9) fiscal years, thecalculations shall be based on a blended rate that increases the percentage ofdata utilized from the 2000 census by ten percent (10%) from the previous yearand decreases the percentage of the data utilized from the 1990 census by tenpercent (10%) from the previous year.
(c) The total amount of aid to be apportioned pursuant tosubsection (b) above shall be specified in the annual appropriation act of thestate and shall be equal to the following:
(1) For fiscal years ending June 30, 1994 through June 30,1998, the total amount of aid shall be based upon one percent (1%) of totalstate tax revenues in the reference year.
(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, the totalamount of aid shall be based upon one and three-tenths percent (1.3%) of totalstate tax revenues in the reference year.
(3) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, the totalamount of aid shall be based upon one and seven-tenths percent (1.7%) of totalstate tax revenues in the reference year.
(4) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, the totalamount of aid shall be based upon two percent (2.0%) of total state taxrevenues in the reference year.
(5) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, the totalamount of aid shall be based upon two and four-tenths percent (2.4%) of totalstate tax revenues in the reference year.
(6) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, the totalamount of aid shall be based upon two and four-tenths percent (2.4%) of totalstate tax revenues in the reference year.
(7) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, the totalamount of aid shall be based upon two and seven-tenths percent (2.7%) of totalstate tax revenues in the reference year.
(8) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005, the totalamount of aid shall be fifty-two million four hundred thirty-eight thousandfive hundred thirty-two dollars ($52,438,532).
(9) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, the totalamount of aid shall be based upon three percent (3%) of total state taxrevenues in the reference year.
(10) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007 the totalamount of aid shall be sixty-four million six hundred ninety-nine thousandthree dollars ($64,699,003).
(11) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, the totalamount of aid shall be sixty-four million six hundred ninety-nine thousandthree dollars ($64,699,003).
(12) [Deleted by P.L. 2009, ch. 68, art. 6, section3.]
(13) [Deleted by P.L. 2007, ch. 73, art. 25, section1.]
(14) [Deleted by P.L. 2007, ch. 73, art. 25, section1.]
(d) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008 theapportionments of state aid as derived through the calculations as required bysubsections (a) through (c) of this section shall be adjusted downwardstatewide by ten million dollars ($10,000,000).
(e) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, the totalamount of aid shall be twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) with suchdistribution allocated proportionately on the same basis as the originalenactment of general revenue sharing of FY 2009.
(f) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009 and thereafter,funding shall be determined by appropriation.