At least ten (10) calendar days prior to the financial town meeting or, for towns and cities without town meetings, the first hearing on the budget for the purpose of adopting the budget, the chief elected official in each town and city shall cause to be published a budget summary in a newspaper of general circulation in the town or city. The budget summary shall set out proposed expenditures by department or function and receipts by source for the proposed budget year, and comparisons of these with estimated expenditures and receipts for the current budget year.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 44-35-7

  • 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

The published budget summary shall be in the following form:

(CITY, TOWN) of (NAME)
 
REPORT TO TAXPAYERS ON CURRENT AND PROPOSED
BUDGET
     
Function or Amounts Proposed
Purpose of Actually Budget year
Expenditures Budgeted for Operating
  Current Year Capital
  Operating  
  Capital  
     
Expenditures    
1. Education    
2. General Financial    
Admin.    
3. Public Works    
4. Police Protection    
5. Fire Protection    
6. Sewerage    
7. Other Sanitation    
8. Parks and    
Recreation    
9. Interest on General    
Debt    
10. Principal on    
General Debt    
11. All Other (Specify)    
Revenues    
1. Local Property    
2. Local Non-Property    
3. Federal    
4. State    
5. All Other (Specify)    
TOTAL BUDGET    
Certification: This is to certify that data contained in this report are accurate to the best of my knowledge.
Date …………………………………..  …………………………………
  Signature of Official

History of Section.
P.L. 1979, ch. 298, § 1.