Sec. 16-56. - One-time tax amnesty period-real property tax payments.

(a)

In accordance with R.I.G.L. §44-5-8.6, entitled "East Providence—Tax Amnesty Period—Real Property Tax Payments" or as such may be renumbered but having the same title, the City of East Providence by and through enactment of this Ordinance, does hereby authorize a sixty-day period during fiscal year 2023 whereby a waiver of interest and penalties in an amount not to exceed $10,000.00 on overdue real property tax payments may be made if the request for a waiver of interest and penalties is:

(1)

In writing, on a designated form created by the tax assessor; and

(2)

Such form shall be signed, dated, and submitted to the tax collector by the taxpayer within the sixty-day waiver period beginning August 15, 2023 and ending October 14, 2023, and

(3)

The taxpayer must pay all delinquent and/or overdue taxes in full, and the taxpayer must pay all other remaining taxes, penalties and interest that remain due and owing above and beyond the grant of a $10,000.00 waiver, and all such payments must be made in full during the amnesty period.

(b)

In accordance with R.I.G.L. §44-5-8.6(b), the tax assessor shall provide the city council with a report at the conclusion of the amnesty period which shall include a copy of the applications and shall further specify whether or not the tax assessor made the decision to grant amnesty in accordance with R.I.G.L. §44-5-8.6(b) and (c).

(c)

Waivers of interest and penalties shall not be granted for any taxes contained in the 2023 tax bill.

(Ch. 883, § I, 7-18-23)