House Bill No. 8226 & Senate Bill No. 3035 SECTION 1. Section 45-62-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 45-62 entitled "Dam Management Districts" is hereby amended to read as follows: 45-62-3. Power of councils. – (d) With respect to the towns of Burriville and Glocester, collection of Dam Management District fees shall be in the same manner as provided by law for the collection of taxes by municipalities and the collector of fees for the said Management District shall, for the purposes of collecting fees assessed by said Management District, have the same powers and authority as are by law conferred on collection of taxes for towns in the state. SECTION 2. Chapter 45-62 of the General Laws entitled "Dam Management Districts" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: 45-62-7. Exemption from real and personal property taxes. – The towns of Burriville and Glocester are authorized to enact ordinances which exempt from taxation real and personal property owned by a Dam Management District created pursuant to this chapter, said exemption to be limited to property that consists of the lake bed of the Pascoag Reservoir, also known as Echo Lake and property on which any dam, spillway and any appurtenant structures may be located as the same relate to the Pascoag Reservoir, also known as Echo Lake.

House Bill No. 8226 - Status House Bill No.8226 Chapter 362 BY  Pacheco, Church, Winfield ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- DAM MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS {LC2836/1} 04/30/2008 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government 05/15/2008 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration 05/15/2008 Committee recommended measure be held for further study 06/03/2008 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration 06/03/2008 Committee recommends passage 06/04/2008 Placed on House Calendar 06/11/2008 House read and passed 06/12/2008 Referred to Senate Finance 06/18/2008 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration 06/18/2008 Committee recommends passage in concurrence 06/18/2008 Placed on Senate Calendar 06/19/2008 Senate passed in concurrence 06/27/2008 Transmitted to Governor 07/05/2008 Effective without Governor's signature                                               State House, Providence, Rhode Island                   09/12/2008

Senate Bill No. 3035 - Status Senate Bill No.3035 Chapter 282 BY  Fogarty P, Gallo ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- DAM MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS (would allow the towns of Burrillville and Glocester to exempt from taxation certain property owned by a dam management district and would provide for the collection of dam management district fees in those towns.) {LC2920/1} 05/22/2008 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance 06/12/2008 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration 06/12/2008 Committee recommends passage 06/12/2008 Placed on Senate Calendar 06/17/2008 Senate read and passed 06/18/2008 Placed on House Calendar 06/20/2008 House passed in concurrence 06/30/2008 Transmitted to Governor 07/08/2008 Effective without Governor's signature                                          State House, Providence, Rhode Island             09/12/2008