Permits municipalities to enact ordinances that provides them the authority to organize local tax amnesty events once every three (3) years.
Permits every municipality in the state to offer a homestead tax exemption of up to 20% of assessed value on residential properties, and also provides that municipalities that grant greater exemptions not be limited by this section.
Provides an exemption for certain incarcerated persons from the payment of fees for a first request for vital statistics from the department of health.
Amends the provision relative to the measurements for signs identifying school zone areas with speed enforcement systems.
Changes the name of the holiday on the second Monday of August from Victory Day to Peace and Remembrance Day.
Allows veterans with "Disabled Veterans" license plates to all the rights and privileges to persons possessing a disability parking permit. There would be no requirement of a parking privilege placard to be displayed in the vehicle.
Exempts full-time members of divisions of the state police, including the capitol police and the sheriff's department from the requirements of § 11-47-35.
Mandates arming campus police at public higher educational institutions and includes campus police in the definition of "law enforcement officer" for the purposes of the "Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights."
Provides protections to appointed police chiefs of cities and towns and provides they would be entitled to a hearing and due process before termination and provides for an appeal of an adverse decision under the administrative procedures act.
