§ 44-5-44 - Collection and publication of property tax data.
SECTION 44-5-44
§ 44-5-44 Collection and publication ofproperty tax data. – (a) The department of revenue shall annually make and publicly issuecomprehensive assessment ratio studies of the average level of assessment andthe degree of assessment uniformity within each town and city. The departmentof revenue shall also annually compute and publicly issue the Russell Index ofInequality within each town and city.
(b) The department of revenue shall require assessors andother officers to report to it data on assessed valuations and other featuresof the property tax for the periods and in the form and content that thedepartment of revenue requires. The department of revenue shall construct andmaintain its system for the collection and analysis of property tax facts toenable it to make intrastate comparisons as well as interstate comparisonsbased on property tax and assessment ratio data compiled for other states bythe United States Bureau of the Census or any agency successor to the Bureau.