PROVIDENCE -- The state House of Representatives, on a 65-6 vote, passed its version of a $2.5 million end-of-the-fiscal-year supplemental tax to help the city of Woonsocket balance its 2012-13 budget.
The bill would allow the state-appointed Budget Commission running the city to raise about $1 million in a special residential real estate tax bill and about $1.5 million through a special charge on motor vehicles. It would exempt owner-occupied houses and condominium units from the supplemental tax.
The House bill differs from the Senate version, which would raise $1.5 million through residential property taxes and $1 million via car taxes. The Senate bill also would give the commission the authority to grant elderly residents tax exemptions, something not included in the House bill.