You'd think that this would apply to a city elected official who owed money to the city.
Worth checking?
Excerpt from RI Ethics Commission home page at http://www.state.ri.us/ethics/Financial%20Disclosure/Financial%20Disclosure.htm
"Finally, officials must disclose the name and address of any person, business or organization which is owed more than $1,000 by the official, a spouse, or a dependent child. Officials are not required to disclose the dollar amount of any income, asset, or debt. "
From the reporting form at: http://www.state.ri.us/ethics/Training/Forms/2000form.pdf
"16. If you, your spouse or dependent child were indebted in an amount in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) to any person, business entity or other organization other than (i) any person related to you, your spouse, or dependent child at any time within the third degree of consanguinity, or (ii) a financial institution regulated by any state or by the United States where such indebtedness is secured solely by a mortgage of record on real property used exclusively as your principal residence, or (iii) any indebtedness arising from transactions involving credit cards, please list the following:"
NAME AND ADDRESS OF DEBTOR NAME AND ADDRESS OF LENDER
-- J