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RI Gen L § 31-27-12.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-27 - Motor Vehicle Offenses|Section 31-27-12.2 - Distribution of books or pads.

§ 31-27-12.2. Distribution of books or pads.The books or pads as provided in § 31-27-12.1(c) shall be distributed as follows:(1) The administrative clerk of the judicial department shall distribute books or pads containing the summonses and related records to all courts having jurisdiction over the violation of any statute or ordinance relating to the operation, control, or maintenance of a motor vehicle, and shall keep a record of the distribution including a receipt signed by the clerk of each court for each book or pad distributed to the court.(2) Each court through its clerk shall distribute the books and pads to the chief administrative officer of every police department or state police barracks within its jurisdiction, and the clerk shall keep a record of the distribution, including a receipt signed by each chief administrative officer for each book or pad distributed to the clerk.(3) The chief administrative officers shall be responsible for the issuance of the books or pads to all police officers within their department or organization and shall keep a record of the distribution including a receipt signed by each police officer for each book or pad issued to that officer.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 66, § 2.
RI Gen L § 31-27-12.4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-27 - Motor Vehicle Offenses|Section 31-27-12.4 - Disposition of complaint only by court.

§ 31-27-12.4. Disposition of complaint only by court.Upon the deposit of the complaint and the division of motor vehicle record of a violation with the court having jurisdiction of the alleged violations, the complaint of the violation shall be disposed of only by trial in the court or by other official action by a judge of the court.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 66, § 2.
RI Gen L § 31-27-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-27 - Motor Vehicle Offenses|Section 31-27-13 - Nature of offenses - Penalty.

§ 31-27-13. Nature of offenses — Penalty.(a) It is a civil violation for any person to violate any of the provisions of chapters 1 — 27 or chapter 34 of this title, unless the violation is by these chapters or other law of this state declared to be a felony or a misdemeanor, or unless the offense is punishable by a fine of more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment.(b) Unless another penalty is provided by chapters 1 — 27 or chapter 34 of this title, or by the laws of this state, every person convicted of a civil violation of the chapters shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500).(c) Unless another penalty is provided by chapters 1 — 27 or chapter 34 of this title or by the laws of this state, every person convicted of a misdemeanor violation of these chapters shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both fine and imprisonment.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 17, § 8; art. 37, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 31-27-13; P.L. 1999, ch. 218, art. 6, § 14; P.L. 2002, ch. 58, § 6.
RI Gen L § 31-27-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-27 - Motor Vehicle Offenses|Section 31-27-14 - Penalty for felonies.

§ 31-27-14. Penalty for felonies.Any person who is convicted of a violation of any provision of chapters 1 — 27 of this title, by this chapter or by the laws of this state declared to constitute a felony, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than five (5) years, or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by both fine and imprisonment.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 37, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-27-14.
RI Gen L § 31-27-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-27 - Motor Vehicle Offenses|Section 31-27-15 - Disposition of fines and forfeitures.

§ 31-27-15. Disposition of fines and forfeitures.(a) All fines and forfeitures collected upon conviction or upon forfeiture of bail of any person charged with a violation of any of the provisions of chapters 1 — 46 of this title shall be deposited in the treasury of the state.(b) Provided, a city or town police department, enforcing any motor vehicle violation contained in this title, which results in a conviction, shall receive five dollars ($5.00) from any fine imposed in accordance with the provisions of § 31-41.1-4.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 38, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 31-27-15; P.L. 1978, ch. 217, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-27-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-27 - Motor Vehicle Offenses|Section 31-27-16 - Repealed.

§ 31-27-16. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 217, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 218, art. 6, § 14; P.L. 2003, ch. 420, § 2; P.L. 2003, ch. 436, § 2; Repealed by P.L. 2008, ch. 396, § 1, effective July 8, 2008.
RI Gen L § 31-27-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-27 - Motor Vehicle Offenses|Section 31-27-17 - Permitting juvenile to operate an unregistered motorcycle.

§ 31-27-17. Permitting juvenile to operate an unregistered motorcycle.Any person eighteen (18) years of age or older who shall knowingly permit a person under the age of eighteen (18) years to operate a motorcycle as defined in § 31-3-1(h) when either the person under the age of eighteen (18) years of age is not licensed in accordance with the provisions of chapter 10.1 of this title, or where the motorcycle is not registered in accordance with the provisions of chapter 3 of this title, shall upon conviction be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500).History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 253, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-27-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-27 - Motor Vehicle Offenses|Section 31-27-18 - Emergency medical services - Special assessment.

§ 31-27-18. Emergency medical services — Special assessment.The court and/or the traffic tribunal shall collect, in addition to any fine set forth in this title for a motor vehicle violation, and at the time of the assessment of the fine, an additional assessment of one dollar ($1.00) for each motor vehicle violation of this title. The one dollar ($1.00) assessment shall be paid over and accounted for in the manner provided in §§ 31-27-15 and 31-41.1-4, and shall be deposited as general revenues of the state.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 282, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 104.
RI Gen L § 31-27-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-27 - Motor Vehicle Offenses|Section 31-27-19 - Operating a motor vehicle on a bicycle lane, trail or path.

§ 31-27-19. Operating a motor vehicle on a bicycle lane, trail or path.(a) Except as provided in § 31-15-17, no person shall operate any motor vehicle on a bicycle lane, trail or path, as defined in § 31-1-23(a).(b) Any person who operates a motor vehicle upon any bicycle lane, trail or path shall be punishable by a fine of one hundred dollars ($100).(c) The division of motor vehicles, upon receiving a record of the conviction of any person upon a charge of operating a motor vehicle on a bicycle lane, trail or path, shall suspend the person's operator's license for a period of six (6) months.(d) Emergency vehicle and employees of federal, state, and local government shall be exempt from the provisions when acting in the scope of their official duties.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 302, § 2; P.L. 1992, ch. 324, § 16; P.L. 2005, ch. 64, § 7; P.L. 2005, ch. 67, § 7.
RI Gen L § 31-27-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-27 - Motor Vehicle Offenses|Section 31-27-20 - Operation of a motor vehicle - Letter carrier.

§ 31-27-20. Operation of a motor vehicle — Letter carrier.Any employee of the United States Postal Service may operate his or her vehicle from the right or passenger side while performing their duties as a rural route letter carrier.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 382, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 324, § 16.
RI Gen L § 31-27-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-27 - Motor Vehicle Offenses|Section 31-27-21 - Community restitution.

§ 31-27-21. Community restitution.The general assembly declares that the words "public community service" which appear throughout this chapter shall now be substituted with and referred to as "public community restitution".History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 454, § 5.
RI Gen L § 31-27-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-27 - Motor Vehicle Offenses|Section 31-27-22 - Street racing - Justin Nunes' Law.

§ 31-27-22. Street racing — Justin Nunes' Law.This act shall be known and may be cited as "Justin Nunes' Law".(a) For the purpose of this section, "street racing" means the act of two (2) or more individuals competing or racing in a situation in which one of the motor vehicles is beside or to the rear of a motor vehicle operated by a competing driver and one driver attempts to prevent the competing driver from passing or overtaking him or her, or one or more individuals competing in a race against time.(b) It shall be unlawful to engage in street racing on any public road, street or highway of this state, whether or not there is a formal agreement to race.(1) Every person convicted of a first violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be subject to imprisonment for not more than one year, a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and be required to perform ten (10) to sixty (60) hours of public community restitution. The person's license to operate a motor vehicle shall be suspended for a period of not less than ninety (90) days nor more than six (6) months.(2) Every person convicted of a second violation within a five (5) year period, shall be guilty of a felony and be subject to imprisonment for not more than two (2) years, a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and be required to perform sixty (60) to one hundred (100) hours of public community restitution. The person's license to operate a motor vehicle shall be suspended for no less than six (6) months nor more than two (2) years.(3) Every person convicted of a third (3rd) or subsequent violation within a five (5) year period, shall be guilty of a felony and be subject to imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, a fine of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) and required to perform not less than one hundred (100) hours of public community restitution. The person's license to operate a motor vehicle shall be suspended for no less than one year nor more than five (5) years.(c) Any person found in violation of subsection 31-27-22(b) while having one or more passengers in their motor vehicle shall be subject to imprisonment of not more than five (5) years, and a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) and be required to perform no more than one hundred (100) hours of public community restitution. The person's license to operate a motor vehicle shall be suspended for no less than one year. This enhanced sentence is to be served in addition and consecutively to the sentence provided for the underlying offense.(d) If a person is found in violation of subsection 31-27-22(b) and the vehicle used in the violation is registered to that person or where the registrant permits the use of the vehicle, the vehicle may be impounded at the registered owner's expense for not less than one day or more than thirty (30) days.History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 121, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 193, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-27-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-27 - Motor Vehicle Offenses|Section 31-27-23 - Penalties for failure to comply with § 24-8-4.2.

§ 31-27-23. Penalties for failure to comply with § 24-8-4.2.Any employer who intentionally violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of § 24-8-4.2 shall be subject to a fine of up to three hundred dollars ($300) for the first offense up to six hundred dollars ($600) for the second offense and up to nine hundred dollars ($900) for the third and subsequent offenses; said cumulative offenses shall be limited to the same job site or location and the same highway or bridge or contract.History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 343, § 2; P.L. 2007, ch. 472, § 2.
RI Gen L § 31-27-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-27 - Motor Vehicle Offenses|Section 31-27-24 - Multiple moving offenses.

§ 31-27-24. Multiple moving offenses.(a) Every person convicted of moving violations on four (4) separate and distinct occasions within an eighteen (18) month period may be fined up to one thousand dollars ($1,000), and shall be ordered to attend sixty (60) hours of driver retraining, shall be ordered to perform sixty (60) hours of public community service, and the person's operator license in this state may be suspended up to one year or revoked by the court for a period of up to two (2) years. Prior to the suspension or revocation of a person's license to operate within the state, the court shall make specific findings of fact and determine if the person's continued operation of a motor vehicle would pose a substantial traffic safety hazard.(b) At the expiration of the time of revocation as set by the court pursuant to subsection (a) above, the person may petition that court for restoration of his or her privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this state. The license privilege shall not thereafter be reinstated until evidence satisfactory to the court, following a hearing, establishes that no grounds exist which would authorize refusal to issue a license and until the person gives proof of financial responsibility pursuant to chapter 32 of this title.(c) For the purposes of this section only, the term "moving violations" shall mean any violation of the following sections of the general laws:(1) 31-13-4. Obedience to devices.(2) 31-14-1. Reasonable and prudent speeds.(3) 31-14-2. Prima facie limits.(4) 31-14-3. Conditions requiring reduced speeds.(5) 31-15-5. Overtaking on the right.(6) 31-15-11. Laned roadways.(7) 31-15-12. Interval between vehicles.(8) 31-15-16. Use of emergency break-down lane for travel.(9) 31-17-4. Vehicle entering stop or yield intersection.(10) 31-20-9. Obedience to stop signs.(11) 31-27.1-3. "Aggressive driving" defined.History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 242, § 2; P.L. 2010, ch. 253, § 2.
RI Gen L § 31-27-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-27 - Motor Vehicle Offenses|Section 31-27-25 - Ticket quotas prohibited.

§ 31-27-25. Ticket quotas prohibited.(a) No state or municipal agency engaged in the enforcement of any motor vehicle traffic or parking laws of this state, or any local ordinance governing motor vehicle traffic or parking, may establish or maintain any policy, formally or informally, requiring any officer to meet a quota.(b) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings:(1) "Officer" shall mean any peace officer as defined in § 12-7-21 and any police officer as defined in § 31-1-21, and shall also include any individual engaged in enforcing ordinances authorized by chapter 28 of this title.(2) "Quota" means any requirement regarding the number of arrests or investigative stops made, or summonses or citations issued, by an officer regarding motor vehicle traffic or parking violations.(c) Nothing contained herein shall preclude a local or municipal agency from using data concerning arrests or investigative stops made, or summonses or citations issued, and their disposition in the evaluation of an officer's work performance, provided such data is not the exclusive means of evaluating such performance.History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 146, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 159, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-27.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-27.1 - Aggressive Driving|Section 31-27.1-1 - Legislative findings.

§ 31-27.1-1. Legislative findings.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that aggressive driving causes two-thirds (⅔) of fatal accidents and one-third (⅓) of all accidents. The general assembly finds that aggressive driving has become a significant public safety concern in recent years and specific legislation designed to severely curtail this problem driving behavior is in the public interest.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 254, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-27.1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-27.1 - Aggressive Driving|Section 31-27.1-2 - Short title.

§ 31-27.1-2. Short title.This chapter may be cited as the "Aggressive Driving Act."History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 254, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-27.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-27.1 - Aggressive Driving|Section 31-27.1-3 - "Aggressive driving" defined.

§ 31-27.1-3. "Aggressive driving" defined."Aggressive driving" means that an individual, coincident to operating a motor vehicle in violation of chapter 14 of this title, engages in conduct which violates two (2) or more of the following sections of law:(1) Obedience to traffic control devices, § 31-13-4;(2) Overtaking on the right, § 31-15-5;(3) Driving within a traffic lane, § 31-15-1;(4) Following too closely — interval between vehicles, § 31-15-12;(5) Yielding right of way, §§ 31-15-12.1, 31-17-1, 31-17-2, 31-17-4, 31-17-6, 31-17-7 and 31-17-8;(6) Entering the roadway, §§ 31-15-14, 31-17-3 and 31-17-5;(7) Use of turn signals, §§ 31-16-5, 31-16-6, 31-16-8 and 31-16-9;(8) Relating to school buses, special stops, stop signs and yield signs, chapter 20 of this title; and(9) Use of emergency break-down lane for travel, § 31-15-16.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 254, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-27.1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-27.1 - Aggressive Driving|Section 31-27.1-4 - Penalties.

§ 31-27.1-4. Penalties.(a) Whoever violates this chapter shall be fined not less than two hundred sixty dollars ($260) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500). In addition, any person convicted of a first offense of aggressive driving may be required to attend an educational program approved by the division of motor vehicles designed to improve the safety and habits of drivers and may be subject to a minimum thirty (30) days suspension of his or her driver's license.(b) The lesser included offenses which, in total, may constitute aggressive driving, may be prosecuted separately.(c) All violations of this chapter shall be heard and determined by the traffic tribunal pursuant to the regulations promulgated by the chief magistrate.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 254, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 1, § 11.
RI Gen L § 31-28-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-28 - Parking Facilities and Privileges|Section 31-28-1 - "Parking meter" defined.

§ 31-28-1. "Parking meter" defined.For the purpose of this chapter, "parking meter" means a meter device installed upon the public highways or the sidewalks adjacent to it, in which a coin must be deposited for the privilege of occupying, for a certain period, a space which is situated in a zone which a lawful authority has designated as a parking meter zone for the purpose of regulating parking of vehicles on public highways.History of Section.P.L. 1940, ch. 897, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 31-28-1.
RI Gen L § 31-28-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-28 - Parking Facilities and Privileges|Section 31-28-2 - Ordinances authorizing parking meters and meter zones.

§ 31-28-2. Ordinances authorizing parking meters and meter zones.(a) Any town or city council may enact ordinances authorizing the installation, operation, maintenance, policing, and supervision of parking meters on the public highways, and fix and provide for the payment of a fee for the purpose of parking by requiring the operator of any vehicle parking in the zone to deposit in the meter in the zone or adjacent to it, a coin of the United States as the council shall determine to be necessary for the purpose of regulating parking. Any fee established for parking shall bear a reasonable relation to the actual cost incurred by the town or city in the installation, operation, maintenance, policing, and supervision of the parking meter system and the parking of motor vehicles on the public highways.(b) The commissioner of public safety for the city of Providence and the council of any other city or town may establish parking meter zones for the purpose of regulating the parking of motor vehicles on the public highways.History of Section.P.L. 1940, ch. 897, § 3; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2723, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 31-28-2; P.L. 1987, ch. 215, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-28-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-28 - Parking Facilities and Privileges|Section 31-28-3 - Unauthorized meters.

§ 31-28-3. Unauthorized meters.It shall be unlawful to install or operate parking meters in any town or city in this state until the qualified electors of the city or town have had submitted to them for their approval or rejection the question of the installation of parking meters, and have signified their approval of the question, and until any town or city council shall enact ordinances or regulations governing the installation and operation of the parking meters.History of Section.P.L. 1940, ch. 897, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 31-28-3.
RI Gen L § 31-28-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-28 - Parking Facilities and Privileges|Section 31-28-4 - Exemption of persons with disabilities from payment of fees.

§ 31-28-4. Exemption of persons with disabilities from payment of fees.No city or town or any agency of a city or town shall exact any fee for parking on the public highways or in any metered parking space from any person who has been issued a disability parking privilege placard or sticker pursuant to § 31-28-7, 31-28-7.1 or 31-29-5, nor from the owner of the motor vehicle transporting the person with a disability, provided that upon which vehicle there is displayed any disability parking placard or sticker that shall be issued by the division of motor vehicles.History of Section.P.L. 1948, ch. 2051, § 1; P.L. 1952, ch. 2879, § 2; P.L. 1953, ch. 3199, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 31-28-4; P.L. 1976, ch. 144, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 133, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 140, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 281, § 2; P.L. 1996, ch. 314, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 323, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 83, § 72; P.L. 1999, ch. 130, § 72.
RI Gen L § 31-28-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-28 - Parking Facilities and Privileges|Section 31-28-5 - Repealed.

§ 31-28-5. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1948, ch. 2051, § 1; P.L. 1952, ch. 2879, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-28-5; P.L. 1967, ch. 66, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1982, ch. 281, § 1.