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RI Gen L § 2-25-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-25 - The Rhode Island Local Agriculture and Seafood Act|Section 2-25-8 - Accountability and oversight.

§ 2-25-8. Accountability and oversight.(a) On an annual basis, the department shall prepare a report that details the performance of the local agriculture and seafood small grants and technical assistance program, and the disbursements made during the prior year from the local agriculture and seafood small grants and technical assistance fund and other sources, and how the department plans to allocate and use funds provided through the local agriculture and seafood small grants and technical assistance fund during the next year. The report shall include any additional, relevant information relating to the administration of the program, and the status of any state-based agricultural assessments and local food production assessments.(b) The department shall annually schedule and conduct one or more public meetings to solicit input from the general public on whether the program is meeting its intended purposes, and to solicit recommendations for modifying the program.(c) The department shall annually submit the report, including an addendum summarizing the feedback provided at the public meeting(s) referenced in § 2-25-9, to the general assembly.History of Section.P.L. 2012, ch. 37, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 38, § 1.
RI Gen L § 2-25-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-25 - The Rhode Island Local Agriculture and Seafood Act|Section 2-25-9 - Powers and duties.

§ 2-25-9. Powers and duties.The department of environmental management may adopt any rules necessary for the administration of this section.History of Section.P.L. 2012, ch. 37, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 38, § 1.
RI Gen L § 2-26-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-26 - Hemp Growth Act|Section 2-26-1 - Short title.

§ 2-26-1. Short title.This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Industrial Hemp Growth Act."History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 441, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 442, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 15, § 1.
RI Gen L § 2-26-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-26 - Hemp Growth Act|Section 2-26-2 - Legislative findings.

§ 2-26-2. Legislative findings.The general assembly finds and declares as follows:(1) The cannabis sativa plant used for the production of hemp is separate and distinct from forms of cannabis used to produce marijuana.(2) Hemp is used for products such as building materials, cloth, cordage, fiber, food, floor coverings, fuel, industrial chemicals, paint, paper, particle board, plastics, seed meal, seed oil, and yarn.(3) Industrial hemp production has remained legal throughout most of the world and hemp has the capacity to grow in a multitude of different climates, altitudes, soils, and weather conditions.(4) Currently, it is legal to import industrial hemp into the United States.(5) Although federal law currently prohibits the cultivation of hemp, the laws of California, Colorado, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia permit commercial hemp programs.(6) Currently, the United States is the largest importer of hemp products, the largest portion of which is imported from China.(7) States are not required to enforce federal law or prosecute people for engaging in activities prohibited by federal law. Therefore, compliance with this chapter does not put the state of Rhode Island in violation of federal law.History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 441, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 442, § 1.
RI Gen L § 2-26-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-26 - Hemp Growth Act|Section 2-26-4 - Hemp an agricultural product.

§ 2-26-4. Hemp an agricultural product.Hemp is an agricultural product that may be grown as a crop, produced, possessed, distributed, sold at retail, and commercially traded pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. Hemp is subject to primary regulation by the department. The division may assist the department in the regulation of hemp growth and production.History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 441, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 442, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 15, § 1.
RI Gen L § 2-26-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-26 - Hemp Growth Act|Section 2-26-6 - Rulemaking authority.

§ 2-26-6. Rulemaking authority.(a) The department shall adopt rules to provide for the implementation of this chapter, which shall include rules to require hemp to be tested during growth for THC levels and to require inspection of hemp during sowing, growing season, harvest, storage, and processing. Included in these rules should be a system requiring the licensee to submit crop samples to an approved testing facility, as determined by the department for testing and verification of compliance with the limits on delta-9 THC concentration.(b) The department shall prescribe rules and regulations for all operational requirements for licensed growers, handlers, CBD distributors, and retailers, and to ensure consistency in manufactured products and appropriate packaging, labeling, and placement with respect to retail sales not inconsistent with law, to carry in effect the provisions of this chapter.(c) The department shall not adopt, under this or any other section, a rule that would prohibit a person or entity to grow, distribute, or sell hemp based solely on the legal status of hemp under federal law.(d) The department may adopt rules and regulations based on federal law provided those rules and regulations are designed to comply with federal guidance and mitigate federal enforcement against the licenses issued under this chapter.(e) [Deleted by P.L. 2020, ch. 1, § 2 and P.L. 2020, ch. 2, § 2.]History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 441, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 442, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 15, § 1; P.L. 2020, ch. 1, § 2; P.L. 2020, ch. 2, § 2.
RI Gen L § 2-26-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-26 - Hemp Growth Act|Section 2-26-7 - Licensure.

§ 2-26-7. Licensure.(a) Except as provided in this section, beginning sixty (60) days after the effective date of this chapter, the department shall accept the application for licensure to cultivate hemp submitted by the applicant.(b) A person or entity, licensed by the department pursuant to this chapter, shall allow hemp crops, throughout sowing, year-long growing seasons, harvest storage, and processing, manufacturing, and retail facilities to be inspected and tested by and at the discretion of the department and as required pursuant to any applicable state or local food processing and safety regulations, including, but not limited to those, promulgated by the Rhode Island department of health.History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 441, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 442, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 15, § 1.
RI Gen L § 2-26-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-26 - Hemp Growth Act|Section 2-26-8 - Methods of extraction.

§ 2-26-8. Methods of extraction.(a) The department shall adopt rules regarding permissible methods of extraction.(b) No butane method of extraction shall be permitted by the department.History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 441, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 442, § 1.
RI Gen L § 2-26-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-26 - Hemp Growth Act|Section 2-26-9 - Research and educational growth by institutions of higher education.

§ 2-26-9. Research and educational growth by institutions of higher education.(a) The department is authorized to certify any higher educational institution in Rhode Island to grow or handle, or assist in growing or handling, industrial hemp for the purpose of agricultural or academic research where such higher educational institution submits the following to the department:(1) The location where the higher educational institution intends to grow or cultivate the industrial hemp;(2) The higher educational institution's research plan; and(3) The name of the employee of the higher educational institution who will supervise the hemp growth, cultivation, and research.(b) Growth for purposes of agricultural and educational research by a higher educational institution shall not be subject to the licensing requirements set forth in § 2-26-5.(c) The applicant is encouraged to partner with an institution of higher learning within the state of Rhode Island to develop best practices for growing and handling hemp.(d) The department shall maintain a list of each higher education institution certified to grow or cultivate industrial hemp under this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 441, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 442, § 1.
RI Gen L § 2-26-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-26 - Hemp Growth Act|Section 2-26-10 - Enforcement of violations of chapter.

§ 2-26-10. Enforcement of violations of chapter.(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if the director of the department, or his or her designee, has cause to believe that a violation of any provision of this chapter or any regulations promulgated hereunder has occurred by a licensee who or that is under the department's jurisdiction pursuant to this chapter, or that any person or entity is conducting any activities requiring licensure by the department under this chapter or the regulations promulgated hereunder without such licensure, the director, or his or her designee, may, in accordance with the requirements of the administrative procedures act, chapter 35 of title 42:(1) Revoke or suspend a license;(2) Levy an administrative penalty in an amount established pursuant to regulations promulgated by the department;(3) Order the violator to cease and desist such actions;(4) Require a licensee or person or entity conducting any activities requiring licensure under this chapter to take such actions as are necessary to comply with this chapter and the regulations promulgated thereunder; or(5) Any combination of the above penalties.(b) If the director of the department finds that public health, safety, or welfare requires emergency action, and incorporates a finding to that effect in his or her order, summary suspension of license and/or cease and desist may be ordered pending proceedings for revocation or other action.History of Section.P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 15, § 2.
RI Gen L § 3-1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-1 - General Provisions|Section 3-1-2 - Intoxicating and nonintoxicating beverages.

§ 3-1-2. Intoxicating and nonintoxicating beverages.Beverages are divided into two (2) classes — intoxicating and nonintoxicating. It is declared that beverages containing not more than three and two-tenths percent (3.2%) of alcohol by weight are nonintoxicating.History of Section.P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 162, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 3-1-2.
RI Gen L § 3-1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-1 - General Provisions|Section 3-1-3 - Manufacture or sale of cider and manufacture of wines and malt liquors for domestic use exempt from title.

§ 3-1-3. Manufacture or sale of cider and manufacture of wines and malt liquors for domestic use exempt from title.Nothing contained in this title and chapter shall be construed as to prohibit the manufacture of cider, or the sale of cider; or the manufacture of wine or malt liquors for domestic use.History of Section.P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 67; G.L. 1938, ch. 163, § 20; G.L. 1956, § 3-1-3.
RI Gen L § 3-1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-1 - General Provisions|Section 3-1-4 - Sales on execution exempt from title.

§ 3-1-4. Sales on execution exempt from title.Nothing in this title and chapter shall be construed as prohibiting deputy sheriffs, constables and town sergeants from selling beverages, as defined in this title, under and by virtue of executions duly levied.History of Section.P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 77; G.L. 1938, ch. 163, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 3-1-4; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 7.
RI Gen L § 3-1-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-1 - General Provisions|Section 3-1-5 - Liberal construction of title.

§ 3-1-5. Liberal construction of title.This title shall be construed liberally in aid of its declared purpose which declared purpose is the promotion of temperance and for the reasonable control of the traffic in alcoholic beverages; provided, however, that the promotion of incentive programs or discounts for any person sixty-five (65) years of age or older, active duty members of the armed forces of the United States, and members of the National Guard or Reserves shall be allowed.History of Section.P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 81; G.L. 1938, ch. 175, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 3-1-5; P.L. 2010, ch. 59, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 77, § 1.
RI Gen L § 3-1-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-1 - General Provisions|Section 3-1-6 - Severability.

§ 3-1-6. Severability.(a) Each section of this title and each part of each section is declared to be a separable and independent section, and the holding of any section or sections or part or parts of this title to be void, ineffective or unconstitutional for any cause, shall not be deemed to affect any other section or part of this title.(b) If any provision of this title, or its application to any person or circumstance, is determined by a court to be invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining provisions and sections shall be construed in accordance with the intent of the general assembly to limit rather than expand commerce in alcoholic beverages and to enhance strict regulatory control over taxation, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages through the three-tier regulatory system imposed by this title upon all alcoholic beverages.History of Section.P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 81; P.L. 1934, ch. 2088, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 175, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 3-1-6; P.L. 2013, ch. 519, § 2; P.L. 2013, ch. 530, § 2.
RI Gen L § 3-2-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-2 - Liquor Control Administration|Section 3-2-1 - Repealed.

§ 3-2-1. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 82; G.L. 1938, ch. 164, § 2; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 123; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2727, art. 1, § 3; Repealed by P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art. 36, § 4, effective July 1, 1996.
RI Gen L § 3-2-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-2 - Liquor Control Administration|Section 3-2-2 - Supervision.

§ 3-2-2. Supervision.(a) The department has general supervision of the conduct of the business of manufacturing, importing, exporting, storing, transporting, keeping for sale, and selling beverages.(b) The department may lease a warehouse for the purpose of efficiently exercising its powers and duties of inspection and may upon reasonable charges store beverages for license holders in the warehouse. No lease shall be for a longer period than five (5) years and every lease shall contain the provision that if it becomes unlawful to manufacture, keep for sale, and to sell beverages in this state it shall become void.(c) The department has the power at any time to issue, renew, revoke and cancel all manufacturers', wholesalers' and retailers' Class G licenses and permits as are provided for by this title.(d) The department shall supervise and inspect all licensed places to enforce the provisions of this title and the conditions, rules and regulations which the department establishes and authorizes.History of Section.P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 13; P.L. 1934, ch. 2088, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 164, § 6; P.L. 1941, ch. 1038, § 2; P.L. 1952, ch. 3044, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 3-2-2; P.L. 1970, ch. 79, § 2; P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art. 36, § 2.
RI Gen L § 3-2-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-2 - Liquor Control Administration|Section 3-2-3 - Bureau of inspection - Superintendent.

§ 3-2-3. Bureau of inspection — Superintendent.Within the department, there is a bureau of inspection. The superintendent of the bureau shall be appointed by the director of business regulation.History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, § 74; G.L. 1938, ch. 164, § 7; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 120; G.L. 1956, § 3-2-3; P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art. 36, § 2.
RI Gen L § 3-2-3.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-2 - Liquor Control Administration|Section 3-2-3.1 - Bureau of importation - Superintendent.

§ 3-2-3.1. Bureau of importation — Superintendent.Within the division of taxation there is a bureau of importation. The superintendent of the bureau is appointed by the director of the department of administration.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art. 36, § 3.
RI Gen L § 3-2-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-2 - Liquor Control Administration|Section 3-2-4 - Superintendents ineligible to hold other office.

§ 3-2-4. Superintendents ineligible to hold other office.Any person qualifying for the office of superintendent of the bureau of importation or superintendent of the bureau of inspection shall cease to hold any other elective office under the laws of this state. Anyone holding any office of trust and confidence under the laws of the United States shall not be eligible to qualify for the office of superintendent of the bureau of importation or inspection.History of Section.P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 52; G.L. 1938, ch. 164, § 3; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 123; G.L. 1956, § 3-2-4; P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art. 36, § 2.
RI Gen L § 3-2-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-2 - Liquor Control Administration|Section 3-2-5 - Administration of oaths - Subpoena power - False swearing.

§ 3-2-5. Administration of oaths — Subpoena power — False swearing.(a) The superintendents of the bureaus of importation and inspection are authorized to administer oaths in matters on formal hearing before them and also in connection with any matter having to do with the performance of their duties.(b) The department in all cases before it is authorized and empowered to summon witnesses by subpoena signed by the director of the department and to compel those witnesses to attend and testify in the same manner as in either the supreme or the superior courts.(c) The department is authorized to compel the production of all papers, books, documents, records, certificates or other legal evidence that may be necessary for the determination and the decision of any question or the discharge of any duty required by law of the department, by issuing a subpoena duces tecum signed by the director. Any person who disobeys that writ is considered in contempt of the department, and the department may punish that and any other contempt of its authority in the same manner as contempts may be punished in either the supreme or the superior court.(d) Any person who willfully swears falsely in any proceeding, matter or hearing before the department is guilty of the crime of perjury.History of Section.P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 164, § 8; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 123; G.L. 1956, § 3-2-5; P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art. 36, § 2.
RI Gen L § 3-2-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-2 - Liquor Control Administration|Section 3-2-6 - Suspension or revocation of license for refusing official's access to licensed premises.

§ 3-2-6. Suspension or revocation of license for refusing official's access to licensed premises.If any inspector or other officer charged with the duty of supervision or inspection of places licensed under the provisions of this title is refused access to any licensed premises at a time when any person is within the licensed premises, after exhibiting his or her credentials if requested, that refusal shall be a sufficient ground for the suspension or revocation of that license.History of Section.G.L., ch. 164, § 6, as enacted by P.L. 1940, ch. 814, § 9; P.L. 1941, ch. 1038, § 2; P.L. 1952, ch. 3044, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 3-2-6.
RI Gen L § 3-2-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-2 - Liquor Control Administration|Section 3-2-7 - Records of the department.

§ 3-2-7. Records of the department.All records of the department relating to liquor control are declared to be public records and are open to public inspection under any rules that the department of business regulation makes. The governor and attorney general are authorized to require the department to furnish to them any record, information, copy of any document, paper, book or other thing in their possession. Certified copies of any part of the records of the department are prima facie evidence of the matters contained in the records.History of Section.P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 79; G.L. 1938, ch. 164, § 14; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 123; G.L. 1956, § 3-2-7; P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art 36, § 2.
RI Gen L § 3-2-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-2 - Liquor Control Administration|Section 3-2-8 - Repealed.

§ 3-2-8. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 9; P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, § 149; G.L. 1938, ch. 164, § 15; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 123; Repealed by P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art. 36, § 4, effective July 1, 1996.
RI Gen L § 3-3-1 - 3-3-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-3 - Liquor Control Hearing Board|Section 3-3-1 - 3-3-10 - Repealed.

§ 3-3-1 — 3-3-10. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 3-4-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-4 - Transportation of Beverages|Section 3-4-1 - Importation orders.

§ 3-4-1. Importation orders.(a) Except as otherwise provided, it is unlawful to import beverages into this state. A person desiring to import beverages into this state may place with the division of taxation an order directed to a dealer for the beverage he or she desires to import and shall satisfy the division of taxation of his or her intention to pay for the merchandise. The division of taxation shall execute these orders unless doing so would involve some illegal act or the doing of an act which would be cause for the forfeiture of any license issued under this title.(b) All sellers, dealers, merchants, wholesalers and retailers of beverages who advertise in the state of Rhode Island, or whose advertisements are reasonably anticipated to circulate in this state shall prominently and conspicuously include within the advertisement a notice printed using a font size equal to but not larger than the font size of the largest price designation featured in the advertisement stating that the importation of beverages into the state, after purchase outside of the state, are subject to Rhode Island sales tax, and the failure to pay such tax may result in the seizure of such beverages upon entry into the state.(c) Any entity accepting commercial advertisements from any seller, dealer, merchant, wholesaler or retailer of beverages shall not publish such advertisement for the sale of such beverages unless the advertisement includes the notice set forth in this section.History of Section.P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 39; P.L. 1934, ch. 2088, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 164, § 11; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 120; G.L. 1956, § 3-4-1; P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art 36, § 6; P.L. 2007, ch. 73, art. 7, § 13.