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RI Gen L § 3-7-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-7 - Retail Licenses|Section 3-7-23 - Closing hours for Class A licenses.

§ 3-7-23. Closing hours for Class A licenses.The following closing hours shall be observed by all Class A license holders:(1) November 1 to May 31. No holder of a Class A license shall sell or deliver beverage under that license between the hours of ten o'clock (10:00) p.m. and seven o'clock (7:00) a.m. (local time), except on legal holiday eves at which time the closing hour shall be eleven o'clock (11:00) p.m. In the city of Providence, no holder of a Class A license shall sell or deliver beverages under that license between the hours of ten o'clock (10:00) p.m. and nine o'clock (9:00) a.m. (local time), except on legal holiday eves at which time the closing hour shall be eleven o'clock (11:00) p.m. In the city of Central Falls, no holder of a Class A license shall sell or deliver beverages under that license between the hours of ten o'clock (10:00) p.m. and nine o'clock (9:00) a.m. local time. When a legal holiday is celebrated on a Monday, the preceding Saturday shall be considered the holiday eve.(2) June 1 to October 31. No holder of a class A license shall sell or deliver beverages under this license between the hours of eleven o'clock (11:00) p.m. and seven o'clock (7:00) a.m. (local time). In the cities of Providence and Central Falls, no holder of a Class A license shall sell or deliver beverages under that license between the hours of eleven o'clock (11:00) p.m. and nine o'clock (9:00) a.m. (local time).History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 3-7-23; P.L. 1968, ch. 16, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 272, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 291, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 49, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 51, § 1.
RI Gen L § 3-7-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-7 - Retail Licenses|Section 3-7-24 - Certificate of payment of state taxes.

§ 3-7-24. Certificate of payment of state taxes.Every licensee under this chapter, upon filing an application for renewal or transfer of a license, shall submit with the application a certificate executed by the tax administrator, or some employee designated by the tax administrator, that taxes due the state have been paid. For the purposes of this section, "taxes due the state" shall include contributions due including taxes, interest and penalties due to the department of labor and training pursuant to the employment security act, chapters 42-44 of title 28, and temporary disability insurance act, chapters 39-41 of title 28. No license under this chapter shall be renewed or transferred without that certificate.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 155, art. 6, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 278, § 1.
RI Gen L § 3-7-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-7 - Retail Licenses|Section 3-7-25 - Sanitary conditions for dispensing of malt beverages or wine.

§ 3-7-25. Sanitary conditions for dispensing of malt beverages or wine.(a) Beer or wine pipe lines, faucets and barrel-tapping devices used for the dispensing of malt beverages or wine in places where the dispensing is carried on by licensees under this chapter shall be cleaned at least once every four (4) weeks by the use of a hydraulic pressure mechanism, hand-pump suction or a force cleaner or other system approved by the department or shall be permanently kept clean by a device approved by the department. After cleaning, the lines shall be rinsed with clear water until all chemicals, if any have been used, are removed. The cleaning equipment must be operated in conformance with the manufacturer's recommendations.(b) A record, the form of which shall be approved by the department, shall be used to record the dates and the methods used in cleaning of beer or wine pipe lines, coils, tubes and appurtenances. This record shall be signed by the person who performs the cleaning operation and countersigned by the licensee. The records shall be kept on the licensed premises for a period of one year from the date of the last entry and made available at all times for inspection by health enforcement and law enforcement officers.(c) [Deleted by P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 20, § 1].History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 76, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 183, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art. 36, § 10; P.L. 2004, ch. 595, art. 30, § 2; P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 20, § 1.
RI Gen L § 3-7-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-7 - Retail Licenses|Section 3-7-27 - Insurance requirements.

§ 3-7-27. Insurance requirements.(a) In the town of Burrillville, an applicant for a license under this chapter shall file with the application a certificate of insurance evidencing commercial, general-liability and property-damage coverage in the minimum amount of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000); or for a minimum amount to be set by ordinance. The certificate shall provide that the insurance shall not be modified or cancelled unless prior, advance notice is given to the town of Burrillville and that the town of Burrillville is named as an additional insured. A licensee must be insured by a carrier licensed in this state.(b) In the town of North Providence, an applicant for a license under this chapter shall file with the application a certificate of insurance evidencing commercial, general-liability, and property-damage coverage in the minimum amount of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000); or for a minimum amount to be set by ordinance. The certificate shall provide that the insurance shall not be modified or cancelled unless prior, advance notice is given to the town of North Providence, according to the terms of the insurance policy, and that the town of North Providence is named as an additional insured. A licensee must be insured by a carrier licensed in this state.History of Section.P.L. 2005, ch. 359, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 420, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 58, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 144, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 182, § 2; P.L. 2017, ch. 364, § 2.
RI Gen L § 3-7-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-7 - Retail Licenses|Section 3-7-28 - Time for licensee to produce receipts and invoices to inspector.

§ 3-7-28. Time for licensee to produce receipts and invoices to inspector.(a) Holders of Class A licenses issued under title 3 of the general laws shall be required to maintain on the premises, and to produce upon demand by an inspector authorized to demand, any and all records of receipts and invoices for the purchase of alcoholic beverages.(b) Holders of licenses other than Class A issued under title 3 of the general laws shall have not more than one business day to produce receipts and invoices for the purchase of alcoholic beverages when demanded by an inspector authorized to demand records of receipts and invoices. Nothing herein shall require such licensee to produce invoices and receipts upon demand.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 263, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 316, § 1.
RI Gen L § 3-7-29 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-7 - Retail Licenses|Section 3-7-29 - Liquor liability insurance.

§ 3-7-29. Liquor liability insurance.Any applicant or holder of any retail license for the sale of alcoholic beverages issued pursuant to this chapter, except those applicants for or holders of class F liquor licenses or class AS liquor licenses and except as provided in § 3-7-27, shall file with the application a certificate of insurance evidencing commercial, general-liability, and liquor-liability and property-damage coverage in the minimum amount of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000). Failure to maintain insurance as required by this section shall result in a revocation of the retail license unless the holder of the license reinstates insurance coverage within forty-eight (48) hours of notice of revocation. The certificate of insurance shall provide that the insurance shall not be modified or cancelled unless prior, advance notice is given to the licensing authority.History of Section.P.L. 2017, ch. 182, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 364, § 1.
RI Gen L § 3-8-1.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-8 - Regulation of Sales|Section 3-8-1.1 - Repealed.

§ 3-8-1.1. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 239, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1980, ch. 142, § 1.
RI Gen L § 3-8-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-8 - Regulation of Sales|Section 3-8-2 - Age restriction for bartenders.

§ 3-8-2. Age restriction for bartenders.No person under the age of eighteen (18) may act as a bartender for the purposes of mixing, preparing, serving, or selling from a bar used for the purpose of dispensing beverages in any licensed establishment operating under a Class B-C-D-F or F1-G-J or K license.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 165, § 4; P.L. 1955, ch. 3614, § 1; P.L. 1962, ch. 209, § 1; P.L. 1976, ch. 239, § 2; P.L. 1980, ch. 142, § 2.
RI Gen L § 3-8-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-8 - Regulation of Sales|Section 3-8-3 - Suspension of license for employment of underage bartender.

§ 3-8-3. Suspension of license for employment of underage bartender.Any licensee who violates, or permits to be violated, the provisions of § 3-8-2 is subject to the suspension of license for a period of at least three (3) calendar days for the first offense. If additional violations occur, the number of calendar days of suspension shall be determined by the department.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 165, § 5; P.L. 1955, ch. 3614, § 1; P.L. 1976, ch. 239, § 2; P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art. 36, § 11.
RI Gen L § 3-8-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-8 - Regulation of Sales|Section 3-8-4 - Drinking by or hiring of underage persons.

§ 3-8-4. Drinking by or hiring of underage persons.(a) Use of a credit card for the purchase of beverages may be permitted by all classes of license holders and, notwithstanding the purchase of alcoholic beverages by credit card, license holders shall not sell or furnish beverages to any person who has not reached his or her twenty-first (21st) birthday to drink any beverage upon any licensed premises.(b) Licensees shall not hire any persons who have not reached their eighteenth (18th) birthday to sell or serve beverages in any place where those beverages may be consumed on the premises where sold.(c) License holders may enforce a prohibition against any patron who has not reached his or her twenty-first birthday from entering the licensed establishment after ten o'clock (10:00) p.m..History of Section.P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 19; P.L. 1934, ch. 2088, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 165, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 3-8-4; P.L. 1980, ch. 142, § 2; P.L. 1984, ch. 191, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 155, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 614, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 61, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 71, § 1.
RI Gen L § 3-8-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-8 - Regulation of Sales|Section 3-8-5 - Penalty for violations relating to underage persons.

§ 3-8-5. Penalty for violations relating to underage persons.Any person who sells or suffers to be sold or delivered any beverage to a person who has not reached his or her twenty-first (21st) birthday either for his or her own use or the use of his or her parents or any other person, or allows any person who has not reached his or her twenty-first (21st) birthday to drink beverages on premises licensed under this title or suffers or allows any persons who have not reached their eighteenth (18th) birthday to sell or serve any beverage on the premises shall for the first offense be subject to a fine of two hundred fifty dollars ($250); for the second offense, be subject to a fine of five hundred dollars ($500), and for the third and any subsequent offense, be subject to a fine of seven hundred fifty dollars ($750). In the event that there are no offenses in three (3) successive years from the date of the last offense, then the next offense shall be treated as a first offense. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent licensees from hiring any person who has reached his or her eighteenth birthday.History of Section.P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 31; P.L. 1934, ch. 2088, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 165, § 3; P.L. 1949, ch. 2177, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 3-8-5; P.L. 1975, ch. 189, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 326, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 142, § 2; 1981, ch. 118, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 191, § 1.
RI Gen L § 3-8-5.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-8 - Regulation of Sales|Section 3-8-5.1 - Compliance check.

§ 3-8-5.1. Compliance check.(a) As used in this section the term "compliance check" means the sending of a minor into a retail outlet to see if that minor could purchase alcohol. As used in this section the term "purchase survey" refers to compliance checks that are a part of a statewide survey.(b) Underage individuals acting as agents for the state or municipal police department may purchase, with impunity from prosecution, alcohol for the purposes of law enforcement, provided that the underage individuals are supervised by an adult law enforcement official. Any individual participating in an unannounced compliance check and/or purchase survey must state his/her accurate age if asked by the employee of the licensed establishment being checked.(c) If the compliance check is a part of a general enforcement operation and results in the sale of alcohol to the minor, the manager of the retail outlet shall be notified within 48 hours of the violation. If the compliance check is a part of a purchase survey and results in the sale of alcohol to the minor, the manager of the retail outlet shall be notified of the violation upon completion of the purchase survey in that community.History of Section.P.L. 2003, ch. 205, § 1.
RI Gen L § 3-8-6.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-8 - Regulation of Sales|Section 3-8-6.2 - Unlawful use of identification cards.

§ 3-8-6.2. Unlawful use of identification cards.(a) It shall be unlawful for any person:(1) To display or cause or permit to be displayed or have in his or her possession any cancelled, revoked, suspended, fictitious, or fraudulently altered official Rhode Island identification card;(2) To lend his or her Rhode Island identification card to any other person or knowingly permit the use of the card by another person;(3) To display or represent as one's own the Rhode Island identification card of another;(4) To fail or refuse to surrender to the division of motor vehicles upon lawful demand any Rhode Island identification card which has been suspended, revoked, or cancelled;(5) To use a false or fictitious name in any application for a Rhode Island identification card or to knowingly make a false statement or to knowingly conceal a material fact or otherwise commit a fraud in any such application;(6) To knowingly permit any unlawful use of his or her Rhode Island identification card; and(7) To aid or assist another to fraudulently obtain a Rhode Island identification card.(b) Any violation of subdivisions (a)(1) through (a)(7) of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 233, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 283, § 1.
RI Gen L § 3-8-6.3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-8 - Regulation of Sales|Section 3-8-6.3 - Manufacture or distribution of fraudulent identification cards or licenses to operate a motor vehicle.

§ 3-8-6.3. Manufacture or distribution of fraudulent identification cards or licenses to operate a motor vehicle.(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture or distribute a fraudulent identification card, as defined in §§ 11-18-20.1 and 3-8-6, or a fraudulent license to operate a motor vehicle.(b) Each incident of manufacturing or distributing a fraudulent identification card or a fraudulent license to operate a motor vehicle shall be considered a separate and distinct offense.(c) Any person who violates subsection (a) of this section shall be guilty of a criminal violation and shall be subject to the following:(1) For a first offense, a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500);(2) For a second offense, a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1000);(3) For a third or subsequent offense, a fine of not more than two thousand dollars ($2000).History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 129, § 2; P.L. 2008, ch. 200, § 2.
RI Gen L § 3-8-7 - 3-8-8.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-8 - Regulation of Sales|Section 3-8-7 - 3-8-8.1 - Repealed.

§ 3-8-7 — 3-8-8.1. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 3-8-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-8 - Regulation of Sales|Section 3-8-9 - Transportation of alcoholic beverages by underage persons.

§ 3-8-9. Transportation of alcoholic beverages by underage persons.(a) Any person who has not reached his or her twenty-first (21st) birthday and who operates a motor vehicle upon the public highways, except when accompanied by a parent, legal guardian, or another adult who is over the age of twenty-one (21) years and related, whether by blood, adoption or marriage, to the operator within the following degree of sanguinity: brother, sister, grandfather, grandmother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, stepsister, half-brother, half-sister, uncle, aunt, great uncle or great aunt and, knowingly having liquor or intoxicating beverages in any form in containers, opened or unopened, in any part of the vehicle shall be guilty of a criminal violation. The words liquor and intoxicating beverages, as used in this section, have the same meaning as defined in chapter 1 of this title. This section does not apply to persons between the ages of sixteen (16) and twenty-one (21) who are transporting unopened alcoholic beverages in the course of their employment.(b) Any person who violates subsection (a) of this section shall be subject to the following:(1) For a first offense, a fine of not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) and have his or her license to operate a motor vehicle suspended for not more than thirty (30) days;(2) For a second offense, a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) and have his or her license to operate a motor vehicle suspended for not more than ninety (90) days;(3) For a third or subsequent offense, a fine of no less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than nine hundred and fifty dollars ($950) and have his or her license to operate a motor vehicle suspended for one year.History of Section.P.L. 1962, ch. 199, § 1; P.L. 1976, ch. 239, § 2; P.L. 1980, ch. 142, § 2; P.L. 1984, ch. 191, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 129, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 200, § 1.
RI Gen L § 3-8-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-8 - Regulation of Sales|Section 3-8-10 - Possession of beverage by underage persons.

§ 3-8-10. Possession of beverage by underage persons.Any person who has not reached his or her twenty-first (21st) birthday and has in his or her possession any beverage as defined in this title shall be fined one hundred fifty dollars ($150) to seven hundred fifty dollars ($750) for the first offense, three hundred dollars ($300) to seven hundred fifty dollars ($750) for the second offense, and four hundred fifty dollars ($450) to nine hundred fifty dollars ($950) for the third or subsequent offense. In addition, any person who violates this section shall be required to perform thirty (30) hours of community service and shall be subject to a minimum sixty (60) day suspension of his or her driver's license, and upon a second offense may be ordered to undergo a substance abuse assessment by a licensed substance abuse professional.History of Section.G.L. 1938, § 3-8-10; P.L. 1962, ch. 199, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 142, § 3; P.L. 1984, ch. 191, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 280, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 364, § 2; P.L. 1988, ch. 181, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 261, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 340, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 129, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 200, § 1.
RI Gen L § 3-8-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-8 - Regulation of Sales|Section 3-8-11 - [Reserved.]

§ 3-8-11. [Reserved.]
RI Gen L § 3-8-11.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-8 - Regulation of Sales|Section 3-8-11.1 - Furnishing or procurement of alcoholic beverages for underage persons.

§ 3-8-11.1. Furnishing or procurement of alcoholic beverages for underage persons.(a) As used in this section: (1) "furnish" means to provide with, supply, give or purchase; (2) "procure" means to get possession of, obtain by particular care and effort; and (3) "permit" means to give permission for, or approval of, the possession or consumption of an alcoholic beverage by any form of conduct, that would cause a reasonable person to believe that permission or approval has been given.(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section it is unlawful for any person twenty-one (21) years of age or older:(1) to purchase from any licensee or any employee of a licensee any alcoholic beverage for the sale, delivery, service of or giving away to, any person who has not reached his or her twenty-first (21st) birthday;(2) to purchase from any licensee or any employee of any licensee any alcoholic beverage with the intent to cause or permit said alcoholic beverage to be sold, or given to any person who has not reached his or her twenty-first (21st) birthday;(3) to knowingly furnish any alcoholic beverage for the sale, delivery, service of or giving to any person who has not reached his or her twenty-first (21st) birthday;(4) to procure alcoholic beverages for the sale, delivery, service of or giving to any person who has not reached his or her twenty-first (21st) birthday; or(5) to otherwise permit the consumption of alcohol by underaged persons in his or her residence or on his or her real property.(c) Any person, between the ages of eighteen (18) and twenty-one (21) years of age, who violates subsection (b) herein, may, upon conviction, be subject to a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars ($500). In addition, any person convicted may be required to attend an educational program approved by the department of health designed to recognize the dangers of underaged drinking, and may be subject to up to thirty (30) hours of community service.(d) This section does not apply to use, consumption or possession of alcoholic beverages by a minor for religious purposes; or to a parent or legal guardian procuring or furnishing alcohol to, or permitting the consumption of alcohol by, his or her minor child or ward.(e) Any person who violates this section will be subject to the penalties provided in § 3-8-11.2.History of Section.G.L. 1938, § 3-8-11.1; P.L. 1963, ch. 147, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 142, § 3; P.L. 1984, ch. 191, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 230, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 272, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 129, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 200, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 144, § 1.