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RI Gen L § 10-20-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions|Chapter 10-20 - State Environmental Rights|Section 10-20-7 - Remand for administrative or licensing proceedings.

§ 10-20-7. Remand for administrative or licensing proceedings.(a) If administrative, licensing, or other similar proceedings are required to determine the legality of the defendants' conduct, the court shall remand the parties to such proceedings. If administrative, licensing, or other similar proceedings are available to determine the legality of the defendants' conduct, the court may remand the parties to such proceedings. In so remanding the parties the court may grant temporary equitable relief where appropriate as set forth in § 10-20-6. In so remanding the parties the court shall retain jurisdiction of the cause pending completion thereof.(b) Upon completion of the proceedings, the court shall adjudicate the impact of the defendants' conduct, program or product on the air, water, land, or other natural resources located within the state in accordance with §§ 10-20-2 — 10-20-6. In such adjudication, the court may order that additional evidence be taken to the extent necessary.(c) Where, as to any administrative, licensing, or other similar proceedings referred to in subsection (a), judicial review thereof is available, notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the court originally taking jurisdiction shall maintain jurisdiction for purposes of judicial review.(d) Nothing in this section shall be applicable to any action maintained under § 10-20-9 or to any appropriate administrative proceeding required thereunder.History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 224, § 1.
RI Gen L § 10-20-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions|Chapter 10-20 - State Environmental Rights|Section 10-20-8 - Administrative and licensing proceedings - Intervention by environment advocate.

§ 10-20-8. Administrative and licensing proceedings — Intervention by environment advocate.(a) Except as otherwise provided in § 10-20-9, in any administrative, licensing, or other similar proceedings and in any action for judicial review thereof which is made available by law, the environmental advocate may intervene on such terms as the court may deem just and equitable in order to effectuate the purposes and policies set forth in § 10-20-1.(b) In any administrative, licensing, or other similar proceedings, the agency shall consider the alleged impairment, pollution, or destruction of the air, water, land, or other natural resources located within the state and no conduct shall be authorized or approved which does, or is likely to have, such effect so long as there is a feasible, prudent, and economically viable alternative consistent with the reasonable requirements of the public health, safety, and welfare.History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 224, § 1.
RI Gen L § 10-20-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions|Chapter 10-20 - State Environmental Rights|Section 10-20-9 - Actions against state - Challenge to environmental quality standard - Remand to state agency - Intervention - Venue.

§ 10-20-9. Actions against state — Challenge to environmental quality standard — Remand to state agency — Intervention — Venue.(a) Civil actions. As hereinafter provided in this section, any city or town residing within the state or the environmental advocate may maintain a civil action in the superior court for declaratory or equitable relief against the state or any agency or instrumentality thereof where the nature of the action is a challenge to an environmental quality standard for which the applicable statutory appeal period has elapsed.(b) Burden of proof. In any action maintained under this section, the plaintiff shall have the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the environmental quality standard is substantially inadequate to protect the air, water, land, or other natural resources located within the state from pollution, impairment, or destruction.(c) Remand; judicial review. In any action maintained under this section, the superior court, upon showing by the plaintiff of those matters specified in subsection (b), may remand the parties to the state agency or instrumentality that promulgated the environmental quality standard which is the subject of the action, requiring the agency or instrumentality to institute the appropriate administrative proceedings to consider and make findings and an order on those matters specified in subsection (b). In so remanding the parties, the court may grant temporary equitable relief where appropriate to prevent irreparable injury to the air, water, land, or other natural resources located within the state. In so remanding the parties, the court shall retain jurisdiction for purposes of judicial review to determine whether the order of the agency is supported by a preponderance of the evidence. If plaintiff fails to establish a prima facie showing, the court shall dismiss the action.(d) Intervention. In any action maintained under this section, any person residing within the state or the environmental advocate may intervene as a party, provided that the person makes timely application to the superior court prior to the court's remand of the action as specified in subsection (c).(e) Venue. Any action maintained under this section shall be brought in the superior court of Providence county.History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 224, § 1.
RI Gen L § 10-20-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions|Chapter 10-20 - State Environmental Rights|Section 10-20-10 - Rights and remedies nonexclusive.

§ 10-20-10. Rights and remedies nonexclusive.No existing civil or criminal remedy for any wrongful action shall be excluded or impaired by § 10-20-3. The rights and remedies provided herein shall be in addition to any administrative, regulatory, statutory, or common law rights and remedies now or hereafter available.History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 224, § 1.
RI Gen L § 10-20-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions|Chapter 10-20 - State Environmental Rights|Section 10-20-11 - Short title.

§ 10-20-11. Short title.Chapter 20 of this title may be cited as the "Rhode Island Environmental Rights Act".History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 224, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-1 - General Provisions|Section 11-1-1 - Common law offenses not covered by statute.

§ 11-1-1. Common law offenses not covered by statute.Every act and omission which is an offense at common law, and for which no punishment is prescribed by the general laws, may be prosecuted and punished as an offense at common law. Every person who shall be convicted of any offense which is a misdemeanor at common law shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year or be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500). Every person who shall be convicted of any offense which is a felony at common law shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding five (5) years or be fined not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000).History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 284, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 350, § 1; P.L. 1922, ch. 2233, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 402, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 621, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-1-1; P.L. 1975, ch. 283, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-1 - General Provisions|Section 11-1-2 - Felony, misdemeanor - Petty misdemeanor, and violation distinguished.

§ 11-1-2. Felony, misdemeanor — Petty misdemeanor, and violation distinguished.Unless otherwise provided, any criminal offense which at any given time may be punished by imprisonment for a term of more than one year, or by a fine of more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), is declared to be a felony; any criminal offense which may be punishable by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both, is declared to be a misdemeanor; any criminal offense which may be punishable by imprisonment for a term not exceeding six (6) months or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both, is declared to be a petty misdemeanor; and any offense which may be punished by only a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) is declared to be a violation.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 625, § 74; P.L. 1941, ch. 983, § 1; P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 11-1-2; P.L. 1971, ch. 115, § 1; P.L. 1976, ch. 173, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 222, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 462, § 3.
RI Gen L § 11-1-2.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-1 - General Provisions|Section 11-1-2.1 - Violations - Effect of conviction - Standard of proof.

§ 11-1-2.1. Violations — Effect of conviction — Standard of proof.Conviction of a violation shall not give rise to any disability or legal disadvantage based on conviction of a criminal offense. Conviction of a violation shall be supported by evidence beyond a reasonable doubt.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 173, § 2.
RI Gen L § 11-1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-1 - General Provisions|Section 11-1-3 - Liability for aiding, abetting, counseling, hiring, or commanding offenses.

§ 11-1-3. Liability for aiding, abetting, counseling, hiring, or commanding offenses.Every person who shall aid, assist, abet, counsel, hire, command, or procure another to commit any crime or offense, shall be proceeded against as principal or as an accessory before the fact, according to the nature of the offense committed, and upon conviction shall suffer the like punishment as the principal offender is subject to by this title.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 284, § 2; C.P.A. 1905, § 1178; G.L. 1909, ch. 350, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 402, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 623, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-1-3.
RI Gen L § 11-1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-1 - General Provisions|Section 11-1-4 - Harboring criminal.

§ 11-1-4. Harboring criminal.Except where subsection 11-37-8.2.1(d) applies, every person not standing in the relation of husband or wife, parent or grandparent, child or grandchild, or brother or sister, by consanguinity or affinity, to another who shall have committed any offense or been accessory before the fact to the commission of any offense, who shall be convicted of knowingly harboring or relieving the offender, with intent that he or she shall escape or avoid detection, arrest, trial, or punishment, shall be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years or be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 284, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 350, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 402, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 622, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-1-4; P.L. 2006, ch. 206, § 2; P.L. 2006, ch. 207, § 2.
RI Gen L § 11-1-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-1 - General Provisions|Section 11-1-5 - Compounding or concealing felony.

§ 11-1-5. Compounding or concealing felony.Every person who shall be convicted of having knowledge of the commission of any felony offense, and of taking any money, gratuity, or reward, or any engagement, upon an agreement or understanding, express or implied, to compound or conceal that crime or offense, or not to prosecute for the offense, or not to give evidence relative to the offense, shall be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years or be fined not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), provided that the person shall not be subject to a fine or imprisonment exceeding the felony pertaining to this offense.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 276, § 20; G.L. 1909, ch. 342, § 20; G.L. 1923, ch. 394, § 20; G.L. 1938, ch. 605, § 20; G.L. 1956, § 11-1-5; P.L. 1981, ch. 177, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-1-5.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-1 - General Provisions|Section 11-1-5.1 - Reports of crimes to law enforcement officials.

§ 11-1-5.1. Reports of crimes to law enforcement officials.A person who knows that another person is a victim of sexual assault, murder, manslaughter, or armed robbery and who is at the scene of the crime shall, to the extent that the person can do so without danger of peril to the person or others, report the crime to an appropriate law enforcement official as soon as reasonably practicable. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be subject to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six (6) months, or by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 285, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-1-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-1 - General Provisions|Section 11-1-6 - Conspiracy.

§ 11-1-6. Conspiracy.Except as otherwise provided by law, every person who shall conspire with another to commit an offense punishable under the laws of this state shall be subject to the same fine and imprisonment as pertain to the offense which the person shall have conspired to commit, provided that imprisonment for the conspiracy shall not exceed ten (10) years.History of Section.P.L. 1975, ch. 283, § 2.
RI Gen L § 11-1-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-1 - General Provisions|Section 11-1-7 - Conspiracy to commit offense outside the state.

§ 11-1-7. Conspiracy to commit offense outside the state.Every person who shall, within this state, conspire with another to engage in conduct in another state punishable under the laws of that state, which conduct would also be punishable under the laws of this state, shall be subject to the same fine and imprisonment as under the law of this state pertain to the offense which the person shall have conspired to commit, provided that imprisonment for the conspiracy shall not exceed ten (10) years.History of Section.P.L. 1975, ch. 283, § 2.
RI Gen L § 11-1-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-1 - General Provisions|Section 11-1-8 - Bail jumping.

§ 11-1-8. Bail jumping.Every person accused of a felony offense who, by court order, has been released from custody or allowed to remain at liberty, either upon the person's own recognizance or with surety or sureties, upon condition that he or she appear before the court where the felony is pending, or to which he or she may be bound over, to answer the felony whenever called upon to so do, who does not appear personally on the required date or voluntarily within thirty (30) days thereafter, or who fails to appear for any court session during the trial or on the day for sentencing, shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be subject to the same fine and imprisonment as pertain to the offense for which he or she failed to answer, provided that imprisonment for the offense shall not exceed ten (10) years.History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 35, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 195, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-1-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-1 - General Provisions|Section 11-1-9 - Soliciting another to commit a crime.

§ 11-1-9. Soliciting another to commit a crime.Every person who solicits another to commit or join in the commission of a felony under the laws of this state shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be subject to the same fine and imprisonment as pertain to the offense which the person did solicit another to commit, provided that imprisonment for the solicitation shall not exceed ten (10) years.History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 245, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-1-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-1 - General Provisions|Section 11-1-10 - Soliciting an incompetent person.

§ 11-1-10. Soliciting an incompetent person.Every person who knowingly or willfully encourages, aids, contributes to, or in any way causes any person who as a result of mental and/or physical disability has had a guardian appointed for his or her person or estate to violate any law of this state or the ordinances of any town or city in the state, or who knowingly and willfully encourages, aids, contributes to, or in any way causes that disabled person to be guilty of any vicious or immoral conduct, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or be imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 82, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-1-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-1 - General Provisions|Section 11-1-11 - Felons prohibited from possession of radio scanners.

§ 11-1-11. Felons prohibited from possession of radio scanners.No person: (1) who has been convicted of a felony violation of chapter 28 of title 21 involving the illegal manufacture, sale or delivery or possession with intent to manufacture, sell, or deliver a controlled substance classified in Schedule I or II; or (2) who has been convicted of a felony in violation of chapter 8 of this title involving the burglary or breaking and entering of a dwelling house or apartment, whether the house or apartment is occupied or not, any business place, or public building, with the intent to commit larceny; shall carry, transport, or have in his or her possession, or under his or her control outside of his or her own home, any operational police radio, police scanner, or any other device capable of monitoring police broadcasts. Every person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 515, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 330, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-2-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-2 - Abandonment and Nonsupport|Section 11-2-1 - Abandonment or nonsupport of spouse or children.

§ 11-2-1. Abandonment or nonsupport of spouse or children.Every person who shall abandon his or her spouse or children, leaving them in danger of becoming a public charge, or who shall neglect to provide according to his or her means for the support of his or her spouse or children, or who shall neglect or refuse to aid in the support of his or her spouse and/or children, except as otherwise provided for in § 11-2-1.1, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months.[See § 12-1-15 of the General Laws.]History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 281, § 38; P.L. 1907, ch. 1447, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 347, § 39; G.L. 1923, ch. 399, § 38; G.L. 1938, ch. 610, § 38; G.L. 1956, § 11-2-1; P.L. 1979, ch. 304, § 2; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 29, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 374, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-2-1.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-2 - Abandonment and Nonsupport|Section 11-2-1.1 - Failure to pay child support.

§ 11-2-1.1. Failure to pay child support.(a) Every person who is obligated to pay child support pursuant to an order or decree established by or registered with the family court pursuant to chapter 11 of title 15, who has incurred arrearage of past-due child support in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), and who shall willfully thereafter, having the means to do so, fail to pay three (3) or more installments of child support in an amount previously set by the court, according to the terms previously set by the court, shall be guilty of a felony for each instance of failure to make the subsequent payments and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not to exceed five (5) years.(b) Every person who has for a period of three (3) years willfully failed to pay any installments of child support in an amount previously set by the court, according to the terms previously set by the court, and who shall thereafter, having the means to do so, fail to pay three (3) or more installments of child support in an amount previously set by the court, according to the terms previously set by the court, shall be guilty of a felony for each instance of failure to make the subsequent payments and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not to exceed five (5) years.(c) For purposes of this section, "subsequent payments" means those payments or installments due and owing after a person has incurred an arrearage of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) as specified in subsection (a) of this section or those payments or installments due and owing after a person has failed to pay an installment for a period of three (3) years.(d) The court may in its discretion direct that the sentence be served pursuant to § 12-19-2(b).[See § 12-1-15 of the General Laws.]History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 29, § 2; P.L. 1995, ch. 374, § 2; P.L. 1996, ch. 404, § 7; P.L. 2003, ch. 208, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 367, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-2-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-2 - Abandonment and Nonsupport|Section 11-2-2 - Desertion by leaving state - Decree as evidence.

§ 11-2-2. Desertion by leaving state — Decree as evidence.Any husband or father who without just cause deserts his wife or minor child by going into another state, and leaves them or any or either of them without making reasonable provisions for their support, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or both. No civil proceeding in any court shall be held to be a bar to a prosecution pursuant to this section for desertion or nonsupport. In a prosecution pursuant to this section for desertion or nonsupport against a husband, a decree or judgment of any court in a proceeding in which the husband appeared or was personally served with process, establishing the right of the wife to live apart, or her freedom to convey and deal with her property, or the right to the custody of the children, shall be admissible and shall be prima facie evidence of that right.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 423, § 9; P.L. 1949, ch. 2238, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-2-2.
RI Gen L § 11-2-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-2 - Abandonment and Nonsupport|Section 11-2-3 - Complaints for nonsupport - Liability for costs.

§ 11-2-3. Complaints for nonsupport — Liability for costs.(a) The director of the department of human services or his or her designee, or chief of police, or director of public welfare of any city or town, or any officer that the town council of any town or the city council of any city may appoint for the purpose, may make a complaint against any person for any of the offenses mentioned in § 11-2-1; and whenever any complaint shall be made by any of the officers listed in this subsection on account of the violation of § 11-2-1, the officer complainant shall not be required to give surety for costs, but shall give his or her personal recognizance and be liable in his or her individual capacity.(b) Pursuant to § 11-2-1.1, the department of human services, after an investigation to determine the extent of an arrearage and the ability of the obligor to pay the arrearage or some portion of it may refer the case to the attorney general for prosecution in the family court for the county in which the obligor resides, unless the person does not reside within the state, then the prosecution may be brought in the family court for Providence County.[See § 12-1-15 of the General Laws.]History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 304, § 3; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 29, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 374, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-3-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-3 - Abortion|Section 11-3-1 - [Repealed.]

§ 11-3-1. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 15, § 2; P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 3; Repealed by P.L. 2019, ch. 27, § 2, effective June 19, 2019.