reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
RI Gen L § 3-5-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-5 - Licenses Generally|Section 3-5-15 - Local licensing authorities.

§ 3-5-15. Local licensing authorities.The right, power, and jurisdiction to issue all other licenses authorized by this title within the maximum number to be fixed as provided in § 3-5-16 are in the town councils or license boards of the several towns, and in the mayors and city councils in the several cities. However, where a police commission exists in a town or in a city that police commission has the right, power, and jurisdiction to issue those other licenses. If there is neither a city council nor a police commission in a city, the right, power, and jurisdiction shall be in the mayor and council. In the city of Providence the right, power, and jurisdiction are in the bureau of licenses. In the several cases where the town councils or license boards of the several towns, the mayors and city councils of the several cities, or the mayor and council of a city are authorized to issue licenses, they are for that purpose constituted license commissioners, and in those cases the town or city clerk is the clerk of those commissioners.History of Section.P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 11; P.L. 1934, ch. 2088, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 164, § 4; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2721, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 3-5-15.
RI Gen L § 3-5-16.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-5 - Licenses Generally|Section 3-5-16.1 - Revocation of abandoned Class A licenses.

§ 3-5-16.1. Revocation of abandoned Class A licenses.Whenever it comes to the attention of any local licensing authority as defined in § 3-5-15 that the holder of a Class A license has abandoned the premises from which the licensee has been conducting his or her business or has ceased to operate under the license for a period of ninety (90) days or more then after hearing with due notice to the licensee the local licensing authority shall cancel the license; provided, that the authority may grant a reasonable period of time, not to exceed one year, to the licensee within which to reestablish the business where the abandonment or cessation of operating was due to illness, death, condemnation of business premises, fire or other casualty.History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 3-5-16.1; P.L. 1969, ch. 63, § 1.
RI Gen L § 3-5-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-5 - Licenses Generally|Section 3-5-17 - Notice and hearing on licenses.

§ 3-5-17. Notice and hearing on licenses.Before granting a license to any person under the provisions of this chapter and title, the board, body or official to whom application for the license is made, shall give notice by advertisement published once a week for at least two (2) weeks in some newspaper published in the city or town where the applicant proposes to carry on business, or, if there is no newspaper published in a city or town, then in some newspaper having a general circulation in the city or town. Applications for retailer's Class F, P and Class G licenses need not be advertised. The advertisement shall contain the name of the applicant and a description by street and number or other plain designation of the particular location for which the license is requested. Notice of the application shall also be given, by mail, to all owners of property within two hundred feet (200′) of the place of business seeking the application. The notice shall be given by the board, body or official to whom the application is made, and the cost of the application shall be borne by the applicant. The notices shall state that remonstrants are entitled to be heard before the granting of the license, and shall name the time and place of the hearing. At the time and place a fair opportunity shall be granted the remonstrants to make their objections before acting upon the application; provided that no advertisement or notice need be given pursuant to this section when a license holder applies for a temporary seasonal expansion of an existing liquor license.History of Section.P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 20; P.L. 1934, ch. 2088, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 163, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 3-5-17; P.L. 1977, ch. 216, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 241, § 2; P.L. 2003, ch. 366, § 2; P.L. 2007, ch. 501, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 511, § 1.
RI Gen L § 3-5-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-5 - Licenses Generally|Section 3-5-18 - Signature on licenses - Posting and exhibition.

§ 3-5-18. Signature on licenses — Posting and exhibition.(a) All retail licenses issued under chapter 7 of this title shall bear the signature, or electronic signature, of the clerk of the licensing board, body, or officials issuing them, and shall not be printed, stamped, typewritten, engraved, photographed, or cut from one instrument and attached to another and shall be displayed by the licensee, on the premises, and shall be exhibited on demand to any deputy sheriff, to any city or town sergeant, constable, officer or member of the city or town police or to any member of the department of state police or agent of the department.(b) All retail licenses shall be displayed within the premises but need not be posted. The license shall be exhibited to any deputy sheriff of the county, to any city or town sergeant, constable, officer or member of the city or town police or to any member of the department of state police or agent of the department who request proof that the establishment is duly licensed.History of Section.P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 29; G.L. 1938, ch. 163, § 16; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 120; G.L. 1956, § 3-5-18; P.L. 1970, ch. 234, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 638, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 255, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 8; P.L. 2018, ch. 176, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 289, § 1.
RI Gen L § 3-5-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-5 - Licenses Generally|Section 3-5-19 - Transfer or relocation of license.

§ 3-5-19. Transfer or relocation of license.(a) The board, body or official which has issued any license under this title may permit the license to be used at any other place within the limits of the town or city where the license was granted, or, in their discretion, permit the license to be transferred to another person, but in all cases of change of licensed place or of transfer of license, the issuing body shall, before permitting the change or transfer, give notice of the application for the change or transfer in the same manner as is provided in this chapter in the case of original application for the license, and a new bond shall be given upon the issuance of the license provided, that notice by mail need not be made in the case of a transfer of a license without relocation. In all cases of transfer of license, indebtedness of the licensee incurred in the operation of the licensed premises shall be paid to or released by an objecting creditor before the issuing body permits the transfer. In cases of dispute as to the amount of indebtedness, the issuing body, may, in its discretion, permit the transfer upon statement of the licensee, under oath, that the claim of indebtedness is disputed and that the statement of dispute is not interposed for the purpose of inducing transfer of the license. No creditor is allowed to object to the transfer of a license by a receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, assignee for the benefit of creditors, executor, administrator, guardian or by any public officer under judicial process. In case of the death of any licensee, the license becomes part of the personal estate of the deceased. The holders of any retail Class A license within the city or town issuing or transferring a Class A license have standing to be heard before the board, body, or official granting or transferring the license.(b) The transfer of a license is contingent upon the full payment of outstanding police detail bills.(c) The transferee of a license assumes all penalties that the license board has imposed upon the transferor of the license.History of Section.P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 37; G.L. 1938, ch. 163, § 15; G.L. 1956, § 3-5-19; R.P.L. 1957, ch. 59, § 1; P.L. 1959, ch. 154, § 1; P.L. 1977, ch. 216, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 423, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 200, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 309, § 1.
RI Gen L § 3-5-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-5 - Licenses Generally|Section 3-5-20 - Rules and regulations - Notice and procedure.

§ 3-5-20. Rules and regulations — Notice and procedure.All licenses issued shall be in any form prescribed by the department of business regulation and the license shall be held under any rules and regulations as the department shall impose, establish, and authorize and the department is authorized to establish rules and regulations and to authorize the making of any rules and regulations by the licensing authority of the several towns and cities as in their discretions in the public interest seem proper to be made. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this section, the adoption or authorization of rules and regulations by the department and the modification or repeal of any rules and regulations previously adopted shall be by written order of the department and adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 35 of title 42.History of Section.P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 164, § 5; P.L. 1940, ch. 814, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 3-5-20.
RI Gen L § 3-5-20.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-5 - Licenses Generally|Section 3-5-20.1 - Manufacturer's and wholesaler's licenses - Notice and procedure.

§ 3-5-20.1. Manufacturer's and wholesaler's licenses — Notice and procedure.All manufacturer's and wholesaler's licenses to be issued under this chapter shall be in any form prescribed by the department. The licensee shall be held liable under any rules and regulations that the department shall impose, establish and authorize and the department is authorized to establish any rules and regulations. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this section, the adoption or authorization of rules and regulations by the department and the modification or repeal of any rules and regulations previously adopted shall be by written order of the department and adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 35 of title 42.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art. 36, § 8.
RI Gen L § 3-5-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-5 - Licenses Generally|Section 3-5-21 - Revocation or suspension of licenses - Fines for violating conditions of license.

§ 3-5-21. Revocation or suspension of licenses — Fines for violating conditions of license.(a) Every license is subject to revocation or suspension and a licensee is subject to fine by the board, body, or official issuing the license, or by the department or by the division of taxation, on its own motion, for:(1) Breach by the holder of the license of the conditions on which it was issued; or(2) Violation by the holder of the license of any rule or regulation applicable; or(3) Any fraudulent act or "material misrepresentation" made by an applicant for a license or a licensee, including, but not limited to, any misrepresentation of information upon which the licensing board reasonably relies in rendering any decision concerning a license, licensee, or establishment; or(4) Breach of any provisions of this chapter; or(5) Operating in any manner inconsistent with the license, or in any manner consistent with another class license, without first coming before the board for a new license application.(b) Any fine imposed pursuant to this section shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for the first offense and shall not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each subsequent offense. For the purposes of this section, any offense committed by a licensee three (3) years after a previous offense shall be considered a first offense.(c) In the event that a licensee is required to hire a police detail and the police refuse to place a detail at the location because a licensee has failed to pay outstanding police detail bills or to reach a payment plan agreement with the police department, the license board may prohibit the licensee from opening its place of business until such time as the police detail bills are paid or a payment plan agreement is reached.(d) Upon any violation by a licensee under § 3-5-21, the local licensing board, at its sole discretion, may impose a limitation on the hours of operation of the licensee, regardless of the license type, and notwithstanding any prior approval of an application for a later closing time.History of Section.P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 164, § 5; P.L. 1940, ch. 814, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 3-5-21; P.L. 1985, ch. 393, § 1; 1988, ch. 202, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art. 36, § 7; P.L. 2011, ch. 200, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 309, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 384, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 402, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 451, § 2.
RI Gen L § 3-5-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-5 - Licenses Generally|Section 3-5-22 - Reissuance of license after revocation.

§ 3-5-22. Reissuance of license after revocation.In case any license issued is revoked, the board, body or official revoking the license shall, as part of the order of revocation, provide that no license be granted to the same person for the period of one year after the revocation, and in case the order is made, no license shall be issued during the year to the person whose license is revoked.History of Section.P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 11; P.L. 1934, ch. 2088, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 164, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 3-5-22.
RI Gen L § 3-5-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-5 - Licenses Generally|Section 3-5-23 - Revocation of license for criminal offenses or disorderly conditions - Action on bond.

§ 3-5-23. Revocation of license for criminal offenses or disorderly conditions — Action on bond.(a) If any licensed person is convicted of violating any of the provisions of this title, or of chapters 6, 10, 34, or 45 of title 11, or §§ 11-2-1, 11-9-13, 11-9-15, 11-11-5, 11-18-2 — 11-18-4, 11-20-1, 11-20-2, 11-23-4, 11-30-1 — 11-30-11, 11-31-1 or 11-37-2 — 11-37-4, or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to any complaint or indictment under any of these provisions, or if his or her license is revoked, his or her bond shall be put in suit by the town or city treasurer of the city or town where the bond is given, and by due process of law, the penal sum of the bond shall be recovered for the use of the town or city.(b) If any licensed person permits the house or place where he or she is licensed to sell beverages under the provisions of this title to become disorderly as to annoy and disturb the persons inhabiting or residing in the neighborhood, or permits any gambling or unlawful gaming to be carried on in the neighborhood, or permits any of the laws of this state to be violated in the neighborhood, in addition to any punishment or penalties that may be prescribed by statute for that offense, he or she may be summoned before the board, body, or official that issued his or her license and before the department, when he or she and the witnesses for and against him or her may be heard. If it appears to the satisfaction of the board, body, or official hearing the charges that the licensee has violated any of the provisions of this title or has permitted any of the things listed in this section, then the board, body, or official may suspend or revoke the license or enter another order.(c) In case the license is revoked, the licensed person after the revocation shall cease to have any authority under the license and shall be disqualified from holding any of the licenses provided for in this title for a period of five (5) years following the revocation.(d) The revocation of a license shall not interfere with, or prejudice the right of, recovery upon the licensee's bond for the full amount of the bond.History of Section.P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 30; G.L. 1938, ch. 163, § 10; P.L. 1948, ch. 2124, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 3-5-23; P.L. 1987, ch. 78, § 10; P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art. 36, § 7; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 3; P.L. 2016, ch. 512, art. 2, § 42.
RI Gen L § 3-5-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-5 - Licenses Generally|Section 3-5-24 - Licensee becoming bail.

§ 3-5-24. Licensee becoming bail.If any person holding a license under this title becomes bail for any person complained of for violating any of the provisions of this title, his or her license becomes void as of the day of becoming bail.History of Section.P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 28; G.L. 1938, ch. 163, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 3-5-24.
RI Gen L § 3-5-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-5 - Licenses Generally|Section 3-5-25 - Antiunion discrimination.

§ 3-5-25. Antiunion discrimination.If the department determines that any licensee under this title has discriminated against any employee because that employee is or has become a member of any trade union, the licensee shall forfeit his or her license.History of Section.P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 53; G.L. 1938, ch. 163, § 18; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 120; G.L. 1956, § 3-5-25.
RI Gen L § 3-5-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-5 - Licenses Generally|Section 3-5-26 - Records of proceedings - Admission in evidence.

§ 3-5-26. Records of proceedings — Admission in evidence.(a) The board, body or official issuing licenses under this title shall keep records of its proceedings and those records are declared to be public records to which the public has the right of access at any reasonable time and under any rules as shall be established by the board, body or official keeping those records.(b) Copies of those records certified by the secretary or clerk of the board, body or official keeping those records shall be received in any court as evidence of any of the proceedings recorded and the certificate of the clerk that it does not appear by those records that a person named in the certificate holds, or held at any named time, a license under this title shall be evidence of the fact stated in the certificate.History of Section.P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 23; G.L. 1938, ch. 163, § 13; G.L. 1956, § 3-5-26.
RI Gen L § 3-5-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-5 - Licenses Generally|Section 3-5-27 - Annual reports.

§ 3-5-27. Annual reports.(a) Boards, bodies or officials in towns or cities issuing licenses under this title shall annually on or before the first day of December, and at any other times required by the department, make a report to the department, which states the number of licenses granted by them lawfully outstanding at the time of the report with the names and addresses of the licensees, and a description of the licensed places, and the amount of money received and any other information required by the department. The department shall make available, by electronic means, the annual reports filed by said towns and cities to provide those reports to members of the public and general assembly upon request.(b) The department shall, on or before the first day of February in every year, make available on its website, a report showing the number of manufacturers and wholesalers licenses granted by it lawfully outstanding at the time of the report with the names and addresses of licensees and a description of the licensed places, and the division of taxation shall report the amount of money received, showing the amount of beverages of various kinds imported into this state by each licensed dealer and the amount of service charge collected and the general condition affecting the use of beverages in this state.History of Section.P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 24; G.L. 1938, ch. 163, § 14; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 120; G.L. 1956, § 3-5-27; P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art. 36, § 7; P.L. 2015, ch. 82, § 1; P.L. 2015, ch. 105, § 1.
RI Gen L § 3-5-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-5 - Licenses Generally|Section 3-5-28 - Uniform procedures.

§ 3-5-28. Uniform procedures.The department is authorized to issue any orders and prescribe any forms to local licensing boards or authorities that will provide uniform procedures and forms in the processing, handling and reporting of license applications and disciplinary actions against licensees by local licensing boards or authorities.History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 3-5-28; P.L. 1965, ch. 109, § 2; P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art. 36, § 7.
RI Gen L § 3-5-29 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-5 - Licenses Generally|Section 3-5-29 - Prohibition against assignment or leasing of license.

§ 3-5-29. Prohibition against assignment or leasing of license.The holder of a license issued pursuant to this title shall not assign, rent, lease or let the license but may transfer his or her interest only as provided in § 3-5-19.History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 3-5-29; P.L. 1968, ch. 80, § 1.
RI Gen L § 3-6-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-6 - Manufacturing and Wholesale Licenses|Section 3-6-2 - Rectifying as manufacturing.

§ 3-6-2. Rectifying as manufacturing.With a view to the enforcement of the provisions of this title, and of the conditions, rules and regulations established and authorized by the department pertaining to rectifiers and those regarded as being in the business of rectifying, the business of manufacturing beverages may be deemed to include the business of rectifying beverages unless the context otherwise requires.History of Section.P.L. 1937, ch. 2524, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 166, § 3; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 120; G.L. 1956, § 3-6-2; P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art. 36, § 9.
RI Gen L § 3-6-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-6 - Manufacturing and Wholesale Licenses|Section 3-6-3 - Rectifier's license.

§ 3-6-3. Rectifier's license.The department is authorized to issue rectifiers' licenses in accordance with the provisions of §§ 3-6-4 — 3-6-8. The fee provided shall be prorated to the year ending December 1 in every calendar year and be paid to the general treasurer for the use of the state.History of Section.P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 5; P.L. 1937, ch. 2524, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 163, § 3; P.L. 1942, ch. 1212, art. 12, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 3-6-3; P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art. 36, § 9; P.L. 2018, ch. 176, § 3; P.L. 2018, ch. 289, § 3.
RI Gen L § 3-6-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-6 - Manufacturing and Wholesale Licenses|Section 3-6-4 - Practices requiring rectifier's license.

§ 3-6-4. Practices requiring rectifier's license.Any person who rectifies, purifies, refines or blends distilled spirits or wines by any process, other than by original and continuous distillation from mash, wort, or wash, through continuous closed vessels and pipes until the manufacture is complete, and every wholesale or retail licensee who has in his or her possession any still or leach tub, or who keeps any other apparatus for the purpose of refining in any manner distilled spirits and wines, and any person who without rectifying, purifying or refining distilled spirits mixes such spirits, wines or other liquor with any material, manufactures any spurious, imitation or compound liquors for sale under the name of whiskey, brandy, gin, rum, wine, spirits, cordials or wine bitters, or any other name, is regarded as a rectifier engaged in the business of rectifying. Nothing in this section shall be held to prohibit the purifying or refining of spirits in the course of original and continuous distillation through any material which will not remain incorporated with those spirits when the manufacture of the spirits is complete.History of Section.P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 5; P.L. 1937, ch. 2524, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 166, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 3-6-4.