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RI Gen L § 11-35-4.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities|Section 11-35-4.1 - Installation of live wires or electrical equipment.

§ 11-35-4.1. Installation of live wires or electrical equipment.(a) Whoever being engaged in the business of transmitting electricity or installing or repairing live wires or electrical equipment knowingly permits a journeyperson line worker, while on a pole or structure, to work on live wires in excess of seven hundred and fifty (750) volts to ground unless he or she is assisted on or at the base of each pole or structure by a journeyperson line worker, a second year apprentice, or a line worker having a title commonly accepted as the equivalent of the foregoing, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100).(b) Each violation of this section shall be a separate offense.(c) This section shall not apply to work done by any person who is commonly called a troubleshooter, who would be employed in the performance of making emergency repairs, locating electrical faults, clearing defective apparatus, and answering service calls.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 195, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-35-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities|Section 11-35-5 - Aiding, abetting, counseling, or procuring line injuries.

§ 11-35-5. Aiding, abetting, counseling, or procuring line injuries.Every person who shall aid, assist, abet, counsel, hire, command, or procure any person to do or attempt any of the acts mentioned in § 11-35-4 shall be subject to like fine or imprisonment as provided in that section.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 62; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 65; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 65; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 74; G.L. 1956, § 11-35-5.
RI Gen L § 11-35-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities|Section 11-35-6 - Interference with gas or electric or water meters.

§ 11-35-6. Interference with gas or electric or water meters.Every person who shall willfully or fraudulently injure or shall knowingly suffer to be injured any wire, meter, pipe, or fittings connected with or belonging to any electric company or gaslight company or connected with or belonging to the waterworks of any corporation in this state supplying water at a stipulated rate of payment, or shall willfully tamper or meddle with any other of the appliances or appurtenances connected with or belonging to any electric company or gaslight company or to the waterworks of a corporation in a manner as to cause loss or damage to the company or corporation, or who shall willfully or fraudulently prevent any meter used for registering the quantity of electricity, gas, or water supplied through it from duly registering the quantity so passing through it, or alter the index of any meter or in any way hinder or interfere with its proper action or just registration, or shall fraudulently use the electricity or fraudulently burn the gas of the company or fraudulently use the water passing through the wire, meter, pipe, fittings, or other of the appliances or appurtenances connected with or belonging to the electric company or gas company or to the waterworks of the corporation, or willfully waste electricity, gas, or water, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be imprisoned not exceeding one year or be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000). In any prosecution under this section proof that any wire, meter, pipe, or fittings have been injured, or that any meter has been prevented from duly registering the quantity of electricity, gas, or water supplied through it, while on the premises occupied by the defendant, shall be prima facie evidence that the defendant caused the injury or prevented the meter from duly registering the quantity of electricity, gas, or water supplied through it, willfully and fraudulently and with intent to injure or defraud.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 48; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 51; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 51; P.L. 1930, ch. 1620, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 57; G.L. 1956, § 11-35-6; P.L. 1986, ch. 544, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 152, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-35-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities|Section 11-35-7 - Bypassing meters - Use of electricity, gas or water with intent to defraud.

§ 11-35-7. Bypassing meters — Use of electricity, gas or water with intent to defraud.Every person who, with intent to injure or defraud any gaslight company or any electric company, or corporation supplying water in this state at a stipulated rate of payment, shall make or cause to be made any wire, pipe, tube, or other instrument or contrivance, and connect it or cause it to be connected with any main, service pipe, or other pipe, appliance, or appurtenance used for or in connection with the works or apparatus employed for conducting or supplying electricity, illuminating gas, or water, in any manner that is calculated to supply electricity, gas, or water to any burner, orifice, faucet, or other outlet whatsoever, without the electricity, gas, or water passing through a meter provided or used for measuring or registering its quantity so passing through, or without the consent of the company or corporation to the connections, or who shall otherwise use any electricity, gas, or water with the intent to defraud the company or corporation of payment, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be imprisoned not exceeding one year or be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000). In any prosecution under this section, proof that any of the acts specified in this section were done on or about the premises occupied by the defendant, or proof of the presence on or about the premises, of any device which affects the diversion of electricity, gas, or water without it being measured or registered by the meter provided, shall be prima facie evidence that the defendant committed the acts, or aided or abetted in their commission, maliciously and with intent to injure or defraud.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 49; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 52; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 52; P.L. 1930, ch. 1620, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 58; G.L. 1956, § 11-35-7; P.L. 1986, ch. 544, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 152, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-35-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities|Section 11-35-8 - Interference with electric meter.

§ 11-35-8. Interference with electric meter.Every person who shall willfully or fraudulently injure, or shall knowingly suffer to be injured, any meter, or any wire, fittings, or appliances connected with any meter belonging to any corporation furnishing electric current for light, heat, power, or other purposes at a stipulated rate of payment, or shall willfully tamper or meddle with any other of the appliances or appurtenances connected with any meter belonging to any corporation, in any manner as to cause loss or damage to the corporation, or who shall willfully or fraudulently prevent any meter used for registering the quantity of the electric current supplied through it from duly registering the quantity so passing through it or alter the index in the meter, or in any way hinder or interfere with its proper action or just registration, or shall fraudulently use the electric current of the corporation passing through the meter, wire, fittings, or other of the appliances or appurtenances connected with or belonging to the corporation, or willfully waste electric current, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be imprisoned not exceeding thirty (30) days or be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500). In any prosecution under this section proof that any meter, or any wire, fitting, appliance, or appurtenance connected with it, has been injured, or tampered, or meddled with, or that any meter has been prevented from duly registering the quantity of electric current supplied through it, while on the premises occupied by the defendant, shall be prima facie evidence that the defendant caused the injury or tampered or meddled with the meter, wire, fitting, appliance, or appurtenance, or prevented the meter from duly registering the quantity of electric current supplied through it, willfully and fraudulently and with intent to injure or defraud.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 63; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 66; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 66; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 59; P.L. 1940, ch. 948, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-35-8.
RI Gen L § 11-35-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities|Section 11-35-9 - Bypassing electric meter - Use of electricity with intent to defraud.

§ 11-35-9. Bypassing electric meter — Use of electricity with intent to defraud.Every person who, with intent to injure or defraud any person, persons, association, or corporation generating, conducting, using, or supplying the electric current, either for the purposes of his, her, its or their own business or for the purpose of selling the electric current at a stipulated rate of payment, shall make or cause to be made any wire or other instrument or contrivance and connect it or cause it to be connected with any electric wire, appliance, apparatus or appurtenance used for or in connection with the wires or apparatus employed for generating, conducting, using, or supplying electric current, in any manner that is calculated either to waste and dissipate the electric current or to supply the electric current to any lamp, burner, heater, machine, motor or other apparatus or appliance whatsoever, without the electric current passing through a meter provided by the person, persons, association, or corporation and used for registering the quantity so passing through, or without the consent of the person, persons, association, or corporation to the connections, or who shall otherwise use any electric current with the intent to defraud the person, persons, association or corporation of payment, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be imprisoned not exceeding thirty (30) days or be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500). In any prosecution under this section proof that any of the acts specified in this section was done on or about the premises occupied by the defendant, or proof of the presence on or about the premises of any wire or other instrument or contrivance which effects the waste or dissipation or the diversion of electric current without the electric current being measured or registered by a meter provided for it or without the consent of the person, persons, association, or corporation, shall be prima facie evidence that the defendant committed the acts, or aided or abetted in their commission, maliciously and with intent to injure or defraud.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 60; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 67; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 67; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 60; P.L. 1940, ch. 948, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 11-35-9.
RI Gen L § 11-35-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities|Section 11-35-10 - Excessive gas or water charges - False meters.

§ 11-35-10. Excessive gas or water charges — False meters.Every person or corporation who shall willfully collect of any person or persons a larger sum for gas or water than appears to be due on inspection of the meter put in to regulate and register it, or shall willfully furnish a meter that shall not correctly register the quantity of gas or water consumed, shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500).History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 50; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 53; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 53; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 61; G.L. 1956, § 11-35-10.
RI Gen L § 11-35-11 - 11-35-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities|Section 11-35-11 - 11-35-13 - Repealed.

§ 11-35-11 — 11-35-13. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 11-35-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities|Section 11-35-14 - Refusal to relinquish or to damage or to obstruct telephone.

§ 11-35-14. Refusal to relinquish or to damage or to obstruct telephone.(a) Any person who willfully refuses to relinquish a party line or who obstructs or damages an individual telephone line or telephone set when he or she knows or should have known that the party line, individual telephone line or telephone set is needed for an emergency call to a fire department or police department or for medical aid or ambulance service shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300) or be imprisoned ninety (90) days, or both, or any person who secures the use of a party line by falsely stating that the line is needed for an emergency call shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00) or be imprisoned not exceeding three (3) months.(b) As used in this section:(1) "Party line" means a subscriber line telephone circuit consisting of two (2) or more main telephone stations connected with it, each station with a distinctive ring or telephone number; and(2) "Emergency" means a situation in which property or human life are in jeopardy and the prompt summoning of aid is essential.History of Section.P.L. 1958, ch. 145, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 133, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 346, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-35-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities|Section 11-35-15 - Notice on telephone book.

§ 11-35-15. Notice on telephone book.A copy of § 11-35-14, preceded by the word "Warning" in large type, shall be printed in a prominent place in every telephone directory distributed to the members of the general public in this state or in any portion of it after June 1, 1958, which lists the calling numbers of telephones of any telephone exchange located in this state; provided, the provisions of this section shall not apply to those directories distributed solely for business advertising purposes, commonly known as classified directories.History of Section.P.L. 1958, ch. 145, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-35-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities|Section 11-35-16 - Wrongfully obtaining telecommunication service.

§ 11-35-16. Wrongfully obtaining telecommunication service.(a) Any person who, with intent to injure or defraud any person, persons, association, or corporation furnishing telecommunications service of the whole or any part of the lawful charge for any service, obtains, attempts to obtain, or aids or abets another in obtaining any telecommunications service by any false representation, false statement, or stratagem, by the unauthorized charging to the account of another, by installing or tampering with any facilities or equipment or by any other means, commits a criminal offense and shall be subject to the penalties set forth in § 11-49-10(a), if the value of or the charges for the service obtained in violation of this section does not exceed one hundred dollars ($100) in any six (6) month period, or be subject to the penalties set forth in § 11-49-10(b), if the value of or the charges for the service exceed one hundred dollars ($100) in any six (6) month period; provided, that this section shall not apply to conduct constituting a violation of the provisions of § 11-18-21.(b) As used in this section, "telecommunication service" includes the transmission of any video, audio, or other signal by a community antenna television system licensed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 19 of title 39.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 157, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 198, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 316, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-35-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities|Section 11-35-17 - Crank or obscene telephone calls.

§ 11-35-17. Crank or obscene telephone calls.(a) Whoever shall originate a transmission by facsimile machine, or other telecommunication device or shall telephone any person repeatedly or cause any person to be telephoned repeatedly for the sole purpose of harassing, annoying, or molesting the other person or his or her family, whether or not conversation ensues; or whoever shall originate a transmission by facsimile machine, or other telecommunication device or shall telephone any person for the purpose of using any threatening, vulgar, indecent, obscene, or immoral language over the telephone, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.(b) This section shall not be construed to impose any liability upon providers of telecommunications services.History of Section.P.L. 1965, ch. 195, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 278, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-35-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities|Section 11-35-18 - Bomb threats and similar false reports.

§ 11-35-18. Bomb threats and similar false reports.Whoever, knowing the report to be false, transmits or causes to be transmitted to any person by telephone or other means a communication falsely reporting the location of any explosive or other dangerous substance or contrivance, causing anxiety, unrest, fear, or personal discomfort by that false report to any person or group of persons, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment at the adult correctional institutions for not more than ten (10) years, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both fine and imprisonment.History of Section.P.L. 1965, ch. 195, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-35-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities|Section 11-35-19 - Prosecution for violations of §§ 11-35-17, 11-35-18.

§ 11-35-19. Prosecution for violations of §§ 11-35-17, 11-35-18.The crimes described in §§ 11-35-17 and 11-35-18 may be prosecuted and punished in the territorial jurisdiction in which the communication originates or is received.History of Section.P.L. 1965, ch. 195, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-35-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities|Section 11-35-20 - Termination of service.

§ 11-35-20. Termination of service.Every person or corporation who shall willfully for non-payment of charges cut off, discontinue, or otherwise terminate gas, electric, water, telephone, light, heat, or power service to any domestic or institutional user on either Friday, Saturday, or Sunday or at any time when the office of the person or corporation is not open for business or the day before any legal holiday shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500).History of Section.P.L. 1968, ch. 38, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-35-20.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities|Section 11-35-20.1 - Wrongful termination or disruption of service.

§ 11-35-20.1. Wrongful termination or disruption of service.(a) Any person who has been served an order issued pursuant to chapter 8.1 of title 8, or chapters 5 or 15 of title 15 who causes the interruption of any utility service by false presentation or other means at the residence of the person(s) protected by a protective order issued pursuant to chapter 8.1 of title 8, or chapters 5 or 15 of title 15 shall constitute harassment.(b) Any person subject to an order issued pursuant to chapter 8.1 of title 8, or chapters 5 or 15 of title 15 who wishes to remove their name from a utility bill and terminate their future financial responsibility for making payments on that bill must first seek approval from the court that issued the protective order.(1) The court shall not allow any person, upon his or her own motion, to remove his or her name from a utility bill and terminate their financial responsibility with respect to the utility bill without first ensuring that the preexisting balance owed to the utility has been satisfied and that the person(s) covered by the protective order is able to establish an account under his or her own name without the need to make a deposit that causes hardship, and is capable of fulfilling their financial obligations towards the utility in the future.(c) Nothing in this section shall prevent a person protected by an order issued pursuant to chapter 8.1 of title 8, or chapters 5 or 15 of title 15 from transferring a utility bill into his or her name and assuming any and all obligations to the utility.(d) Any person who shall wrongfully terminate or disrupt any utility service in violation of this section shall be guilty of a violation and subject to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500).History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 447, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 448, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-35-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities|Section 11-35-21 - Unauthorized interception, disclosure or use of wire, electronic, or oral communication.

§ 11-35-21. Unauthorized interception, disclosure or use of wire, electronic, or oral communication.(a) Except as otherwise specifically provided in chapter 5.1 of title 12, any person: (1) who willfully intercepts, attempts to intercept, or procures any other person to intercept or attempt to intercept, any wire, electronic, or oral communication; (2) who willfully discloses or attempts to disclose to any person the contents of any wire, electronic, or oral communication, knowing, or having reason to know that the information was obtained through interception of a wire, electronic, or oral communication in violation of this section; or (3) who willfully uses or attempts to use the contents of any wire, electronic, or oral communication, knowing, or having reason to know, that the information was obtained through interception of a wire, electronic, or oral communication in violation of this section; shall be imprisoned for not more than five (5) years.(b) The provisions of subdivisions (a)(2) and (3) of this section shall not apply to the contents of any wire, electronic, or oral communication, or evidence derived from those contents, which has become common knowledge or public information.(c) It shall not be unlawful under this chapter for:(1) An operator of a switchboard, or an officer, agent, or employee of a communication common carrier, whose facilities are used in the transmission of a wire, electronic, or oral communication, to intercept, disclose, or use that communication in the normal course of his or her employment while engaged in any activity which is a necessary incident to the rendition of his or her service or to the protection of the rights or property of the carrier of the communication. No communication common carrier shall utilize service observing or random monitoring except for mechanical or service quality control checks;(2) A person acting under color of law to intercept a wire, electronic, or oral communication, where that person is a party to the communication, or where one of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to the interception; or(3) A person not acting under color of law to intercept a wire, electronic, or oral communication, where the person is a party to the communication, or one of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to the interception unless the communication is intercepted for the purpose of committing any criminal or tortious act in the violation of the constitution or laws of the United States or of any state or for the purpose of committing any other injurious act.History of Section.P.L. 1969, ch. 55 § 3; P.L. 1999, ch. 167, § 1.