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RI Gen L § 31-50-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-50 - Office of Automobile Theft and Insurance Fraud|Section 31-50-4 - Funding of office.

§ 31-50-4. Funding of office.The director of business regulation shall fund the office of automobile theft and insurance fraud annually through those insurers authorized to write automobile insurance in the state, in proportion to their market share, in an amount equal to one dollar ($1.00) per year times the total number of registrations of vehicles having a gross weight of ten thousand pounds (10,000 lbs.) or less. Insurers may collect the amount as a policy surcharge, separately identifiable on either the policy declaration page or billing. The director is authorized by rules and regulations to raise these funds and direct the method by which payment of these charges is to be implemented. All funds collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited as general revenues.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 380, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 108; P.L. 1998, ch. 283, § 2.
RI Gen L § 31-50-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-50 - Office of Automobile Theft and Insurance Fraud|Section 31-50-5 - Annual report.

§ 31-50-5. Annual report.On or before the thirty-first day of January the designated assistant or special assistant attorney general and the director shall prepare and submit to the governor and to the board a comprehensive report of all of the activities of the office including, but not limited, to vehicle recovery statistics, arrests, prosecutions, convictions, and restitution.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 380, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-50-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-50 - Office of Automobile Theft and Insurance Fraud|Section 31-50-6 - Severability.

§ 31-50-6. Severability.The provisions of this chapter are severable, and if any of its provisions shall be held unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of the court shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 380, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-51-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-51 - School Bus Safety Enforcement|Section 31-51-1 - Short title.

§ 31-51-1. Short title.This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "School Bus Safety Enforcement Act."History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 118, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-51-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-51 - School Bus Safety Enforcement|Section 31-51-2 - Live digital video school bus violation detection monitoring systems.

§ 31-51-2. Live digital video school bus violation detection monitoring systems.(a) All school departments of this state are hereby authorized to install and operate live digital video school bus violation detection monitoring systems. Such systems shall at a minimum, be systems which monitor and detect school bus traffic violations. For purposes of this chapter a live digital video school bus violation detection monitoring system means a system with one or more camera sensors and computers which produce live digital and recorded video of motor vehicles being operated in violation of school bus traffic laws. All systems installed for used under this chapter must, at a minimum, produce a live visual image viewable remotely, a recorded image of the license plate, and be able to record the time, date, and location of the vehicle, and a signed affidavit by a person who witnessed the violation via live video.(b) The school departments may enter into an agreement with a private corporation or other entity to provide live digital video school bus violation detection monitoring systems and to maintain and operate such systems.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 118, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 105, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 107, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-51-2.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-51 - School Bus Safety Enforcement|Section 31-51-2.1 - Installation and signage.

§ 31-51-2.1. Installation and signage.(a) All vehicles installed with a live digital video school bus violation detection monitoring system shall post a warning sign indicating the use of such system.(b) Warning signage shall remain on each vehicle as long as a live digital video school bus violation detection monitoring system is in operation.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 118, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-51-2.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-51 - School Bus Safety Enforcement|Section 31-51-2.2 - Stopping for school bus required - Penalty for violation.

§ 31-51-2.2. Stopping for school bus required — Penalty for violation.(a) Any vehicle being operated upon a street, highway, private way or private or public parking area upon meeting or overtaking from any direction any school bus on which there is in operation flashing red lights, shall stop before reaching the bus. The vehicle shall not proceed until the bus resumes motion or until the flashing lights are no longer actuated. An owner and/or operator of a motor vehicle operated in violation of this section based on evidence obtained from a live digital video school bus violation detection monitoring system shall, upon conviction of a violation of this section, be punished by a civil fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) and/or suspension of his or her driving license for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days.(b) A law enforcement officer authorized to issue a traffic violation summons pursuant to this title may issue a summons of a violation of this chapter based on evidence from a live digital video school bus violation detection monitoring system; provided, that the statement of testimony, or evidence provides the law enforcement officer with sufficient probable cause that a violation under this section was committed. The summons shall be in the form referred to in § 31-51-3.History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 105, § 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 107, § 2.
RI Gen L § 31-51-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-51 - School Bus Safety Enforcement|Section 31-51-4 - Hearings.

§ 31-51-4. Hearings.Evidence from a live digital video school bus violation detection monitoring system shall be considered substantive evidence in the prosecution of all civil traffic violations. Evidence from a live digital video school bus violation detection monitoring system approved by the school department shall be admitted without further authentication and such evidence may be deemed sufficient to sustain a civil traffic violation. In addition to any other defenses as set forth herein, any and all defenses cognizable at law shall be available to the individual who receives the citation commencing a prosecution under this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 118, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-51-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-51 - School Bus Safety Enforcement|Section 31-51-5 - Driver/registered owner liability.

§ 31-51-5. Driver/registered owner liability.(a) The registered owner of a motor vehicle shall not operate or allow the motor vehicle to be operated in violation of this chapter. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that the registered owner of the vehicle that is photographed pursuant to this chapter was operating the vehicle.(b) In all prosecutions of civil traffic violations based on evidence obtained from a live digital video school bus violation detection monitoring system as provided under this chapter, the registered owner of the vehicle shall be primarily responsible in all prosecutions of violations pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, except as otherwise provided under this chapter.(c) In the event that the registered owner of the vehicle operated in violation of this chapter was not the operator of the vehicle at the time of the violation, the registered owner shall either:(1) Accept responsibility for the violation by paying the fine; or(2) Upon receipt of the notice of the violation, provide the issuing authority, within twenty (20) days of the date of issuance, the name and address of the individual operating the vehicle at the time which the violation occurred.(d) It shall be prima facie evidence, establishing a rebuttable presumption, that the owner of the registered motor vehicle was the operator of the vehicle at the time of the violation if the registered owner of the motor vehicle fails to pay the fine and fails to proceed under subdivision (c)(2) of this section. Evidence offered pursuant to this chapter shall be sufficient to establish a violation of § 31-51-2.2 by clear and convincing evidence.(e) The owner of a rented or leased motor vehicle may establish non-liability for violations issued pursuant to this chapter by providing to the issuing authority a copy of the written rental or a lease agreement which shall be prima facie evidence, establishing a rebuttable presumption, that the lessee was the operator of the vehicle. In the event that the lessee was not the operator of the motor vehicle at the time of the violation, the lessee shall either:(1) Accept responsibility for the violation by paying the fine; or(2) Upon receipt of the notice of the violation, provide the issuing authority within twenty (20) days of the date of issuance, the name and address of the individual operating the vehicle at the time which the violation occurred.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 118, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 105, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 107, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-51-5.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-51 - School Bus Safety Enforcement|Section 31-51-5.1 - Revenue.

§ 31-51-5.1. Revenue.The revenue generated from each fine imposed pursuant to this chapter shall be allocated as follows:(1) Seventy-five percent (75%) to the vendor;(2) Twelve and one-half percent (12.5%) to the state general fund; and(3) Twelve and one-half percent (12.5%) to the municipality where the violation takes place.History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 105, § 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 107, § 2.
RI Gen L § 31-51-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-51 - School Bus Safety Enforcement|Section 31-51-6 - Use of evidence in criminal and civil cases.

§ 31-51-6. Use of evidence in criminal and civil cases.Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the use of evidence produced by a live digital video school bus violation detection monitoring system in a criminal or private civil proceeding provided that the admissibility of such evidence shall not follow the applicable laws and rules of procedure and rules of evidence which apply in criminal and civil cases.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 118, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-51-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-51 - School Bus Safety Enforcement|Section 31-51-7 - Nature of violations.

§ 31-51-7. Nature of violations.Notwithstanding any other provision of law:(a) No violation for which a civil fine is imposed under this chapter shall be considered a moving violation, nor shall be included on the driving record of the person on whom the liability is imposed, nor shall it be used for insurance rating purposes in providing motor vehicle insurance coverage.(b) Impositions of a penalty pursuant to this chapter shall not be deemed a criminal conviction of an owner or operator;(c) The "good driving record" provision of § 31-41.1-7 shall not be used to dismiss an action brought pursuant to this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 118, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 105, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 107, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-51-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-51 - School Bus Safety Enforcement|Section 31-51-8 - Security of records.

§ 31-51-8. Security of records.(a) The recorded images and live video produced by a live digital video school bus violation detection monitoring system shall not be deemed "public records" subject to disclosure pursuant to subdivision 38-2-2(4)(i).(b) All recorded images and live video that do not identify a violation shall be destroyed within twenty-four (24) hours of the date the live video was recorded, unless ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.(c) All recorded images and live video that identify a violation shall be destroyed within one year after the citation is resolved by administrative payment, trial or other final disposition of the citation, unless ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.(d) The privacy of records produced pursuant to this chapter shall be maintained; provided, that aggregate data not containing personal identifying information may be released.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 118, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-51-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-51 - School Bus Safety Enforcement|Section 31-51-9 - Reports.

§ 31-51-9. Reports.The school department authorizing the installation of a live digital video school bus violation detection monitoring system shall prepare an annual report containing data on:(1) The number of citations issued;(2) The number of those violations paid;(3) The number of those violations found after trial or hearing;(4) The number of violations dismissed after trial or hearing;(5) The amount of revenue obtained from the live digital video school bus violation detection monitoring system.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 118, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 239, § 33.
RI Gen L § 31-52-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-52 - Funeral Procession Act|Section 31-52-1 - Definitions.

§ 31-52-1. Definitions.(a) "Funeral director" and "funeral establishment" shall have the same meanings set forth in chapter 5-33.2-1 of the general laws.(b) "Funeral escort" means a person or entity that provides escort services for funeral processions, including, but not limited to, law enforcement personnel and agencies.(c) "Funeral escort vehicle" means any motor vehicle properly equipped pursuant to this chapter and which escorts a funeral procession.(d) "Funeral lead vehicle" means any motor vehicle, including a funeral hearse, properly equipped pursuant to this chapter, leading and facilitating the movement of a funeral procession.(e) "Funeral procession" means two (2) or more vehicles accompanying the body or the cremated remains of a deceased person, in the daylight hours, including a funeral lead vehicle or a funeral escort vehicle.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 396, § 2; P.L. 2010, ch. 239, § 34.
RI Gen L § 31-52-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-52 - Funeral Procession Act|Section 31-52-2 - Equipment.

§ 31-52-2. Equipment.(a) All nonlaw enforcement funeral escort vehicles and funeral lead vehicles shall be equipped with at least one lighted rotating or oscillating lamp exhibiting an amber light or lens visible under normal atmospheric conditions for a distance of at least five hundred (500) feet from the front of the vehicle. A funeral escort vehicle or a funeral lead vehicle may illuminate a rotating or oscillating amber light only when the vehicle is in use in a funeral procession.(b) Any law enforcement funeral escort vehicle may be equipped with a red, blue, or amber flashing light which meet the criteria established in subsection (a) of this section.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 396, § 2.
RI Gen L § 31-52-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-52 - Funeral Procession Act|Section 31-52-3 - Driving in funeral procession.

§ 31-52-3. Driving in funeral procession.(a) Operators of vehicles in a funeral procession must exercise due care when participating in a funeral procession.(b) A vehicle in a funeral procession shall follow the preceding vehicle in the funeral procession as closely as is practicable and safe. Any ordinance, law, or regulation requiring that motor vehicles be operated to allow sufficient space between them to enable another vehicle to enter and occupy that space without danger shall not be applicable to vehicles in a funeral procession.(c) The operator of a motor vehicle in a funeral procession may not drive the vehicle at a speed greater than:(1) Fifty-five (55) miles per hour on a highway where the posted speed limit is fifty-five (55) miles per hour or more; or(2) Five (5) miles per hour below the posted speed limit on other streets or roads.(d) A vehicle being operated in any funeral procession must have its headlights and tail lights illuminated.(e) The turn signals must be flashing simultaneously as warning lights on a vehicle that is the first vehicle in a funeral procession and which the operator has reason to believe is the last vehicle in the funeral procession.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 396, § 2; P.L. 2010, ch. 239, § 34.
RI Gen L § 31-52-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-52 - Funeral Procession Act|Section 31-52-4 - Funeral procession right-of-way.

§ 31-52-4. Funeral procession right-of-way.(a) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, pedestrians and operators of all vehicles shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle which is part of a funeral procession being led by a funeral escort vehicle or a funeral lead vehicle.(b) Whenever the funeral escort vehicle or funeral lead vehicle in a funeral procession lawfully enters an intersection, either by reason of a traffic control device or at the direction of law enforcement personnel, the remaining vehicles in the funeral procession may continue to follow the funeral lead vehicle through the intersection despite any traffic control devices or right-of-way provisions of state or local ordinances, provided the operator of each vehicle exercises reasonable care toward any other vehicle or pedestrian on the roadway.(c) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, an operator of a funeral escort vehicle may direct the operators of other vehicles in a funeral procession to proceed through an intersection or to make turns or other movements despite any traffic control device. The operator of a funeral escort vehicle may direct and control the operators of vehicles not in a funeral procession, including those in or approaching an intersection, to stop, proceed, or make turns or other movements without regard to a traffic control device. Funeral escort vehicles may exceed the speed limit by fifteen (15) miles per hour when overtaking the funeral procession to direct traffic at the next intersection.(d) Funeral processions shall have the right-of-way at intersections regardless of traffic control devices, subject to the following conditions and exceptions:(1) Operators of vehicles in a funeral procession shall yield the right-of-way to an approaching emergency vehicle giving an audible or visible signal;(2) Operators of vehicles in a funeral procession shall yield the right-of-way when directed to do so by law enforcement personnel; and(3) Operators of vehicles in a funeral procession must exercise due care when participating in a funeral procession.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 396, § 2; P.L. 2010, ch. 239, § 34.
RI Gen L § 31-52-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-52 - Funeral Procession Act|Section 31-52-5 - Vehicles not in funeral procession.

§ 31-52-5. Vehicles not in funeral procession.The operator of a vehicle that is not part of a funeral procession may not:(1) Drive between the vehicles forming a funeral procession while they are in motion except when authorized to do so by law enforcement personnel or when driving an authorized emergency vehicle emitting an audible or visible signal.(2) Join a funeral procession to secure the right-of-way as granted by this chapter.(3) Pass a funeral procession on a multiple lane highway on the funeral procession's right side unless the funeral procession is in the farthest left lane.(4) Enter an intersection, even if the operator is facing a green traffic control signal, when a funeral procession is proceeding through a red traffic control signal at the intersection as permitted under this chapter, unless the operator can do so without crossing the path of the funeral procession. If the red signal changes to green while the funeral procession is within the intersection, the operator of the vehicle facing a green signal may proceed subject to the right-of-way of a vehicle participating in a funeral procession.(5) Any person who willfully violates this section shall be guilty of a civil violation.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 396, § 2; P.L. 2010, ch. 239, § 34.
RI Gen L § 31-52-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-52 - Funeral Procession Act|Section 31-52-6 - Liability.

§ 31-52-6. Liability.(a) Liability for any death, personal injury or property damage suffered by any person in a funeral procession shall not be imposed upon the funeral director, funeral establishment, funeral escort or their employees or agents if the funeral procession was operating in compliance with this chapter or would have been operating in such compliance but for the operator or operators of one or more vehicles in the funeral procession not exercising due care as required by this chapter.(b) Liability for any death, personal injury or property damage that results from, is caused by, or arises out of any action or inaction of any operator of a vehicle in a funeral procession under the control of a funeral director funeral establishment, funeral escort or their employees or agents shall not be imposed upon such funeral director, funeral establishment, funeral escort or their employees or agents if the funeral procession was operating in compliance with this chapter or would have been operating in such compliance but for the operator or operators of one or more vehicles in the funeral procession not exercising due care as required by this chapter.(c) This section shall not apply if the death, personal injury, or property damage allegedly arose from the negligent acts or omissions in the operation of a vehicle by the funeral director, funeral establishment, funeral escort, or their employees or agents. The operator of a vehicle in a funeral procession shall not be deemed to be an agent of the funeral director, funeral establishment, or funeral escort unless such operator is an employee of the funeral director, funeral establishment, or funeral escort and is acting in the course of their employment, or unless the operator was retained as an independent contractor of the funeral director, funeral establishment, or funeral escort and is performing services thereto.(d) This section does not create a new cause of action or substantive legal rights against any funeral director, funeral establishment, funeral escort, or their employees or agents. This section does not affect any immunities from civil liability or defenses established by another section of the general laws or any immunities from civil liabilities or defenses available at common law to which a funeral director, funeral establishment, funeral escort, or their employees or agents may be entitled.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 396, § 2.
RI Gen L § 31-53-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-53 - The 2010 Automobile Airbag Fraud Prevention Act|Section 31-53-1 - Short title.

§ 31-53-1. Short title.This chapter shall be known and may be cited as "The Automobile Airbag Fraud Prevention Act of 2010."History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 123, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 319, § 1.