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RI Gen L § 11-9-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-11 - Designation of curfew streets.

§ 11-9-11. Designation of curfew streets.The police commissioners of any city or town having a police commission, and the chief of police of any other city or town, may designate certain streets in the city or town as curfew streets. No minor under sixteen (16) years of age shall be allowed to loiter on any curfew street after 9 o'clock (9:00) p.m., unless accompanied by some adult person.History of Section.P.L. 1911, ch. 718, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 399, § 43; G.L. 1938, ch. 610, § 43; G.L. 1956, § 11-9-11.
RI Gen L § 11-9-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-12 - Penalty for loitering on curfew street.

§ 11-9-12. Penalty for loitering on curfew street.Any minor under sixteen (16) years of age, not accompanied by an adult person, who shall loiter on any curfew street after being directed by any police constable to cease loitering, shall be fined not exceeding five dollars ($5.00).History of Section.P.L. 1911, ch. 718, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 399, § 44; G.L. 1938, ch. 610, § 44; G.L. 1956, § 11-9-12.
RI Gen L § 11-9-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-13 - Purchase, sale or delivery of tobacco products to persons under eighteen - Posting notice of law.

§ 11-9-13. Sale or delivery of tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products to individuals under twenty-one (21) — Posting notice of law.No person shall sell, give, or deliver to any individual under twenty-one (21) years of age, any tobacco product in the form of cigarettes, bidi cigarettes, cigars, little cigars, flavored cigars known as "blunts," unflavored "blunts," flavored and unflavored blunt wraps, cigarette rolling papers of any size or composition, cigarillos and tiparillos, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff, electronic nicotine-delivery system products, or any and all products as defined in § 44-20-1. Any person, firm, or corporation that owns, manages, or operates a place of business in which tobacco products are sold, including sales through tobacco product vending machines, shall post notice of this law conspicuously in the place of business in letters at least three-eighths of an inch (⅜″) high.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 281, § 28; G.L. 1909, ch. 347, § 29; G.L. 1923, ch. 399, § 28; G.L. 1938, ch. 610, § 28; G.L. 1956, § 11-9-13; P.L. 1987, ch. 84, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 159, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 2; P.L. 2001, ch. 124, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 149, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 88, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 98, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 182, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 223, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 204, § 1, effective July 7, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 205, § 1, effective July 7, 2021.
RI Gen L § 11-9-13.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-13.2 - Short title.

§ 11-9-13.2. Short title.§§ 11-9-13.2 — 11-9-13.19 shall be cited as "An Act to Stop the Illegal Sale of Tobacco Products to Individuals Under Twenty-One (21) Years of Age."History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 204, § 1, effective July 7, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 205, § 1, effective July 7, 2021.
RI Gen L § 11-9-13.3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-13.3 - Legislative intent - Purpose.

§ 11-9-13.3. Legislative intent — Purpose.The use of tobacco by Rhode Island children is a health and substance abuse problem of the utmost severity. The legislature finds that tobacco product usage by children in Rhode Island is rampant and increasing with over thirty percent (30%) of high school students smoking. The present law prohibiting the sale of tobacco to children is being ignored by many retailers. Rhode Island tobacco retailers illegally sell four million eight hundred thousand (4,800,000) packs, over eleven million dollars ($11,000,000) in tobacco product sales, to children annually. Tobacco industry advertising targets children as the replacement smokers for the one thousand one hundred forty-five (1,145) adults who die daily from tobacco product usage. Approximately seventy percent (70%) of the Rhode Island high school seniors who are smoking today will be the addicted adult smokers of tomorrow. According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), smoking-related direct medical costs in Rhode Island in 1990 climbed to one hundred eighty-six million dollars ($186,000,000). This is an ongoing, escalating financial burden borne by every business, large and small, and every person, smoker and nonsmoker, in Rhode Island. This is a health and economic drain created by each new generation of children who begin using tobacco products and become addicted to nicotine. It is the intent of this legislation to preserve and protect the health of children by: (1) stopping the illegal sale of tobacco to children, and (2) by severely punishing those who disregard the laws relating to the illegal sale of tobacco products to children.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-9-13.5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-13.5 - Responsibility for tobacco or health issues.

§ 11-9-13.5. Responsibility for tobacco or health issues.The Rhode Island department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals shall develop, monitor, and aggressively enforce health rules and regulations pertaining to stopping the illegal sale of tobacco products which include electronic nicotine-delivery system products to individuals under twenty-one (21) years of age.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 391, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 204, § 1, effective July 7, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 205, § 1, effective July 7, 2021.
RI Gen L § 11-9-13.7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-13.7 - Signs concerning sales to individuals under age eighteen (18).

§ 11-9-13.7. Signs concerning sales to individuals under age twenty-one (21).Signs provided by the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals, or an exact duplicate of it made privately, shall: (1) Contain in red bold lettering a minimum of three-eighths inch (3/8″) high on a white background the following wording in both English and Spanish:THE SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS, INCLUDING CIGARETTES AND ELECTRONIC NICOTINE-DELIVERY SYSTEM PRODUCTS TO INDIVIDUALS UNDER THE AGE OF 21 IS AGAINST RHODE ISLAND LAW (§ 11-9-13.8(1), Rhode Island Statutes) PHOTO ID FOR PROOF OF AGE IS REQUIRED FOR PURCHASE. (2) Contain the phone number at the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals, where violations of §§ 11-9-13.2 — 11-9-13.19 can be reported, in addition to any other information required by the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals.(3) Be displayed prominently for public view, wherever tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products, are sold at each cash register, each tobacco product vending machine, including each electronic nicotine-delivery system product vending machine, or any other place from which tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products, are sold. The signs shall be electronically available in both English and Spanish online at the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals' website.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 391, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 336, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 429, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 182, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 223, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 204, § 1, effective July 7, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 205, § 1, effective July 7, 2021.
RI Gen L § 11-9-13.8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-13.8 - Prohibitions applicable to license holders and their employees and agents.

§ 11-9-13.8. Prohibitions applicable to license holders and their employees and agents.A person holding a license issued under chapter 20 of title 44 and/or § 23-1-56, or an employee or agent of that person, is prohibited from selling, distributing, or delivering a tobacco product, including an electronic nicotine-delivery system product:(1) To any individual who is under twenty-one (21) years of age; or(2) In any form other than an original, factory-wrapped package as sealed and certified by the manufacturer; or(3) As a single-cigarette sale (§ 44-20-31) or as a sale of cigarettes by the individual piece known as "loosies."History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 182, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 223, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 204, § 1, effective July 7, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 205, § 1, effective July 7, 2021.
RI Gen L § 11-9-13.8.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-13.8.1 - Signs concerning the health effects of tobacco.

§ 11-9-13.8.1. Signs concerning the health effects of tobacco.Signs provided by the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals, or an exact duplicate of it made privately, shall:(1) Contain in red bold lettering a minimum of one-quarter of an inch (¼″) high on a white background the following wording, in both English and Spanish:WARNING: SMOKING CIGARETTES CONTRIBUTES TO LUNG DISEASE, CANCER, HEART DISEASE, STROKE AND RESPIRATORY ILLNESS AND DURING PREGNANCY MAY RESULT IN LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AND PREMATURE BIRTH.(2) The signs shall also include information regarding resources available to Rhode Island residents who would like to quit smoking.(3) The signs shall be displayed prominently for public view wherever tobacco products are sold at each cash register, each tobacco vending machine, or any other place from which tobacco products are sold. The signs shall be electronically available in both English and Spanish online at the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals' website.(4) The department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals shall have the power and authority to develop and disseminate signs pursuant to the requirements of this section for other tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products. The messaging included in the signs shall be based on the most current scientific evidence.History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 336, § 2; P.L. 2013, ch. 429, § 2; P.L. 2021, ch. 204, § 1, effective July 7, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 205, § 1, effective July 7, 2021.
RI Gen L § 11-9-13.9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-13.9 - Multiple citations prohibited.

§ 11-9-13.9. Multiple citations prohibited.No person shall be liable under this chapter for more than one citation on any one day. However, a single citation may list one or more violations of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-9-13.10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-13.10 - Prohibition on the distribution of free tobacco products.

§ 11-9-13.10. Prohibition on the distribution of free tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products.The distribution and/or redemption of free tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products or coupons or vouchers redeemable for free or discounted tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products, to any individual under twenty-one (21) years of age shall be prohibited. Further, the distribution and/or redemption of free tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products or coupons or vouchers redeemable for free or discounted tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products, shall be prohibited, regardless of the age of the individual to whom the products, coupons, or vouchers are distributed, within five hundred feet (500′) of any school. The attorney general, or any local or state of Rhode Island police department, or their officers or agents, shall bring an action for any violation of this section. Every separate, free or discounted tobacco product, including an electronic nicotine-delivery system product or coupon or voucher redeemable for a free or discounted tobacco product, including an electronic nicotine-delivery system or product, in violation of this section shall constitute a separate offense subject to a fine of five hundred dollars ($500). The penalty shall be assessed against the person or individual responsible for initiating the Rhode Island distribution of the free or discounted tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products or coupons or vouchers redeemable for free or discounted tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products, and/or against the person or individual responsible for the redemption of such coupons or vouchers.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 182, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 223, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 409, § 2; P.L. 2017, ch. 426, § 2; P.L. 2021, ch. 204, § 1, effective July 7, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 205, § 1, effective July 7, 2021.
RI Gen L § 11-9-13.12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-13.12 - Enforcement and penalties - Citation for violation.

§ 11-9-13.12. Enforcement and penalties — Citation for violation.(a) Any local or state of Rhode Island police department or the attorney general, their officers or agents, shall issue a citation for any violation of the requirements or prohibitions of this chapter.(b) The license holder receiving the citation may elect to plead guilty to the violation(s) and pay the fine(s) through the mail within ten (10) days, or appear in court to answer to the citation.(c) All recipients of third and subsequent citations within any thirty-six (36) month period shall appear in court for a hearing on the citation.(d) The failure of a license holder to either pay the citation through the mail within ten (10) days, where permitted under this section, or to appear in court on the date specified shall be cause for the court to hold the license holder in contempt of court with the penalty assessed a suspension of license for six (6) months and a five hundred dollar ($500) fine.(e) The court shall impose court costs and any other court fee(s) on anyone convicted in court of a violation of this section.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-9-13.14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-13.14 - Notification to the Department of Taxation of fines imposed.

§ 11-9-13.14. Notification to the Department of Taxation of fines imposed.The court shall maintain records of any penalty, fine or suspension imposed under this chapter and notify within sixty (60) days the tax administrator of the penalty, fine or suspension imposed.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-9-13.15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-13.15 - Penalty for operating without a dealer license.

§ 11-9-13.15. Penalty for operating without a dealer license.(a) Any individual or business who or that violates this chapter by selling or conveying a tobacco product without a retail tobacco products dealer license shall be cited for that violation and shall be required to appear in court for a hearing on the citation.(b) Any individual or business cited for a violation under this section of this chapter shall:(1) Either post a two-thousand-five-hundred-dollar ($2,500) bond with the court within ten (10) days of the citation; or(2) Sign and accept the citation indicating a promise to appear in court.(c) An individual or business who or that has accepted the citation may:(1) Pay a ten-thousand-dollar ($10,000) fine, either by mail or in person, within ten (10) days after receiving the citation; or(2) If that individual or business has posted a bond, forfeit the bond by not appearing at the scheduled hearing. If the individual or business cited pays the ten-thousand-dollar ($10,000) fine or forfeits the bond, that individual or business is deemed to have admitted the cited violation and to have waived the right to a hearing on the issue of commission on the violation.(d) The court after a hearing on a citation shall make a determination as to whether a violation has been committed. If it is established that the violation did occur, the court shall impose a ten-thousand-dollar ($10,000) fine, in addition to any court costs or other court fees.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 151, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 168, § 2; P.L. 2016, ch. 512, art. 1, § 4.
RI Gen L § 11-9-13.16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-13.16 - Rules and regulations.

§ 11-9-13.16. Rules and regulations.The department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals shall promulgate the rules and regulations necessary to fulfill the intent of §§ 11-9-13.2 — 11-9-13.20.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 109, § 5; P.L. 2001, ch. 391, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 409, § 2; P.L. 2017, ch. 426, § 2.
RI Gen L § 11-9-13.17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-13.17 - Fines collected.

§ 11-9-13.17. Fines collected.(a) One-half (½) of all the fines collected pursuant to §§ 11-9-13.2 — 11-9-13.20 shall be transferred to the municipalities in which the citation originated.(b) One-half (½) of all the fines collected pursuant to §§ 11-9-13.2 — 11-9-13.20 shall be transferred to the general fund.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 409, § 2; P.L. 2017, ch. 426, § 2.
RI Gen L § 11-9-13.18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-13.18 - Prohibition on the sale or distribution of certain excise tax stamps.

§ 11-9-13.18. Prohibition on the sale or distribution of certain excise tax stamps.The division of taxation shall not sell or distribute cigarette excise tax stamps, or permit the use of a metering machine as described in § 44-20-20 for any cigarette product packaged with less than twenty (20) cigarettes per package. The sale or distribution of cigarettes in packages of less than twenty (20) is prohibited.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-9-13.19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-13.19 - Severability.

§ 11-9-13.19. Severability.If any provision of this chapter or the application of it to any individual or circumstances is held invalid in a court test, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-9-13.20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-13.20 - Packaging of electronic nicotine-delivery system liquid.

§ 11-9-13.20. Packaging of electronic nicotine-delivery system liquid.(a) No liquid, whether or not such liquid contains nicotine, that is intended for human consumption and used in an electronic nicotine-delivery system, as defined in § 11-9-13.4, shall be sold unless the liquid is contained in child-resistant packaging.(b) Any liquid nicotine container that is sold at retail in this state must satisfy the child-resistant effectiveness standards set forth in 16 C.F.R. § 1700.15(b), when tested in accordance with the method described in 16 C.F.R. § 1700.20. All licensees under § 23-1-56 shall ensure that any liquid sold by the licensee intended for human consumption and used in an electronic-nicotine delivery system, as defined in § 11-9-13.4, is sold in a liquid nicotine container that meets the requirements described and referenced in this subsection.(c) For the purposes of this section, "liquid nicotine container" means a bottle or other container of a liquid or other substance where the liquid or substance is sold, marketed, or intended for use in a vapor product. A "liquid nicotine container" does not include a liquid or other substance in a cartridge that is sold, marketed, or intended for use in a vapor product, provided that such cartridge is prefilled and sealed by the manufacturer and not intended to be opened by the consumer.(d) Any licensee or any person required to be licensed under § 23-1-56 who or that fails to comply with this section shall be subject to the penalties provided in § 11-9-13.13.(e) The licensee is responsible for all violations of this section that occur at the location for which the license is issued.(f) No licensee or person shall be found in violation of this section if the licensee or person relied in good faith on documentation provided by or attributed to the manufacturer of the packaging of the aforementioned liquid that such packaging meets the requirements of this section.History of Section.P.L. 2017, ch. 409, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 426, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-9-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-14 - Use of tobacco by minors.

§ 11-9-14. [Repealed.]History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 281, § 29; G.L. 1909, ch. 347, § 30; G.L. 1923, ch. 399, § 29; G.L. 1938, ch. 610, § 29; G.L. 1956, § 11-9-14; P.L. 2001, ch. 124, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 148, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 149, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 251, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 426, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 182, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 223, § 1; repealed by P.L. 2021, ch. 204, § 3, effective July 7, 2021; repealed by P.L. 2021, ch. 205, § 3, effective July 7, 2021.
RI Gen L § 11-9-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-16 - Plastic bags - Labeling.

§ 11-9-16. Plastic bags — Labeling.(a) "Plastic bag" means a polyethylene bag, other than one used for food products weighing not more than five (5) pounds, intended for household use or for packaging articles intended for household use, which is larger than five inches (5″) in diameter at the opened end, and is made of thin film less than one mil (0.001 inch) in thickness (according to standards established under the commodity standards division of the United States Department of Commerce).(b) No person shall package, deliver or sell any article for use in or around the household in a plastic bag, or shall sell or distribute any plastic bag for use in or around the household, unless the bag bears a warning against the hazard of suffocation by children in the following or substantially equivalent wording:"Keep from children — may cause suffocation""WARNING: Keep this bag away from babies and children. Do not use in cribs, beds, carriages, or playpens. The thin film may cling to nose and mouth and prevent breathing."(c) The warning shall be printed on, attached to, or accompany each bag; provided, that it shall be permissible to print the warning on the outside wrapper of packages of bags intended only for home processing use, such as freezer bags and garbage disposal bags, in lieu of on each individual bag. The warning shall be conspicuously displayed in bold face type, in accordance with the following table:  Total of the length and width of the bag, combined Font Size   60 inches or more . . . . .   24 points   40 inches, but less than 60 inches . . . . .   18 points   30 inches, but less than 40 inches . . . . .   14 points   Less than 30 inches . . . . .   10 points  (d) Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall upon conviction be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100).History of Section.P.L. 1959, ch. 82, § 1; P.L. 1960, ch. 171, § 1.