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RI Gen L § 11-35-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities|Section 11-35-22 - Offenses in connection with authorized interception of communications.

§ 11-35-22. Offenses in connection with authorized interception of communications.Except as otherwise specifically provided in chapter 5.1 of title 12, any person: (1) who willfully edits, alters, or tampers with any tape, transcription, or other sound recording, or knows of the editing, altering, or tampering, and presents the recording in any judicial proceeding or proceeding under oath, without fully indicating the nature of the changes made and the original state of the recording; or (2) who willfully discloses to any person any information concerning or contained in the application for or the granting or denial of orders for interception, renewals, notice, or return on an ex parte order granted pursuant to this section, or the contents of any document, tape, or recording kept in accordance with chapter 5.1 of title 12; shall be imprisoned for not more than five (5) years.History of Section.P.L. 1969, ch. 55, § 3.
RI Gen L § 11-35-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities|Section 11-35-23 - Failure to report to law enforcement officers.

§ 11-35-23. Failure to report to law enforcement officers.An employee of any communication common carrier who has knowledge obtained during the course of that employment of any violation of this chapter and willfully fails to report that knowledge within seven (7) days to the attorney general shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both.History of Section.P.L. 1969, ch. 55, § 3.
RI Gen L § 11-35-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities|Section 11-35-24 - Possession, sale, distribution, manufacture and advertising of intercepting device.

§ 11-35-24. Possession, sale, distribution, manufacture and advertising of intercepting device.(a) Any person who willfully and knowingly possesses, sells, distributes, manufactures, assembles, or places in any publication any advertisement of, an intercepting device, the design of which renders it primarily useful for the purpose of the surreptitious interception of a wire or oral communication shall be imprisoned not more than five (5) years and fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000);(b) It shall not be unlawful under this section for a communication common carrier or an officer, agent, or employee of, or a person under contract with, a communication common carrier, in the usual course of the communication common carrier's business, or a person under contract with the United States or a state or a political subdivision of it, or an officer, agent, or employee of a state or a political subdivision of it, to possess, sell, distribute, manufacture, assemble, or advertise any intercepting device, while acting in furtherance of the appropriate activities of the United States or a state or political subdivision of it or a communication common carrier.History of Section.P.L. 1969, ch. 55, § 3.
RI Gen L § 11-35-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities|Section 11-35-25 - Fraudulent communication devices.

§ 11-35-25. Fraudulent communication devices.(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully make, manufacture, assemble, possess, possess with intent to sell, sell, give, or otherwise transfer to another, or offer or place in any newspaper, magazine, handbill, or other publication any advertisement to sell, give, or otherwise transfer to another or purchase or in any other manner obtain, receive, or conceal any electronic, mechanical, or other device, instrument, apparatus, or equipment, or plans, specifications, instructions, or other information for making, manufacturing, assembling, or using any device, instrument, apparatus, or other equipment or to publish any plans, specifications, instructions, or other information with intent to use it or know or have reason to know that it is intended to be used or that its design renders it primarily useful to obtain any communication or community antenna television service from a company providing that service, by rearranging, tampering with, or making any unauthorized connection, whether physically, electronically, acoustically, inductively, or otherwise to any telephone or community antenna television instrument, equipment, or facility of any company, to avoid the payment, in whole or in part, of the lawful charge for the communication or community antenna television service or to conceal from any company or from lawful authority the existence or place of origin or termination of any communication, or by using any communication or community antenna television service knowing or having reason to know that the rearrangement, tampering, or connection existed at the time of use.(b) Any person who is convicted of willfully making, manufacturing, assembling, or possessing with the intent to sell, or who sells, gives or otherwise transfers to another, or offers or places in any newspaper, magazine, handbill, or other publication any advertisement to sell, or give, or otherwise transfers to another any devices and/or instruments as described in this section shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, may be imprisoned for not more than three (3) years, or fined not more than three thousand dollars ($3,000), or both.(c) Any person who is convicted of having possession of any devices, instruments and/or plans as described in this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, may, except as provided in this section, be imprisoned for not more than one year, or fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both; provided, that any person who is convicted of having possession of any devices, instruments, and/or plans relative to a community antenna television system or instruments, equipment or facilities in connection with it as described in this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, may be fined up to one thousand dollars ($1,000).History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 60, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 316, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-35-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities|Section 11-35-26 - Automatic telephone dialing systems failing to disconnect.

§ 11-35-26. Automatic telephone dialing systems failing to disconnect.(a) Any person who operates an automatic telephone dialing system in this state which fails within five (5) seconds after the called party hangs up to automatically create a disconnect signal or an on-hook condition which allows the called party's line to be released shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200) for each occurrence.(b) As used in this section, "automatic telephone dialing system" means any automatic terminal equipment which is capable of storing numbers to be called or producing numbers to be called, using a random or sequential number generator, and with the ability to call those numbers, and which is capable of delivering a prerecorded message to the number called with or without manual assistance.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 59, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-35-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities|Section 11-35-27 - Repealed.

§ 11-35-27. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 11-35-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities|Section 11-35-28 - Trespassing on utility right-of-way.

§ 11-35-28. Trespassing on utility right-of-way.Every person who, without right, knowingly makes attachments to, or disposes on, the facilities or the rights-of-way of any electric, gas, telephone, or water utility, shall be subject to a fine of not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per incident, plus the cost of repair of the facility or right-of-way from the action. The fine shall be payable to the general fund of the municipality where the incident occurred.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 482, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-35-29 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities|Section 11-35-29 - Trespassing on utility property.

§ 11-35-29. Trespassing on utility property.Every person who, without right, willfully trespasses and remains upon the land or premises of any utility, after having been forbidden to do so by the owner, agent, or the person having control over the premises of the facility, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or be imprisoned not more than one year, or both.History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 378, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-35.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-35.1 - Theft of Telecommunication Services|Section 11-35.1-1 - Definitions.

§ 11-35.1-1. Definitions.For the purposes of this chapter:(1) "Manufacture of an unlawful telecommunications device" means to design, produce, assemble, duplicate, modify, alter, program or reprogram a telecommunication device that:(i) Duplicates the identity of an authorized telecommunication service used for sale and distribution without the consent of the telecommunication service provider; or(ii) Is capable of acquiring or facilitating the acquisition of telecommunication service without the consent of the telecommunication service provider.(2) "Sell" means to transfer for consideration or agree to do so.(3) "Telecommunication device" means any type of instrument, device, apparatus, machine or equipment which is designed to or is capable of transmitting or receiving telephonic, electronic, or radio communications or any part of an instrument, device, machine or equipment, or computer circuit, computer chip, electronic mechanism or any other component, which is capable of facilitating the transmission or reception of telephonic, electronic or radio communications.(4) "Telecommunication service" means any service provided for a charge or compensation to facilitate the origination, transmission, emission or reception of signs, signals, data, writing, images and sounds or intelligence of any nature by telephone, including cellular or wireless telephones, wire, radio, television, video, optical or other electromagnetic system.(5) "Telecommunication provider" means a person or entity providing telecommunication service including, but not limited to, a commercial mobile radio service company or other person or entity which, for a fee, supplies the facility, cell site, mobile telephone switching office or other equipment or telecommunication service.(6) "Unlawful telecommunication device" means any electronic serial number, mobile identification number, personal identification number of any telecommunication device that is manufactured, altered, modified, programmed or reprogrammed alone or in conjunction with another device or other equipment for the purpose of intentionally acquiring or facilitating the acquisition of a telecommunication service without the consent of the telecommunication service provider. These unlawful devices include, but are not limited to, tumbler phones, clone phones, tumbler microchips, clone microchips and other instruments capable of disguising their identity or location or of gaining access to a communications system operated by a telecommunication service provider.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 181, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-35.1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-35.1 - Theft of Telecommunication Services|Section 11-35.1-2 - Criminal offense.

§ 11-35.1-2. Criminal offense.(a) A criminal offense is committed by:(1) Any person who intentionally obtains or attempts to obtain telecommunication service by the use of an unlawful telecommunication device.(2) Any person who makes, distributes, possesses or assembles an unlawful telecommunication device, or plans or instructions for making the same, under circumstances evidencing an intent to use or employ such unlawful telecommunication device.(3) Any person who engages in the business for profit or economic gain of selling or offering for sale an unlawful telecommunication device.(b) (1) A person is guilty of theft of telecommunications service for profit or economic gain when he or she:(i) Engages in the business for profit or economic gain of tampering or making connection with the equipment of a supplier of a telecommunication service without the consent of the supplier, for the purpose of supplying that service on one or more occasions;(ii) Engages in the business for profit or economic gain of offering for sale to any person other than the supplier of a telecommunication service any decoder, descrambler or other device or the unauthorized use of a confidential identification or authorization code, the principal function of which defeats the electronic signal encryption jamming or individually addressed switching imposed by the supplier for the purpose of restricting the delivery of that service to persons who pay for the service;(iii) Without the consent of the supplier of the service, engages in the business for profit or economic gain of connecting or disconnecting the fiber optic, cables, conduits, wires, conductors, attachments or other electromagnetic system of the supplier;(iv) Conceals or assists another to conceal from any telecommunication service provider or from any lawful authority the existence or place of origin or destination of any telecommunication.(2) There shall be a rebuttable presumption of intent that a person is engaged in the business for profit or economic gain of offering for sale a decoder, descrambler or other device or a confidential identification or authorization code in violation of paragraph (1)(ii) of this subsection if the person has three (3) or more decoders, descramblers or other devices or confidential identification or authorization codes in his or her possession or under his or her control.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 181, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-35.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-35.1 - Theft of Telecommunication Services|Section 11-35.1-3 - Civil actions.

§ 11-35.1-3. Civil actions.Any person aggrieved by acts constituting a violation of § 11-35.1-2 may bring a civil action in the superior court for the judicial district where the violation occurred for relief including a temporary or permanent injunction and damages. In addition to any other relief, the court may, in its discretion, award costs and reasonable attorney's fee.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 181, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-35.1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-35.1 - Theft of Telecommunication Services|Section 11-35.1-4 - Penalties.

§ 11-35.1-4. Penalties.A person who commits an offense in violation of this chapter shall be fined not more than thirty thousand dollars ($30,000), or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five (5) years, or both.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 181, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-36-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-36 - Railroads and Carriers|Section 11-36-1 - Hindering passage of trains - Placing explosives near highways, buildings, or tracks.

§ 11-36-1. Hindering passage of trains — Placing explosives near highways, buildings, or tracks.Every person who shall willfully place upon any railroad track any substance or thing with intent to hinder or impede the passage of any locomotive engine or car over the railroad, or shall willfully do any other act, matter, or thing, with intent to hinder, impede, or interrupt the passage of the locomotive engine or car, or whoever willfully throws into, against, or upon, or puts, places, or explodes, or causes to be exploded, in, upon or near a public highway, building, monument, bridge, railroad track, or car on it, or vessel, any gunpowder or other explosive substance, or a bombshell, torpedo, or any instrument or package filled or loaded with an explosive substance, with intent unlawfully to destroy or injure the highway, building, monument, bridge, railroad track, car, or vessel, or any person or property, in, on or near the highway, building, monument, highway, bridge, railroad track, car, or vessel, shall be imprisoned not less than two (2) years nor more than twenty (20) years, or be fined not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 29; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 30; P.L. 1909, ch. 429, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 30; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 30; G.L. 1956, § 11-36-1; P.L. 1987, ch. 76, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-36-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-36 - Railroads and Carriers|Section 11-36-2 - Unauthorized stopping of train.

§ 11-36-2. Unauthorized stopping of train.Whoever willfully or maliciously stops, or causes to be stopped, a train on a railroad for the purpose of entering, leaving, or wantonly delaying it shall be fined not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00).History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 30; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 31; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 31; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 31; G.L. 1956, § 11-36-2.
RI Gen L § 11-36-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-36 - Railroads and Carriers|Section 11-36-3 - Throwing missiles at train.

§ 11-36-3. Throwing missiles at train.Whoever willfully throws or shoots a missile at a locomotive engine, railroad, or street railway car, or other means of public conveyance, or at a person on the engine or car or conveyance, or in any way assaults or interferes with a conductor, engineer, brake operator, driver, or motor operator while in discharge of his or her duty on or near a railroad engine, car, or train, or on or near a street railway car or other means of public conveyance, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or be imprisoned not more than one year. Any violation of the provisions of this section which results in a personal injury to an employee or passenger shall be considered a felony, punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or imprisonment in the state prison not exceeding three (3) years, or both.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 31; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 32; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 32; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 32; G.L. 1956, § 11-36-3; P.L. 1962, ch. 144, § 1; P.L. 1973, ch. 154, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-36-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-36 - Railroads and Carriers|Section 11-36-4 - Injuring railroad signals or signal lines.

§ 11-36-4. Injuring railroad signals or signal lines.Whoever unlawfully and intentionally injures, molests, or destroys any electric or other signal of a railroad corporation, or any line, wire, post, or other structure or mechanism used in connection with a signal on a railroad, or destroys, or in any way interferes with, the proper working of the signal, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment not exceeding two (2) years.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 32; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 33; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 33; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 33; G.L. 1956, § 11-36-4.
RI Gen L § 11-36-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-36 - Railroads and Carriers|Section 11-36-5 - Loitering on railroad or bus line property.

§ 11-36-5. Loitering on railroad or bus line property.Every person who shall loiter or remain about or in any station house of any railroad corporation or the station house or terminal of any bus line or bus company or upon the platforms, tracks, or grounds of any company or corporation, adjoining any station or terminal, after being requested to leave by any officer or agent of the company operating or using the facilities, shall be fined not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 33; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 34; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 34; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 34; G.L. 1956, § 11-36-5; P.L. 1968, ch. 22, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-36-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-36 - Railroads and Carriers|Section 11-36-6 - Trespassing on railroad right-of-way.

§ 11-36-6. Trespassing on railroad right-of-way.Every person who without right knowingly stands or walks, or rides a bicycle or other vehicle on the private right-of-way of any railroad or railway operated by steam or other power, except for the purpose of crossing it at a highway or other authorized crossing, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or be imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Any person violating this section may be arrested without a warrant by any police officer or any special railroad police officer and proceeded against according to law.History of Section.P.L. 1899, ch. 613, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 35; P.L. 1913, ch. 953, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 35; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 35; G.L. 1956, § 11-36-6; P.L. 1985, ch. 157, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 76, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-36-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-36 - Railroads and Carriers|Section 11-36-7 - Posting of statute.

§ 11-36-7. Posting of statute.A printed copy of § 11-36-6 shall be conspicuously posted in a public place in or upon each passenger station of every railroad and railway operated by steam or other power in this state.History of Section.P.L. 1899, ch. 613, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 36; P.L. 1913, ch. 953, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 36; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 36; G.L. 1956, § 11-36-7.
RI Gen L § 11-36-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-36 - Railroads and Carriers|Section 11-36-8 - Removal of waste or packing from journal boxes.

§ 11-36-8. Removal of waste or packing from journal boxes.Every person who shall willfully and maliciously take or remove the waste or packing from out of any journal box or boxes of any locomotive, engine, tender, carriage, coach, car, caboose, or truck used or operated upon any railroad, whether operated by steam or electricity, shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned not more than three (3) years or be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500).History of Section.P.L. 1905, ch. 1217, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 37; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 37; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 37; G.L. 1956, § 11-36-8.
RI Gen L § 11-36-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-36 - Railroads and Carriers|Section 11-36-9 - Obstruction of street railway company.

§ 11-36-9. Obstruction of street railway company.Every person who shall willfully and maliciously obstruct a street railway company in the use of its tracks, or willfully and maliciously delay or obstruct the passing of its cars or carriages, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding three thousand dollars ($3,000) or by imprisonment not exceeding two (2) years; provided, that nothing in this chapter shall be construed to interfere with the necessary work of laying and repairing any gas or water pipes or sewers, or the necessary and reasonable obstruction of tracks by vehicles in the process of loading and unloading not prohibited by any town or city ordinance. Every person who shall aid, assist, abet, counsel, hire, command, or procure any person to do or attempt any of the acts mentioned in this section shall be subject to fine or imprisonment pursuant to this section.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, §§ 65, 66; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, §§ 68, 69; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, §§ 68, 69; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, §§ 75, 76; G.L. 1956, § 11-36-9.