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RI Gen L § 6-30-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-30 - Distribution of Credit Cards|Section 6-30-6 - Credit card transactions - Printing of accounting numbers on receipts.

§ 6-30-6. Credit card transactions — Printing of accounting numbers on receipts.(a) As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:(1) "Cardholder" means the person named on the face of a credit card to whom or for whose benefit the credit card is issued by an issuer and shall include any employee or other agent or authorized user of the card;(2) "Credit card" shall be defined as stated in § 6-30-2;(3) "Issuer" means the financial institution or other business organization that issues a credit card or its duly authorized agent;(4) "Person" means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, association, joint-venture pool, syndicate, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization, or any other legal entity; and(5) "Provider" means a person who furnishes money, goods, services, or anything else of value upon presentation, whether physically, in writing, verbally, electronically, or otherwise of a credit card by the cardholder, or any agent or employee of such person.(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no provider shall print or otherwise produce or reproduce or permit the printing or other production or reproduction of either of the following:(1) Any part of the credit card account number, other than the last five (5) digits or other characters on any receipt provided or made available to the cardholder; or(2) The credit card expiration date on any receipt provided or made available to the cardholder.(c) This section shall not apply to a credit card transaction in which the sole means available to the provider of recording the credit card account number is by handwriting or by imprint of the card.(d) This section shall not apply to receipts issued for transactions on the electronic benefits transfer card system.(e) Any cardholder whose credit card has been the subject of a violation of this section, or the issuer of such a card, may bring a civil action in the superior court against the provider who violated the provisions of this section to recover or obtain one or all of the following remedies:(1) Damages or expenses, or both, that the cardholder or issuer incurred due to the provider's violation of this section;(2) Court costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees;(3) Injunctive or equitable relief, as appropriate; and(4) Any other relief the court deems proper.(f) The provisions of this section shall become effective on January 1, 2007, with respect to any cash register or other machine or device that electronically prints receipts for credit card transactions that is in use prior to January 1, 2005.(g) The provisions of this section shall become effective on January 1, 2005, with respect to any cash register or other machine or device that electronically prints receipts for credit card transactions that is first put into use on or after January 1, 2005.History of Section.P.L. 2004, ch. 211, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 238, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 22.
RI Gen L § 6-31-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-31 - Unit Pricing|Section 6-31-1 - Definitions.

§ 6-31-1. Definitions.As used in this chapter:(1) "Consumer commodity" means any food, drug, device, or cosmetic and other article, product, or commodity of any other kind or class, except for drugs sold only by prescription, that:(i) Are customarily produced for sale to retail sales agencies or instrumentalities for consumption by individuals; for use by individuals for purposes of personal care; or in the performance of services ordinarily rendered in or around the household; and(ii) Usually are consumed or expended in the course of the consumption or use.(2) "Director" means the director of business regulation.(3) "Retail price" means the price at which the consumer commodity is sold to the ultimate customer.(4) "Sale at Retail" means sale of a consumer commodity to the ultimate customer.(5) "Total price" of a consumer commodity means the full purchase price of a consumer commodity without regard to units of weight, measure, or count.(6) "Ultimate customer" is a person who purchases a product other than for resale.(7) "Unit price" of a consumer commodity means the retail price of a consumer commodity expressed in terms of the retail price of the commodity per the unit of weight, measure, or count, as the director designates, computed to the nearest whole cent or fraction thereof as the director designates.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 15, § 1; P.L. 1975, ch. 191, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 433, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 23.
RI Gen L § 6-31-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-31 - Unit Pricing|Section 6-31-2 - Consumer information required.

§ 6-31-2. Consumer information required.(a) (1) Every person who sells, offers for sale, or exposes for sale at retail any aluminum foil, bread, carbonated soft drinks, cereals, cooking oils, dog or cat food, facial tissues, fish, fowl, fruits, grains, meats, napkins, plastic food wrapping, vegetables, waxed paper, or other consumer commodity designated by the director, shall disclose to the consumer the unit price of the consumer commodity as provided in this chapter.(2) The same unit of weight, measure, or count shall be utilized to express the unit price of different sizes or brand names of the same or similar consumer commodities. All stamps, tags, or labels expressing the total price shall be standardized within each place of business and shall set forth the cents from dollars by use of a decimal point, different type or type size, or a cents sign.(b) Every person who sells, offers for sale, or exposes for sale at retail any consumer commodity shall disclose to the consumer the total price of the consumer commodity as provided in this chapter.(c) Wherever meat, poultry, fish, fresh vegetables, and fresh fruit are sold by a measure of weight and are packaged or wrapped for sale by a retailer in advance of being sold, offered for sale, or exposed for sale, an accurate computing scale of adequate capacity shall be placed in a conspicuous accessible location so the buyer may weigh the product that is being purchased.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 15, § 1; P.L. 1975, ch. 27, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 241, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 92, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 23.
RI Gen L § 6-31-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-31 - Unit Pricing|Section 6-31-3 - Means of disclosure.

§ 6-31-3. Means of disclosure.Persons subject to the requirements of § 6-31-2 shall disclose the unit price and total price to consumers in one or more of the following appropriate ways:(1) If the consumer commodity is so located that it is not conspicuously visible to the consumer, or if the consumer commodity is so located that the price information, if displayed in accordance with subdivision (2), would not be conspicuously visible to the consumer by a sign or list bearing the price information conspicuously placed near the point of procurement; or(2) By attachment of a stamp, tag, or label directly adjacent to the consumer commodity, on the shelf on which the commodity is displayed, or by stamping or affixing the price information on the commodity itself; provided, however, that upon each commodity shall be stamped or affixed the total price of the commodity in arabic numerals if and when a computerized system is used; or(3) In accord with regulations promulgated by the director.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 15, § 1; P.L. 1975, ch. 191, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 23.
RI Gen L § 6-31-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-31 - Unit Pricing|Section 6-31-4 - Repealed.

§ 6-31-4. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 15, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1990, ch. 392, § 1, effective July 12, 1990.
RI Gen L § 6-31-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-31 - Unit Pricing|Section 6-31-5 - Director's powers.

§ 6-31-5. Director's powers.(a) The director shall do all of the following:(1) Designate by regulation those consumer commodities, in addition to the consumer commodities specifically enumerated in § 6-31-2(a), as to which display of the unit price shall be required upon a determination that the display will be in the best interest of consumers;(2) Designate by regulation the unit of weight, measure, or count in terms of which the unit price of each consumer commodity shall be expressed, provided that no designated unit shall be such as to require persons subject to the provisions of § 6-31-2(a) to measure any consumer commodity solely for the purpose of complying with § 6-31-2(a);(3) Designate by regulation whether the unit price of each consumer commodity subject to the provisions of § 6-31-2(a) shall be expressed to the nearest whole cent or to an appropriate fraction thereof;(4) Exempt, by regulation, classes of retail establishments from any or all requirements of this chapter upon a determination that because sales of consumer commodities regulated by this chapter are purely incidental to the business of the classes of retail establishments, compliance with this chapter is impracticable and unnecessary for adequate protection of consumers; provided, however, that any person, firm, corporation, or other business entity with less than eight (8) full-time employees shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter;(5) Prescribe, by regulation, means for the disclosure of price information upon determination that they are more effective than those prescribed in § 6-31-3; and(6) Promulgate any other regulation necessary to effectuate the provisions of this chapter in accordance with the best interests of consumers.(b) The director shall give public notice of his or her intention to promulgate regulations pursuant to subsection (a) and shall receive the opinions of interested parties on the regulations. Regulations shall take effect thirty (30) days from the date on which the notice is given.(c) The director shall hold hearings whenever he or she has probable cause to believe, or whenever twenty-five (25) or more citizens state in writing to the director their belief, that the actions of any person subject to the provisions of this chapter have evidenced a pattern of noncompliance with any or all of those provisions. Pursuant to the hearings, to which the suspected violator shall be invited with written notice at least ten (10) days before the hearing is held, the director shall, upon a finding that a pattern of noncompliance has been shown:(1) Issue a warning citation; or(2) Report any pattern of noncompliance to the attorney general who shall cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted in the proper courts.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 15, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 433, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 529, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 23.
RI Gen L § 6-31-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-31 - Unit Pricing|Section 6-31-6 - Penalties.

§ 6-31-6. Penalties.Any person whose actions evince a pattern of noncompliance with any or all provisions of this chapter shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term not exceeding six (6) months or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by a fine only of not more than five hundred dollars ($500).History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 15, § 1.
RI Gen L § 6-32-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-32 - Lay-Away Sales|Section 6-32-1 - "Lay-away sales" defined.

§ 6-32-1. "Lay-away sales" defined.As used in this chapter, "lay-away sales" means any sale of goods in which the goods are offered for sale to the public on terms that permit periodic payment for the goods and with respect to which delivery is deferred until completion of payment of the entire purchase price.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 291, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 24.
RI Gen L § 6-32-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-32 - Lay-Away Sales|Section 6-32-2 - Duties of the seller.

§ 6-32-2. Duties of the seller.It shall be unlawful for any seller of goods:(1) To fail to disclose or to misrepresent in any way the store's policy with reference to a "lay-away" sale;(2) To represent to a buyer who is purchasing on a "lay-away" sale that the specific goods chosen by the buyer or an exact duplicate of the goods are being laid away for that buyer when that is not a fact;(3) To fail to disclose to the buyer that the specified goods or their exact duplicate will only be set aside for a certain period of time;(4) To deliver to the buyer after payments (pursuant to the lay-away sale) are completed, goods that are not identical to, or exact substitutes of, those specified, unless prior approval in writing has been received from the buyer;(5) To increase the price of the goods specified either by way of increasing the payments or substituting goods that are of a lower quality or price;(6) To fail to deliver to the buyer, on any date payment is made, a receipt showing the amount and the date of that payment, and, upon request, the balance of payments made up to that date.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 291, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 24.
RI Gen L § 6-32-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-32 - Lay-Away Sales|Section 6-32-3 - Right to cancel - Method - Exception for special-order merchandise.

§ 6-32-3. Right to cancel — Method — Exception for special-order merchandise.(a) In addition to any right otherwise to revoke an offer, the buyer may cancel a lay-away plan sale by written notice of cancellation to the seller at the address specified for notice of cancellation provided by the seller not later than midnight ten (10) days following the buyer's signing the agreement, excluding Sunday and any holiday on which regular mail deliveries are not made. After the ten (10) days the seller may retain no more than ten percent (10%) of the total payments made. The notice of cancellation shall be by personal delivery of registered or certified mail.(b) This right to cancel a lay-away plan sale shall not apply to special order merchandise, that, for the purposes of this section, means:(1) Merchandise that is to be custom made and the seller has made either a commitment for its procurement or a substantial beginning of its production; or(2) Merchandise that substantially differs from the merchandise that the seller ordinarily offers for sale.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 291, § 2; P.L. 1979, ch. 163, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 24.
RI Gen L § 6-32-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-32 - Lay-Away Sales|Section 6-32-4 - Notice required on agreement.

§ 6-32-4. Notice required on agreement.(a) No lay away sale shall be effective unless a written memorandum of the sale is signed and dated by the buyer and unless it conspicuously contains the following directly above the space reserved in the agreement or sales slip for the signature of the buyer:Notice to buyer:(1) You are entitled to a copy of this document at the time you sign it.(2) You may at any time pay off the full unpaid balance due under this agreement, and in so doing you may be entitled to receive a partial rebate of the finance and insurance charges, if any.(3) You may cancel this agreement provided you notify the seller in person or by registered or certified mail, which shall be given not later than midnight of the tenth calendar day after the day on which the buyer signs the agreement, excluding Sunday and any holiday on which regular mail deliveries are not made.(b) The seller is not precluded from using his or her own form of notice provided it at least affords the consumer the protection of the statutory notice.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 291, § 2; P.L. 1980, ch. 380, § 1.
RI Gen L § 6-32-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-32 - Lay-Away Sales|Section 6-32-5 - Seller's obligations on cancellation.

§ 6-32-5. Seller's obligations on cancellation.Within thirty (30) days after a lay-away sale has been cancelled, the seller shall tender to the buyer any payments made by the buyer and any note or other evidence of indebtedness. If the down payment includes goods traded in, the goods shall be tendered in substantially as good condition as when received. If the seller fails to tender the goods as provided in this section, the buyer may elect to recover an amount equal to the trade in allowance stated in the agreement.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 291, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 24.
RI Gen L § 6-32-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-32 - Lay-Away Sales|Section 6-32-6 - Penalty for violation.

§ 6-32-6. Penalty for violation.Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 291, § 2.
RI Gen L § 6-33-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-33 - Unsolicited Goods|Section 6-33-1 - Unsolicited goods.

§ 6-33-1. Unsolicited goods.If unsolicited goods or merchandise of any kind are either addressed to or intended for the recipient, the goods or merchandise shall, unless otherwise agreed, be deemed a gift to the recipient who may use them or dispose of them in any manner without any obligation to the sender.History of Section.P.L. 1975, ch. 145, § 1.
RI Gen L § 6-34-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-34 - Construction Indemnity Agreements|Section 6-34-1 - Construction indemnity agreements.

§ 6-34-1. Construction indemnity agreements.(a) A covenant, promise, agreement, or understanding in, or in connection with or collateral to, a contract or agreement relative to the design, planning, construction, alteration, repair, or maintenance of a building, structure, highway, road, appurtenance, and appliance, including moving, demolition, and excavating connected with a building, structure, highway, road, appurtenance, or appliance, pursuant to which contract or agreement the promisee or the promisee's independent contractors, agents, or employees has hired the promisor to perform work, purporting to indemnify the promisee, the promisee's independent contractors, agents, employees, or indemnitees against liability for damages arising out of bodily injury to persons or damage to property proximately caused by or resulting from the negligence of the promisee, the promisee's independent contractors, agents, employees, or indemnitees, is against public policy and is void; provided that this section shall not affect the validity of any insurance contract, worker's compensation agreement, or an agreement issued by an insurer.(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit any person from purchasing insurance for his or her own protection or from purchasing a construction bond.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 247, § 1.
RI Gen L § 6-34.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-34.1 - Law Applicable to Construction Contracts|Section 6-34.1-1 - Law applicable to construction contracts.

§ 6-34.1-1. Law applicable to construction contracts.(a) If a contract is principally for the construction or repair of improvements to real property located in Rhode Island and the contract contains a provision that makes the contract or any conflict arising under it subject to the law of another state; to litigation in the courts of another state; or to arbitration in another state; that provision is voidable by the party that is obligated by the contract to perform the construction or repair.(b) A contract is principally for the construction or repair of improvements to real property located in Rhode Island if the contract obligates a party, as its principal obligation under the contract, to provide labor, or labor and materials, for the construction or repair of improvements to real property located in Rhode Island as a general contractor or subcontractor.(c) A contract is not principally for the construction or repair of improvements to real property located in Rhode Island if:(1) The contract is a partnership agreement or other agreement governing an entity or trust;(2) The contract provides for a loan or other extension of credit and the party promising to construct or repair improvements does so as part of its agreements with the lender or other extender of credit; or(3) The contract is for the management of real property or improvements and the obligation to construct or repair is part of that management.(d) Subsections (b) and (c) of this section are not an exclusive list of situations in which a contract is or is not principally for the construction or repair of improvements to real property located in this state.(e) The superior court of the state of Rhode Island shall have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to the construing or enforceability of § 6-34.1-1.History of Section.P.L. 2002, ch. 392, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 379, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 509, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 25.
RI Gen L § 6-35-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-35 - Highway Accident Agreements|Section 6-35-1 - Agreements.

§ 6-35-1. Agreements.Any contractual agreement relating to the repair of a motor vehicle entered into as a direct and immediate result of an automobile collision on a public highway, thoroughfare, or street may be rescinded at the option of the owner of the motor vehicle within forty-eight (48) hours after the occurrence of the accident by presenting written notice of the rescission to the other party. The owner of the motor vehicle shall not be liable for the cost of any repair work done prior to the expiration of the rescission period and the motor vehicle must be returned to the owner upon request.History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 143, § 1.
RI Gen L § 6-35-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-35 - Highway Accident Agreements|Section 6-35-2 - Exemptions.

§ 6-35-2. Exemptions.Nothing contained in this chapter shall apply to a contractual agreement for the towing of a motor vehicle or for services directed by a law enforcement officer in the exercise of his or her duly authorized police powers.History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 143, § 1.
RI Gen L § 6-35-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-35 - Highway Accident Agreements|Section 6-35-3 - Conflict with other law.

§ 6-35-3. Conflict with other law.Whenever the application of any provisions of any other law of this state conflicts with the application of any provision of this chapter, then this chapter shall prevail.History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 143, § 1.
RI Gen L § 6-36-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-36 - Antitrust Law|Section 6-36-1 - Short title.

§ 6-36-1. Short title.This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Rhode Island Antitrust Act."History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 98, § 1.