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2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-19 - Gambling and Lotteries › Section 11-19-37. - Issuance of licenses.

§ 11-19-37. Issuance of licenses.
(a)
Any charitable organization within the provisions of §§ 11-19-30 and/or 11-19-31 may be granted a license to conduct the game of bingo or other permitted game of chance authorized by the department.
(b) Bingo.
A license for the game of bingo shall be obtained as follows:
(1)
The charitable organization shall annually apply for approval to the department pursuant to § 11-19-31 and shall pay to the department an application fee of five dollars ($5.00).
(2)
Upon the receipt of notification of approval from the department, the charitable organization shall apply to the local licensing authorities upon forms furnished and pay the local licensing fee, if any;
(3)
The local licensing authority shall issue the license. A copy of the license shall be forwarded to the department by the local licensing authority;
(4)
The local licensing authority shall issue the license for a specific date or dates or a specific day or days during each calendar week;
(5)
Within seven (7) calendar days of the completion of every game of bingo, the charitable organization shall file a financial report, upon forms furnished by the department with the department and with the local licensing authority if it so requires.
(c) Other permitted games of chance.
(1)
The charitable organization shall apply for approval to the department pursuant to this section and shall pay to the department an application fee of five dollars ($5.00).
(2)
Upon the receipt of a notification of approval from the department, the charitable organization shall apply to the local licensing authority upon forms furnished by the department and pay the local licensing fee, if any;
(3)
The local licensing authority shall issue the license. A copy of the license shall be forwarded to the department by the local licensing authority;
(4)
The local licensing authority shall issue the license for a specific date or specific day or days;
(5)
The application for the local license shall be made at least thirty (30) days prior to the date or day for which the license is issued;
(6)
Within thirty (30) calendar days of the completion of the permitted game of chance, the charitable organization shall file a financial report upon forms furnished by the department, with the department.
History of Section.
P.L. 1983, ch. 188, § 2; P.L. 1993, ch. 84, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 138, art. 45, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-19 - Gambling and Lotteries › Section 11-19-38. - Change of information.

§ 11-19-38. Change of information.
If, subsequent to approval by the department pursuant to § 11-19-31, there is a change in any information furnished by the organization to the department, the organization shall so inform the department within seven (7) days of the change. Failure to inform the department within seven (7) days will result in the automatic suspension of approval for a period of three (3) months.
History of Section.
P.L. 1983, ch. 188, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-19 - Gambling and Lotteries › Section 11-19-40. - Rules and regulations.

§ 11-19-40. Rules and regulations.
(a)
The director shall adopt and issue rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of §§ 11-19-30 — 11-19-40. These rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with chapter 35 of title 42.
(b)
In promulgating the rules and regulations, the director shall, in addition to the standards set forth in other provisions of this chapter, be guided by the following standards setting forth conduct, conditions and activity deemed undesirable:
(1) Fraud.
The practice of any fraud or deception upon a participant in a permitted game of chance;
(2) Unsafe premises.
The conduct of permitted games of chance in, at or upon premises which may be unsafe due to fire hazard or other conditions;
(3) Charitable funds.
To assure that all the funds raised through bingo and permitted charitable games are maintained and expended for bona fide charitable purposes;
(4) Advertising.
That advertising for all permitted games of chance and bingo is conducted in accordance with rules and regulations.
(c)
The director may promulgate less stringent regulations for those charitable organizations that do not intend to run any permitted games more than once in any consecutive six (6) month period, and also for those charitable organizations where the prize for any permitted game will not exceed three hundred dollars ($300).
History of Section.
P.L. 1983, ch. 188, § 2; P.L. 1984, ch. 113, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 84, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-19 - Gambling and Lotteries › Section 11-19-41. - Police regulation of bingo and permitted games of chance.

§ 11-19-41. Police regulation of bingo and permitted games of chance.
The division of state police shall have the power and authority to license, regulate, supervise and exercise general control over the operation of bingo and permitted games of chance including, but not limited to, the conduct of permitted games of chance, the distribution of prizes, and the use and licensing of equipment specifically designed to be utilized to conduct bingo and permitted games of chance, as well as the licensing of persons, firms, corporations in the business of the sale and rental of equipment concerning bingo and permitted games of chance. The Rhode Island state police shall have the power and authority to investigate as to the direct or indirect ownership or control of any licenses and to revoke or suspend any license for just cause after a hearing.
History of Section.
P.L. 1983, ch. 188, § 2; P.L. 1993, ch. 84, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-19 - Gambling and Lotteries › Section 11-19-42. - Forfeiture of charter rights and privileges.

§ 11-19-42. Forfeiture of charter rights and privileges.
(a)
Upon conviction for a violation of this chapter or upon revocation of a certificate of approval, the attorney general may apply to the superior court:
(1)
For the forfeiture of any charter rights, franchise privileges or powers of the corporation held by the convicted person under the laws of this state;
(2)
For dissolution, if the person is a corporation or limited partnership organized under the laws of this state; or
(3)
For the suspension of the privilege to exist within this state.
(b)
The court, after giving due consideration to the public interest and to relevant competitive and economic circumstances, may grant as much of the requested relief as is deemed appropriate. A dissolution shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures specified by law for either voluntary or judicial dissolution of the particular type of corporation, association, firm, or partnership.
(c)
If any corporation, association, partnership, or limited partnership shall be dissolved or have its privilege to exist in this state suspended or revoked as provided in subsection (a) of this section, no assignee, transferee, or successor-in-interest of the corporation, association, partnership, or limited partnership shall be permitted to incorporate or to transact business in this state without first applying to the court for and receiving an order permitting incorporation or transaction of business. No order shall be granted unless the applicant proves to the satisfaction of the court that it will conduct its affairs in accordance with all applicable laws.
History of Section.
P.L. 1983, ch. 188, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-19 - Gambling and Lotteries › Section 11-19-43. - Acts of officers, directors, representatives, or agents acting within the scope of their authority.

§ 11-19-43. Acts of officers, directors, representatives, or agents acting within the scope of their authority.
(a)
A corporation, association, firm, partnership, or limited partnership is liable for the acts of its officers, directors, representatives, or agents acting within the scope of their authority. Proof of the acts of any officer, director, representative, or agent shall be received as prima facie proof of the acts of the corporation, association, firm, partnership, or limited partnership itself.
(b)
When a corporation, association, firm, partnership, or limited partnership violates this chapter, the violation shall be deemed to be that of the individual directors, members, officers, managers, employees, or agents of the corporation, association, firm, partnership, or limited partnership who knowingly authorized, ordered, aided, abetted, or advised in the acts or omissions constituting in whole or in part the violation, whether the individuals acted on their own behalf and for their own benefit, or for the corporation, association, firm, partnership, or limited partnership and in their representative capacity. The individuals, in their capacity as individuals, are subject to the provisions of this chapter and may be joined, if subject to personal jurisdiction, as additional parties defendant in the proceedings against the corporation, association, partnership, or limited partnership.
History of Section.
P.L. 1983, ch. 188, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-19 - Gambling and Lotteries › Section 11-19-44. - Remedies cumulative.

§ 11-19-44. Remedies cumulative.
The remedies provided in this chapter are cumulative of each other and of existing powers and remedies inherent in the court.
History of Section.
P.L. 1983, ch. 188, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-19 - Gambling and Lotteries › Section 11-19-45. - Severability.

§ 11-19-45. Severability.
If any section of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of the chapter and the application of the section to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected. The invalidity or unconstitutionality of any section or sections or part of any section or sections of this chapter shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this chapter and to this end the sections of this chapter are severable.
History of Section.
P.L. 1983, ch. 188, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-20 - Graves and Corpses › Section 11-20-1. - Disinterment of body.

§ 11-20-1. Disinterment of body.
Every person who shall, without proper authorization, disinter, dig up, remove, or carry away any human body from its place of sepulture, or who shall knowingly conceal any such body so disinterred or carried away, shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) years or fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 281, § 21; G.L. 1909, ch. 347, § 22; G.L. 1923, ch. 399, § 22; G.L. 1938, ch. 610, § 22; G.L. 1956, § 11-20-1; P.L. 1991, ch. 66, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-20 - Graves and Corpses › Section 11-20-1.1. - Mutilation of dead human bodies — Penalties — Exemptions.

§ 11-20-1.1. Mutilation of dead human bodies — Penalties — Exemptions.
(a)
Except as provided in this section, a person who dissects or mutilates a dead human body is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than three (3) years, or a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.
(b)
This section does not apply to:
(1)
A physician or surgeon acting on the order of a court of competent jurisdiction, a coroner or other qualified officer, a licensed funeral director or a licensed embalmer;
(2)
Dissection to determine the cause of death when authorized by the nearest living kin of the deceased;
(3)
Unclaimed dead human bodies delivered by state or county authorities to regularly chartered institutions for scientific research;
(4)
The necessary mutilation incident to embalming a dead human body when authorized by nearest living kin, a court of competent jurisdiction or other qualified officer; or
(5)
Conduct authorized by the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, chapter 18.6 of title 23.
History of Section.
P.L. 1998, ch. 433, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-20 - Graves and Corpses › Section 11-20-1.2. - Necrophilia.

§ 11-20-1.2. Necrophilia.
Any person who performs the act of first degree sexual assault upon a dead human body shall be guilty of the crime of necrophilia. Any person convicted of the crime of necrophilia shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten (10) years and may be fined in an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
History of Section.
P.L. 1998, ch. 433, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-20 - Graves and Corpses › Section 11-20-2. - Desecration of grave.

§ 11-20-2. Desecration of grave.
Every person who shall willfully and maliciously destroy, mutilate, deface, cover over, injure or remove any tomb, monument, gravestone, American Flag, or other structure or thing placed or designed for a memorial of the dead, or any fence, railing, curb, or other thing intended for the protection or for the ornament of any tomb, monument, gravestone, or other structure of the like character and designed for that purposes, or of any enclosure for the sepulture of the dead, or dig or plow up, cultivate or build upon or within any enclosure or plot of ground used and occupied for the sepulture of the dead, or shall commit any nuisance in it, or wantonly disturb, remove, or in any way desecrate the contents of any grave in any enclosure or plot of ground, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned not less than one year and not exceeding three (3) years, and/or be fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both and shall, in addition to imprisonment and/or fine, be ordered to make full restitution to any person, business or entity incurring the expense of repairing the grave.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 281, § 22; G.L. 1909, ch. 347, § 23; G.L. 1923, ch. 399, § 23; G.L. 1938, ch. 610, § 23; G.L. 1956, § 11-20-2; P.L. 1976, ch. 229, § 1; P.L. 1977, ch. 141, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 82, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 341, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 375, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-20 - Graves and Corpses › Section 11-20-3. - Removal of marker on veteran’s grave.

§ 11-20-3. Removal of marker on veteran’s grave.
(a)
Every person who maliciously or without authorization removes an American Flag in the vicinity of a veteran’s grave or from a flag staff in a cemetery shall be imprisoned not exceeding sixty (60) days or fined not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100).
(b)
Every person who shall, without right, remove from any grave a marker that was authorized to be placed by the cemetery to designate that the grave was the grave of a deceased veteran shall be imprisoned not exceeding one hundred and twenty (120) days or fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) for a first offense, and shall be imprisoned not exceeding one hundred and twenty (120) days or fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) for a second offense.
(c)
Every person, firm, partnership or corporation who shall purchase, sell or destroy any veteran’s grave marker shall be subject to the same penalties provided in subsection (b) of this section.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 46; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 49; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 49; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 49; G.L. 1956, § 11-20-3; P.L. 1982, ch. 219, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 490, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 66, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 109, § 6.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-21 - Hazing › Section 11-21-1. - Penalty for hazing.

§ 11-21-1. Penalty for hazing.
(a)
Any organizer of, or participant in, an activity constituting hazing, as defined in subsection (b) of this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or punished by imprisonment for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one year, or both.
(b)
“Hazing” as used in this chapter, means any conduct or method of initiation into any student organization, whether on public or private property, which willfully or recklessly endangers the physical or mental health of any student or other person. This conduct shall include, but not be limited to, whipping, beating, branding, forced calisthenics, exposure to the weather, forced consumption of any food, liquor, beverage, drug, or other substance, or any brutal treatment or forced physical activity which is likely to adversely affect the physical health or safety of the student or any other person, or which subjects the student or other person to extreme mental stress, including extended deprivation of sleep or rest or extended isolation.
History of Section.
G.L. 1909, ch. 277, § 29; P.L. 1909, ch. 431, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 395, § 31; G.L. 1938, ch. 606, § 31; G.L. 1956, § 11-21-1; P.L. 1986, ch. 194, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 494, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-21 - Hazing › Section 11-21-2. - Penalty for school official permitting hazing.

§ 11-21-2. Penalty for school official permitting hazing.
Every person, being a teacher, superintendent, commandant, or other person in charge of any public, private, parochial, or military school, college or other educational institution, who shall knowingly permit any activity constituting hazing, as defined in § 11-21-1, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).
History of Section.
G.L. 1909, ch. 277, § 30; P.L. 1909, ch. 431, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 395, § 32; G.L. 1938, ch. 606, § 32; G.L. 1956, § 11-21-2; P.L. 1986, ch. 195, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-21 - Hazing › Section 11-21-3. - Tattooing or permanent disfigurement.

§ 11-21-3. Tattooing or permanent disfigurement.
Every person being a student, or being a person in attendance at any public, private, parochial, or military school, college, or other educational institution, who shall tattoo or knowingly and willfully permanently disfigure the body, limbs, or features of any fellow student or person attending the institution by the use of nitrate of silver or any like substance, or by any other means, shall be held guilty of a crime of the degree of mayhem, and shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) years nor less than one year.
History of Section.
G.L. 1909, ch. 277, § 31; P.L. 1909, ch. 431, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 395, § 33; G.L. 1938, ch. 606, § 33; G.L. 1956, § 11-21-3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-22 - Highways › Section 11-22-1. - Injuring highway boundary markers.

§ 11-22-1. Injuring highway boundary markers.
Every person who shall willfully break down, remove, injure, or destroy any monuments, walls, fences, or bounds, erected for the purpose of designating the boundaries of any public highway, shall be imprisoned not exceeding one year or fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500). In addition, any and all costs incurred by the state of Rhode Island due to damages/loss under this section shall be fully reimbursed by the party or parties causing the damage.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 35; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 39; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 39; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 39; G.L. 1956, § 11-22-1; P.L. 1990, ch. 494, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-22 - Highways › Section 11-22-2. - Injuries to road signs — Advertising on highway.

§ 11-22-2. Injuries to road signs — Advertising on highway.
A person who willfully or maliciously: (1) displaces, removes, injures, destroys, or places a political advertisement on a mile board, mile stone, danger sign or signal, or guide sign or post, or any inscription on it, lawfully within a public highway; (2) in any manner paints, prints, places, puts, or affixes, or causes to be painted, printed, placed, or affixed, any business, commercial advertisement on or to any stone, tree, fence, stump, pole, building, or other object which is the property of another, without first obtaining the written consent of the owner, or (3) in any manner paints, prints, places, puts, or affixes, or causes to be painted, placed, or affixed, an advertisement on or to any stone, tree, fence, stump, pole, mile board, mile stone, danger sign, danger signal, guide sign, guide post, billboard, building, or other object within the limits of a public highway, without first obtaining the written consent of the chief of police of the city or town in which the highway is located; is punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) days, or both. In addition, the person shall be required to pay any and all expenses incurred in the repair or replacement of the mile board, mile stone, danger sign or signal, or guide sign or post. Any advertisement in or upon a public highway in violation of the provisions of this section may be taken down, removed or destroyed by anyone. Any and all costs incurred by the state of Rhode Island due to damages/loss under this section shall be fully reimbursed by the party or parties causing the damage.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 37; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 41; P.L. 1915, ch. 1203, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 41; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 41; P.L. 1953, ch. 3207, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-22-2; P.L. 1976, ch. 250, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 281, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 494, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-22 - Highways › Section 11-22-3. - Billboards near grade crossings or intersections.

§ 11-22-3. Billboards near grade crossings or intersections.
No person, partnership, or corporation shall erect, construct, or maintain any billboard along the line of any public highway or street within three hundred (300) feet of any place where a railroad crosses a public highway or street at grade, nor within a distance of fifty (50) feet of the intersection of any public highway or street. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to apply to the erection, construction, or maintenance of any billboard whenever it shall be erected, constructed, or maintained upon the top of any building or buildings not less than ten (10) feet in height. Any person, partnership, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00).
History of Section.
P.L. 1914, ch. 1075, §§ 1, 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 119, §§ 26, 27; G.L. 1938, ch. 376, §§ 1, 2; G.L. 1956, § 11-22-3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-22 - Highways › Section 11-22-4. - Windmills in proximity to highway.

§ 11-22-4. Windmills in proximity to highway.
No windmill shall be erected, placed, or continued within twenty-five (25) rods of any traveled street or road.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 125, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 151, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 181, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 385, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-22-4.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-22 - Highways › Section 11-22-5. - Penalty for unlawful windmill.

§ 11-22-5. Penalty for unlawful windmill.
Every person who shall erect, locate, or run any windmill within twenty-five (25) rods of any traveled street or road shall be fined for every offense not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) nor less than one hundred dollars ($100), one-half (½) inuring to the use of the city or town where the offense shall have been committed and one-half (½) to the use of the state.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 125, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 151, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 181, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 385, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 11-22-5.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-22 - Highways › Section 11-22-6. - Removal of unlawful windmills.

§ 11-22-6. Removal of unlawful windmills.
The city council of any city and the town council of any town may remove all windmills within their cities and towns respectively that are located, continued, or run contrary to the provisions of § 11-22-4.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 125, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 151, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 181, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 385, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 11-22-6.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-22 - Highways › Section 11-22-7. - Council authority for location of windmill.

§ 11-22-7. Council authority for location of windmill.
The city council of any city and town council of any town may, upon petition in writing to them presented, authorize or continue the location of any mill in their discretion at any place within the limits of their respective towns.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 125, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 151, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 181, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 385, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 11-22-7.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-22 - Highways › Section 11-22-8. - Windmills exempt.

§ 11-22-8. Windmills exempt.
The provisions of §§ 11-22-4 — 11-22-7 shall not apply to any mill which shall be located by decree of the town council of the town in which it is situated, nor to any mill situated in the towns of New Shoreham or Jamestown, nor to any patented wind engine or mill.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 125, § 5; G.L. 1909, ch. 151, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 181, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 385, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 11-22-8.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-22 - Highways › Section 11-22-9. - Letting team go at large.

§ 11-22-9. Letting team go at large.
Every person having charge of any wheel carriage of any kind, or sled or sleigh, with any kind of team, who shall negligently or willfully let the team go at large in any highway, shall be fined five dollars ($5.00).
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 74, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 87, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 99, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 81, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-22-9.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-22 - Highways › Section 11-22-10. - Scattering debris on highway.

§ 11-22-10. Scattering debris on highway.
Every person who shall knowingly throw or place or cause to be thrown or placed, in or upon any highway, or bridge any tacks, nails, wire, scrap metal, glass, crockery, or other substance injurious to the feet of persons or animals, or to the tires or wheels of bicycles or other vehicles, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500). Any violation shall be heard by the traffic tribunal in accordance with chapter 41.1 of title 31.
History of Section.
P.L. 1896, ch. 318, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 87, § 14; G.L. 1923, ch. 99, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 81, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 11-22-10; P.L. 1976, ch. 287, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 153, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 325, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-22 - Highways › Section 11-22-11. - Testing speed of horse.

§ 11-22-11. Testing speed of horse.
Every person who shall drive any horse over any of the public highways, for the purpose of racing or trying the speed of the horse, shall be fined not more than twenty dollars ($20.00) or imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) days.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 74, § 6; P.L. 1901, ch. 925, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 87, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 99, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 81, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 11-22-11.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-22 - Highways › Section 11-22-12. - Crawford Street Bridge in Providence.

§ 11-22-12. Crawford Street Bridge in Providence.
Every person who shall fasten any vessel to any part of Crawford Street Bridge shall forfeit twenty dollars ($20.00) for each offense to the use of city of Providence.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 75, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 89, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 101, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 84, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-22-12.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-22 - Highways › Section 11-22-13. - Apponaug River Bridge.

§ 11-22-13. Apponaug River Bridge.
Every person who shall lay any sloop or other vessel to the bridge over Apponaug River, or there load or unload wood or other heavy merchandise, shall forfeit twenty dollars ($20.00) for each offense; one-half (½) to the use of the city of Warwick and one-half (½) to the use of the person who shall sue for it.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 75, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 89, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 101, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 84, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 11-22-13.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-22 - Highways › Section 11-22-14. - Pawtuxet Falls bridge.

§ 11-22-14. Pawtuxet Falls bridge.
Every person who shall make fast any canoe or boat to either of the abutments or any part of the bridge at Pawtuxet Falls, or throw any stones off from the bridge, shall forfeit five dollars ($5.00); one-half (½) to the use of the city of Warwick and the city of Cranston and one-half (½) to the use of the person who shall sue for it. The city of Warwick and the city of Cranston may each appoint one suitable person to take care of the bridge and to prevent damage or injury being done to it. Each of the persons so appointed shall prosecute for every forfeiture incurred under this section.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 75, §§ 3-5; G.L. 1909, ch. 89, §§ 3-5; G.L. 1923, ch. 101, §§ 3-5; G.L. 1938, ch. 84, §§ 3-5; G.L. 1956, § 11-22-14.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-22 - Highways › Section 11-22-15. - Wire strung across highways.

§ 11-22-15. Wire strung across highways.
No wire shall be strung across a highway less than fourteen (14) feet above the surface of the highway. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).
History of Section.
P.L. 1979, ch. 203, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 325, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-22 - Highways › Section 11-22-16. - Motorist aid call system — False reports — Damage to equipment.

§ 11-22-16. Motorist aid call system — False reports — Damage to equipment.
Any person who willfully gives or causes to be given a false report or false information through the use of a telephone call-box installed along any highway by the department of transportation through its motorist aid call system, or who willfully damages, destroys, or removes any telephone call-box or other equipment of the system, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined two hundred dollars ($200). For a second or subsequent conviction under this section, a fine of five hundred dollars ($500) shall be imposed.
History of Section.
P.L. 1980, ch. 290, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-23 - Homicide › Section 11-23-1. - Murder.

§ 11-23-1. Murder.
The unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought is murder. Every murder perpetrated by poison, lying in wait, or any other kind of willful, deliberate, malicious, and premeditated killing, or committed in the perpetration of, or attempt to perpetrate, any arson or any violation of § 11-4-2, 11-4-3, or 11-4-4, rape, any degree of sexual assault or child molestation, burglary or breaking and entering, robbery, kidnapping, or committed during the course of the perpetration, or attempted perpetration, of felony manufacture, sale, delivery, or other distribution of a controlled substance otherwise prohibited by the provisions of chapter 28 of title 21, or committed against any law enforcement officer in the performance of his or her duty or committed against an assistant attorney general or special assistant attorney general in the performance of his or her duty, or perpetrated from a premeditated design unlawfully and maliciously to effect the death of any human being other than him or her who is killed, is murder in the first degree. Any other murder is murder in the second degree. The degree of murder may be charged in the indictment or information, and the jury may find the degree of murder, whether the murder is charged in the indictment or information or not, or may find the defendant guilty of a lesser offense than that charged in the indictment or information, in accordance with the provisions of § 12-17-14.
History of Section.
G.L. 1909, ch. 343, § 1; P.L. 1915, ch. 1258, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 395, § 1; P.L. 1929, ch. 1392, § 1; P.L. 1932, ch. 1943, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 606, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-23-1; P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 5; P.L. 1979, ch. 178, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 247, § 3; P.L. 1990, ch. 259, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 284, § 4; P.L. 1996, ch. 152, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 128, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 199, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-23 - Homicide › Section 11-23-2. - Penalties for murder.

§ 11-23-2. Penalties for murder.
Every person guilty of murder in the first degree shall be imprisoned for life. Every person guilty of murder in the first degree: (1) committed intentionally while engaged in the commission of another capital offense or other felony for which life imprisonment may be imposed; (2) committed in a manner creating a great risk of death to more than one person by means of a weapon or device or substance which would normally be hazardous to the life of more than one person; (3) committed at the direction of another person in return for money or any other thing of monetary value from that person; (4) committed in a manner involving torture or an aggravated battery to the victim; (5) committed against any member of the judiciary, law enforcement officer, corrections employee, assistant attorney general or special assistant attorney general, or firefighter arising from the lawful performance of his or her official duties; (6) committed by a person who at the time of the murder was committed to confinement in the adult correctional institutions or the state reformatory for women upon conviction of a felony; or (7) committed during the course of the perpetration or attempted perpetration of felony manufacture, sale, delivery or other distribution of a controlled substance otherwise prohibited by the provisions of chapter 28 of title 21; shall be imprisoned for life and if ordered by the court pursuant to chapter 19.2 of title 12 that person shall not be eligible for parole from imprisonment. Every person guilty of murder in the second degree shall be imprisoned for not less than ten (10) years and may be imprisoned for life.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 277, §§ 1, 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 343, §§ 1, 2; P.L. 1915, ch. 1258, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 395, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 606, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 11-23-2; P.L. 1973 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 280, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 221, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 284, § 4; P.L. 1996, ch. 152, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-23 - Homicide › Section 11-23-2.1. - Penalty for murder of a kidnapped person under the age of eighteen (18).

§ 11-23-2.1. Penalty for murder of a kidnapped person under the age of eighteen (18).
If any person under the age of eighteen (18) who is kidnapped in violation of § 11-26-1 by a person other than his or her natural or adopted parent dies as a direct result of the kidnapping, then the person convicted of the offense shall be guilty of murder in the first degree and shall be punished by imprisonment for life, and the court may, pursuant to chapter 19.2 of title 12, order that that person not be eligible for parole.
History of Section.
P.L. 1984, ch. 362, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-23 - Homicide › Section 11-23-2.2. - Penalty for murder in the first degree.

§ 11-23-2.2. Penalty for murder in the first degree.
Every person guilty of murder in the first degree shall serve not less than fifteen (15) years of his or her sentence before being eligible for parole.
History of Section.
P.L. 1989, ch. 415, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-23 - Homicide › Section 11-23-3. - Manslaughter.

§ 11-23-3. Manslaughter.
(a)
Every person who shall commit manslaughter shall be imprisoned not exceeding thirty (30) years.
(b)
Where the provisions of The Domestic Violence Prevention Act, chapter 29 of title 12, are applicable, the penalties for violation of this section shall also include the penalties as provided in § 12-29-5.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 277, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 343, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 395, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 606, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 11-23-3; P.L. 1985, ch. 421, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 539, § 9.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-23 - Homicide › Section 11-23-4. - Joinder of murder count with count for concealment of birth.

§ 11-23-4. Joinder of murder count with count for concealment of birth.
Any woman, who shall be indicted or charged by information for the murder of her infant child born out of wedlock, may also be charged in the same indictment or information with either or both of the offenses mentioned in § 11-18-4, and if, upon trial, the jury shall acquit her on the charge of murder and find her guilty of the other offenses, or either of them, judgment and sentence may be awarded against her accordingly.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 281, § 11; G.L. 1909, ch. 347, § 11; G.L. 1923, ch. 399, § 11; P.L. 1926, ch. 858, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 610, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 11-23-4; P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 5.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-23 - Homicide › Section 11-23-5. - [Repealed.]

§ 11-23-5. [Repealed.]
History of Section.
P.L. 1975, ch. 231, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2019, ch. 27, § 4, effective June 19, 2019.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-23 - Homicide › Section 11-23-6. - Controlled substance transaction resulting in death of minor.

§ 11-23-6. Controlled substance transaction resulting in death of minor.
Any person who sells, delivers, or distributes a controlled substance, the sale of which would constitute a felony under chapter 28 of title 21, to a minor, or knowingly provides a controlled substance for sale, delivery, or distribution to a minor, and death has resulted to the minor because of the ingestion orally or the injection or inhalation of the controlled substance, shall be imprisoned for life.
History of Section.
P.L. 1981, ch. 287, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 105, § 2; P.L. 2018, ch. 111, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-23 - Homicide › Section 11-23-7. - Controlled substance delivery resulting in death.

§ 11-23-7. Controlled substance delivery resulting in death.
(a)
A person is guilty of a controlled substance delivery resulting in death when, as a result of an unlawful delivery of a controlled substance in exchange for anything of value to an adult, death results to that adult because of the ingestion orally, or the injection or inhalation of the controlled substance.
(b)
A person is guilty of a controlled substance delivery resulting in death when, as a result of an unlawful delivery of a controlled substance to another person who subsequently delivers such controlled substance to an adult, death results to that adult because of the ingestion orally or the injection or inhalation of the controlled substance.
(c)
Those in violation of subsection (a) or (b), upon conviction, shall be imprisoned up to life.
(d)
For the purposes of this section only, any person who, in good faith, without malice and in the absence of evidence of an intent to defraud, seeks medical assistance for someone experiencing a controlled substance overdose shall not be charged or prosecuted for a violation of this section, if the evidence for the charge was gained as a result of the seeking of medical assistance.
(e)
The phrase “in exchange for anything of value” does not apply to the act of sharing a controlled substance when the sharing results in the proximate cause of a person’s death under this section.
History of Section.
P.L. 2018, ch. 105, § 3; P.L. 2018, ch. 111, § 3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-24 - Hotels and Public Places › Section 11-24-1. - All persons entitled to full and equal accommodations.

§ 11-24-1. All persons entitled to full and equal accommodations.
All persons within the jurisdiction of this state shall be entitled to the full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of any place of public accommodation, resort or amusement, subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to all persons.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 277, § 27; G.L. 1909, ch. 343, § 28; G.L. 1923, ch. 395, § 28; P.L. 1925, ch. 658, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 606, § 28; P.L. 1952, ch. 2958, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 11-24-1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-24 - Hotels and Public Places › Section 11-24-2. - Discriminatory practices prohibited.

§ 11-24-2. Discriminatory practices prohibited.
No person, being the owner, lessee, proprietor, manager, superintendent, agent, or employee of any place of public accommodation, resort, or amusement shall directly or indirectly refuse, withhold from, or deny to any person on account of race or color, religion, country of ancestral origin, disability, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, or privileges of that public place. No person shall directly or indirectly publish, circulate, issue, display, post, or mail any written, printed or painted communication, notice, or advertisement, to the effect that any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of any public accommodation place shall be refused, withheld from, or denied to any person on account of race or color, religion, country of ancestral origin, disability, sex or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or age or that the patronage or custom at that place of any person belonging to or purporting to be of any particular race or color, religion, country of ancestral origin, disability, age, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression is unwelcome, objectionable, or not acceptable, desired, or solicited. The production of any written, printed, or painted communication, notice, or advertisement, purporting to relate to any public place and to be made by any person being its owner, lessee, proprietor, superintendent, or manager, shall be presumptive evidence in any action that its production was authorized by that person.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 277, § 27; G.L. 1909, ch. 343, § 28; G.L. 1923, ch. 395, § 28; P.L. 1925, ch. 658, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 606, § 28; P.L. 1952, ch. 2958, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 11-24-2; P.L. 1979, ch. 144, § 5; P.L. 1988, ch. 227, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 126, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 32, § 6; P.L. 1997, ch. 150, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 340, § 5.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-24 - Hotels and Public Places › Section 11-24-2.1. - Discrimination based on disability, age, or sex prohibited.

§ 11-24-2.1. Discrimination based on disability, age, or sex prohibited.
(a)
Whenever in this chapter there shall appear the words “ancestral origin” there shall be inserted immediately thereafter the words “disability, age, or sex.”
(b)
“Disability” means a disability as defined in § 42-87-1.
(c)
The terms, as used regarding persons with disabilities, “auxiliary aids and services” and “reasonable accommodation” have the same meaning as those terms are defined in § 42-87-1.1.
(d)
“Otherwise qualified” means a person with a disability who meets the essential eligibility requirements for participation in or receipt of benefits from the program or activity.
(e)
Any person with a disability shall be entitled to full and equal access, as other members of the general public to all public accommodations, subject to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to all persons.
(f)
Every person with a disability who has a personal assistive animal or who obtains a personal assistive animal, shall be entitled to full and equal access to all public accommodations provided for in this chapter, and shall not be required to pay extra compensation for a personal assistive animal, but shall be liable for any damage done to the premises by a personal assistive animal.
(g)
Nothing in this section shall require any person providing a place of public accommodation to, in any way, incur any greater liability or obligation, or provide a higher degree of care for a person with a disability than for a person who is not disabled.
(h)
“Sexual orientation” means having or being perceived as having an orientation for heterosexuality, bisexuality, or homosexuality.
(i)
“Gender identity or expression” includes a person’s actual or perceived gender, as well as a person’s gender identity, gender-related self image, gender-related appearance, or gender-related expression, whether or not that gender identity, gender-related self image, gender-related appearance, or gender-related expression is different from that traditionally associated with the person’s sex at birth.
History of Section.
P.L. 1979, ch. 144, § 5; P.L. 1988, ch. 227, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 32, § 6; P.L. 1997, ch. 150, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 499, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 507, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 340, § 5; P.L. 2009, ch. 96, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 97, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 124, § 2, effective July 2, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 125, § 2, effective July 2, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-24 - Hotels and Public Places › Section 11-24-2.2. - Discrimination based on sexual orientation.

§ 11-24-2.2. Discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Whenever in this chapter the terms “race or color, religion or country of ancestral origin, handicap, age or sex” shall appear, there shall be inserted immediately thereafter the words “sexual orientation”.
History of Section.
P.L. 1995, ch. 32, § 7.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-24 - Hotels and Public Places › Section 11-24-2.3. - Discrimination based on gender identity or expression.

§ 11-24-2.3. Discrimination based on gender identity or expression.
Whenever in this chapter the terms “race or color, religion, country of ancestral origin, handicap, age, sex, or sexual orientation” shall appear, there shall be inserted immediately thereafter the words “gender identity or expression”.
History of Section.
P.L. 2001, ch. 340, § 6.