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2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-10 - Armories and Campgrounds › Section 30-10-2. - Rules and regulations.

§ 30-10-2. Rules and regulations.
The adjutant general may make all proper rules and regulations for the government and use of all arsenals, armories, quarters, military storehouses, camp grounds, rifle ranges, and other military facilities owned, leased, or controlled by the state.
History of Section.
P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 126; G.L. 1956, § 30-10-2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-10 - Armories and Campgrounds › Section 30-10-3. - General use of armories.

§ 30-10-3. General use of armories.
The armories owned, rented, leased, or controlled by the state shall not be used for other than military purposes except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 127; G.L. 1956, § 30-10-3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-10 - Armories and Campgrounds › Section 30-10-4. - Use of armories for social and athletic purposes.

§ 30-10-4. Use of armories for social and athletic purposes.
The adjutant general may authorize the use of any armory, under his or her control, for the social and athletic purposes of the organizations quartered there.
History of Section.
P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 128; G.L. 1956, § 30-10-4.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-10 - Armories and Campgrounds › Section 30-10-5. - Use of armories by armed services.

§ 30-10-5. Use of armories by armed services.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other general or public law, the governor, with the approval of the adjutant general, is hereby authorized to make available, from time to time, to the soldiers, sailors, air persons, and marines now serving their country, the facilities of the several state armories to be used without charge to them, for recreational, athletic, and such other purposes as under all circumstances may seem proper to the governor and to the adjutant general.
History of Section.
P.L. 1941, ch. 994, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 30-10-5.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-10 - Armories and Campgrounds › Section 30-10-6. - Rental of armories for nonmilitary purposes.

§ 30-10-6. Rental of armories for nonmilitary purposes.
The adjutant general may authorize the use of any armory under his or her control, for nonmilitary purposes, subject to such rules and conditions as he or she may prescribe, that are lawful and approved, provided that the person, corporation, organization, or society to whom the use may be authorized shall pay in advance to the adjutant general such a sum for the use thereof as may be prescribed by the adjutant general. This sum shall in no case, where admission is charged, be less than the fair rental value of halls of a similar nature, in the same or a similar city or town. These persons, corporations, organizations, or societies shall, if required by the adjutant general, furnish a bond, with good and sufficient surety, to protect and indemnify the state from loss or damage to the armory, or to any federal or state property, or to the property of any military organization or members thereof, contained therein.
History of Section.
P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 129; G.L. 1956, § 30-10-6; P.L. 2016, ch. 511, art. 2, § 34.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-10 - Armories and Campgrounds › Section 30-10-7. - Use of armories by veterans’ organizations.

§ 30-10-7. Use of armories by veterans’ organizations.
The adjutant general may authorize the use of any armory under his or her control, when not required for military purposes, by any regularly organized body of veterans of the wars of the United States, subject to such rules and conditions as he or she may prescribe, for the purpose of holding meetings for the conduct of its business without any charge therefor, other than a necessary fee for janitor service and attendants.
History of Section.
P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 130; G.L. 1956, § 30-10-7.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-10 - Armories and Campgrounds › Section 30-10-8. - Use of armories for Veterans’ Day celebrations.

§ 30-10-8. Use of armories for Veterans’ Day celebrations.
The adjutant general may authorize the use of any armory under his or her control, subject to such rules and conditions as he or she may prescribe, by the veterans’ councils of the various cities and towns, including any district or department groups, organized within the state as a world war veterans’ organization holding a charter issued by a national organization of the same name, for the annual holding of meetings, exercises, events, or balls in connection with the celebration of Veterans’ Day, November 11, whether or not admission is charged, without any charge therefor other than the necessary fees for janitor service, heat, and light; provided that the meetings, exercises, events, or balls are held under the direction of the veterans’ councils, or district or department group, duly authorized, as above.
History of Section.
P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 131; G.L. 1956, § 30-10-8.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-10 - Armories and Campgrounds › Section 30-10-9. - Appropriations for rent of armories.

§ 30-10-9. Appropriations for rent of armories.
The general assembly shall annually appropriate such a sum as it may deem necessary and sufficient to provide for the armory rental of the national guard, to be paid upon proper vouchers certified to by the adjutant general.
History of Section.
P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 133; G.L. 1956, § 30-10-9.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-10 - Armories and Campgrounds › Section 30-10-10. - Appropriations for maintenance of armories.

§ 30-10-10. Appropriations for maintenance of armories.
The general assembly shall annually appropriate such a sum as it may deem necessary and sufficient to provide for the repair, care, maintenance, upkeep, and janitorial service of the various armories owned, rented, leased, and controlled by the state, occupied and used by the national guard, and under the control of the adjutant general.
History of Section.
P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 134; G.L. 1956, § 30-10-10.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-10 - Armories and Campgrounds › Section 30-10-11. - Maintenance of state arsenal in Providence.

§ 30-10-11. Maintenance of state arsenal in Providence.
The general assembly shall annually appropriate such a sum as it may deem necessary, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of heating, lighting, and maintaining the state arsenal on Benefit Street in the city of Providence occupied by the Providence marine corps of artillery, so long as these premises are also occupied by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, or the United Spanish War Veterans, or the associated or auxiliary organizations of any of them, as quarters for the different posts camps, or headquarters for the department of Rhode Island, and so long as these premises are also occupied by the first light infantry regiment, Rhode Island militia, or the first light infantry veterans, or any organization auxiliary to them, or so long as any portion of these premises is also occupied for any other purpose under the authority of the laws of this state.
History of Section.
P.L. 1908, ch. 1561, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 363, § 20; G.L. 1923, ch. 416, § 16; P.L. 1938, ch. 2616, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 632, § 5; P.L. 1943, ch. 1373, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 30-10-11.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-10 - Armories and Campgrounds › Section 30-10-12. - Federal agreements.

§ 30-10-12. Federal agreements.
The adjutant general, with the approval of the governor, is authorized to negotiate, cooperate, and enter into agreements on behalf of this state, with the United States of America, or any agency thereof, in order to satisfy the provisions, and conditions pursuant to the provisions, of 10 U.S.C. § 18231 et seq. (Facilities for Reserve Components).
History of Section.
P.L. 1952, ch. 2995, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 30-10-12; P.L. 2016, ch. 511, art. 1, § 12.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-10 - Armories and Campgrounds › Section 30-10-13. - Use of federal funds.

§ 30-10-13. Use of federal funds.
The adjutant general, with the approval of the governor, is authorized to accept and direct the disbursement of the funds made available to the state, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. § 18231 et seq. (Facilities for Reserve Components) and shall deposit all these funds received from the federal government with the general treasurer, to be placed in a special account, and drawn upon only on receipt of properly authenticated vouchers signed by the adjutant general with the approval of the governor.
History of Section.
P.L. 1952, ch. 2995, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 30-10-13; P.L. 2016, ch. 511, art. 1, § 12.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-10 - Armories and Campgrounds › Section 30-10-14. - Chief Warrant Officer Everett Babcock Building.

§ 30-10-14. Chief Warrant Officer Everett Babcock Building.
Building T-17, located at Fort Varnum, Narragansett, Rhode Island, shall hereafter be named the Chief Warrant Officer Everett Babcock Building.
History of Section.
P.L. 1984, ch. 93, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-11 - Employment Rights of Members of Armed Forces › Section 30-11-1. - Continuance on payroll of municipal employees in federal service.

§ 30-11-1. Continuance on payroll of municipal employees in federal service.
Every city and town within this state is hereby authorized to continue on its payroll, either at full or partial pay, all or any of its regular officers and employees who are called into or enlist in the military or naval service of the United States, and to make such provisions as the city or town shall see fit to hold the positions thus vacated for these officers and employees at the expiration of their military or naval service, and to employ temporary assistants to perform the duties of these absent officers and employees.
History of Section.
P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 240; G.L. 1956, § 30-11-1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-11 - Employment Rights of Members of Armed Forces › Section 30-11-2. - Discrimination in employment against members of militia.

§ 30-11-2. Discrimination in employment against members of militia.
No employer, or officer, or agent of any corporation, company, or firm, or other person shall discharge any person from employment because of being an officer or enlisted person in the military forces of this state; or hinder or prevent that person from performing any military service he or she may be called upon to perform by proper authority; or dissuade any person from membership in the military forces of the state by threat of injury to that person in respect to his or her employment, trade, or business in case of his or her enlistment or commission. Any person violating any of the above provisions shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
History of Section.
P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 221; G.L. 1956, § 30-11-2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-11 - Employment Rights of Members of Armed Forces › Section 30-11-3. - Restoration of national guard member to employment.

§ 30-11-3. Restoration of national guard member to employment.
(a)
Any person who is a duly qualified member of the national guard of this state or any other state who, in order to perform any military service he or she may be called upon to perform by proper authority, leaves a position, other than a temporary position, in the employ of a Rhode Island employer, who shall give evidence of the satisfactory completion of that training, and who is still qualified to perform the duties of that position, shall be entitled to be restored to his or her previous or a similar position in the same status, pay, and seniority, and this period of absence for military training shall be construed as an absence with leave and without pay.
(b)
In addition to the provisions provided in this section, all national guard members on state active duty shall be entitled to the rights, protections, privileges, and immunities offered under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA), Title 38 U.S. Code, Chapter 43, Sections 4301-4333, Public Law 103-353 [38 U.S.C. § 4301 et seq.].
History of Section.
P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 221; G.L. 1956, § 30-11-3; P.L. 2001, ch. 113, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 164, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 349, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 366, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-11 - Employment Rights of Members of Armed Forces › Section 30-11-4. - National guard member’s right to other advantages of employment.

§ 30-11-4. National guard member’s right to other advantages of employment.
A national guard member’s absence for military training will in no way affect the employee’s right to receive normal vacation, sick leave, bonus, advancement, and other advantages of his employment normally to be anticipated in his or her particular position.
History of Section.
P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 221; G.L. 1956, § 30-11-4.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-11 - Employment Rights of Members of Armed Forces › Section 30-11-5. - Civil remedies of.

§ 30-11-5. Civil remedies of.
In the event of the failure of any employer to comply with §§ 30-11-2 — 30-11-4, the employee may, at his or her election, bring an action at law for damages for this noncompliance, or apply to the superior court for such equitable relief as may be just and proper under the circumstances, and this action shall take precedence on the court calendar.
History of Section.
P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 221; G.L. 1956, § 30-11-5.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-11 - Employment Rights of Members of Armed Forces › Section 30-11-6. - Discrimination in employment against reservists.

§ 30-11-6. Discrimination in employment against reservists.
No employer, or officer, or agent of any corporation, company, or firm, or other person shall discharge any person from employment because of being an officer or enlisted person in the reserve military forces of the United States; or hinder or prevent that person from performing any military service he or she may be called upon to perform by proper authority; or dissuade any person from membership in the reserve military forces of the United States by threat of injury to that person in respect to his or her employment, trade, or business in case of his or her enlistment or commission. Any person violating any of the above provisions shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
History of Section.
P.L. 1956, ch. 3722, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 30-11-6.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-11 - Employment Rights of Members of Armed Forces › Section 30-11-7. - Restoration of reservists to employment.

§ 30-11-7. Restoration of reservists to employment.
Any person who is a duly qualified member of any of the reserve forces of the United States who, in order to perform any military service he or she may be called upon to perform by proper authority, leaves a position, other than a temporary position, in the employ of an employer, who shall give evidence of the satisfactory completion of that training, and who is still qualified to perform the duties of that position, shall be entitled to be restored to his or her previous or a similar position in the same status, pay, and seniority, and this period of absence for military training shall be construed as an absence with leave and, within the discretion of the employer, the leave may be with or without pay.
History of Section.
P.L. 1956, ch. 3722, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 30-11-7.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-11 - Employment Rights of Members of Armed Forces › Section 30-11-8. - Reservists’ right to other advantages of employment — Civil remedies.

§ 30-11-8. Reservists’ right to other advantages of employment — Civil remedies.
A reservist’s absence for military training will in no way affect the employee’s right to receive normal vacation, sick leave, bonus, advancement, and other advantages of his or her employment normally to be anticipated in his or her particular position. In the event of the failure of any employer to comply with the foregoing, the employee may, at his or her election, bring an action at law for damages for this noncompliance, or apply to the superior court for such equitable relief as may be just and proper under the circumstances, and this action shall take precedence on the court calendar.
History of Section.
P.L. 1956, ch. 3722, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 30-11-8; P.L. 2016, ch. 511, art. 2, § 35.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-11 - Employment Rights of Members of Armed Forces › Section 30-11-9. - Penalty — Surety for costs.

§ 30-11-9. Penalty — Surety for costs.
Any person found guilty of a misdemeanor as provided for in §§ 30-11-2 and 30-11-6 shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or to confinement for not more than one year, or both. Any person making a complaint for the violation of the provisions of §§ 30-11-2 — 30-11-8 shall not be required to give surety for costs.
History of Section.
P.L. 1956, ch. 3722, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 30-11-9; P.L. 1962, ch. 114, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-12 - General Offenses › Section 30-12-1. - Use of military forces outside state.

§ 30-12-1. Use of military forces outside state.
No military forces of this state other than the national guard (and the naval militia) shall be required to serve outside the boundaries of this state except:
(1)
Upon the request of the governor of another state, the governor of this state may, in his or her discretion, order any portion of, or all of, the forces of this state to assist the military or police forces of the other state who are actually engaged in defending the other state. These forces may be recalled by the governor at his or her discretion.
(2)
Any organization, unit, or detachment of state forces, upon the order of the officer in immediate command thereof, may continue in fresh pursuit of insurrectionists, saboteurs, enemies, or enemy forces beyond the borders of this state into another state until they are apprehended or captured by the organization, unit, or detachment, or until the military or police forces of the other state or the forces of the United States have had a reasonable opportunity to take up the pursuit, or to apprehend, or capture these persons; provided, the other state shall have given authority by law for the pursuit by the forces of this state.
History of Section.
P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 213; G.L. 1956, § 30-12-1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-12 - General Offenses › Section 30-12-2. - Surrender of person arrested in another state.

§ 30-12-2. Surrender of person arrested in another state.
Any person described in § 30-12-1 who shall be apprehended or captured in another state by an organization, unit, or detachment of the forces of this state shall, without unnecessary delay, be surrendered to the military or police forces of the state in which the person is taken, or to the United States, but this surrender shall not constitute a waiver by this state of its right to extradite or prosecute this person for any crime committed in this state.
History of Section.
P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 213; G.L. 1956, § 30-12-2; P.L. 1992, ch. 324, § 8.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-12 - General Offenses › Section 30-12-3. - Pursuit into this state by forces of another state.

§ 30-12-3. Pursuit into this state by forces of another state.
Any military force or organization, or unit, or detachment thereof of another state that is in fresh pursuit of insurrectionists, saboteurs, enemies, or enemy forces may continue that pursuit into this state until the military or police forces of this state, or the forces of the United States, have had a reasonable opportunity to take up the pursuit or to apprehend or capture these persons, and is hereby authorized to arrest or capture these persons within this state while in fresh pursuit. Any of the above described persons who shall be captured or arrested by the military forces of another state while in this state shall, without unnecessary delay, be surrendered to the military or police forces of this state to be dealt with according to law. This section shall not be construed so as to make unlawful any arrest in this state which would otherwise be lawful.
History of Section.
P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 214; G.L. 1956, § 30-12-3; P.L. 2016, ch. 511, art. 2, § 36.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-12 - General Offenses › Section 30-12-4. - Entry into state by armed forces from outside.

§ 30-12-4. Entry into state by armed forces from outside.
No military force from another state, territory, district, or country shall be permitted to enter the state for the purpose of doing military duty therein, except as provided in § 30-12-3, without the permission of the governor, unless this force is part of the Department of Defense or is acting under the authority of the United States.
History of Section.
P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 215; G.L. 1956, § 30-12-4.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-12 - General Offenses › Section 30-12-5. - Arrest of trespassers and persons interfering with functions of militia.

§ 30-12-5. Arrest of trespassers and persons interfering with functions of militia.
The commanding officer, upon any occasion of duty, may place in arrest, during the continuance thereof, any person who shall trespass upon a camp or parade ground, armory, arsenal, rifle range, or any other place devoted to or used for militia purposes; who shall in any way or manner interrupt, molest or disturb the orderly discharge of militia duty; or who shall disturb or prevent the passage of troops going to, or returning from, any duty. That person shall also be guilty of a misdemeanor.
History of Section.
P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 216; G.L. 1956, § 30-12-5.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-12 - General Offenses › Section 30-12-6. - Assault of assembled militia.

§ 30-12-6. Assault of assembled militia.
Any person who assaults, fires at, or throws any missile at, against, or upon any uniformed member or body of the militia, or other person lawfully aiding that member or body, when assembling or assembled for the purpose of performing any militia duty, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
History of Section.
P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 217; G.L. 1956, § 30-12-6.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-12 - General Offenses › Section 30-12-7. - Unauthorized military organizations or parades — Revocation of authority.

§ 30-12-7. Unauthorized military organizations or parades — Revocation of authority.
(a)
No body of persons, other than the national guard, the independent chartered military organizations, the unorganized militia on active duty, the military and naval forces and air force of the United States, associations wholly composed of soldiers, sailors, marines, or air persons, honorably discharged from the service of the United States, veterans of the national guard or naval militia, the organization of the Order of the Sons of Veterans, and organizations now or hereafter authorized to do so by the express permission of the governor or otherwise by law, shall associate themselves together as a military company or organization, or parade in public with firearms in any city or town of this state.
(b)
No city or town shall raise or appropriate any money toward arming or equipping, uniforming, or in any other way supporting, sustaining, or providing drill rooms or armories for any body described in subsection (a). This section shall not be construed to prevent any organization, now authorized to do so by the express permission of the governor or otherwise, by law, from parading with firearms, nor to prevent drills or parades by the national guard of any other state. The governor may at any time revoke the permission granted by himself or herself or any previous governor to any organization or body of persons to associate themselves together as a military company or meet as a military company for drill with arms, or parade in public as a military company with arms. Any person violating any provision of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
History of Section.
P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 218; G.L. 1956, § 30-12-7.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-12 - General Offenses › Section 30-12-8. - Misappropriation of military property.

§ 30-12-8. Misappropriation of military property.
Any person who shall secrete, sell, dispose of, offer for sale, purchase, retain after demand made by the adjutant general or a commissioned officer of the national guard, willfully damage, or in any manner pledge or pawn any arms, ammunition, uniforms, equipment, supplies, or other property issued by the United States, or this state, for the use of the militia shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
History of Section.
P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 219; G.L. 1956, § 30-12-8.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-12 - General Offenses › Section 30-12-9. - Unlawful wearing of uniform.

§ 30-12-9. Unlawful wearing of uniform.
It shall be a misdemeanor for any person not an officer or enlisted person of the national guard to wear the duly prescribed uniform of the national guard, or any distinctive part of that uniform, or a uniform any part of which is similar to a distinctive part of the duly prescribed uniform of the national guard, except members of the Department of Defense of the United States and the national guard or naval militia of this or any other state, members of associations wholly composed of soldiers, sailors, or marines and air persons honorably discharged from the service of the United States, veterans of the national guard or naval militia, members of the Order of the Sons of Veterans, and such others as may be specially authorized so to do by the governor, or under the laws of the United States, or of this state.
History of Section.
P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 220; G.L. 1956, § 30-12-9.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-12 - General Offenses › Section 30-12-10. - Discrimination because of military service.

§ 30-12-10. Discrimination because of military service.
(a)
No person shall discriminate against any officer or enlisted person of the military or naval forces of the United States or of this state because of his or her membership therein.
(b)
No person shall prohibit or refuse entrance to any officer or enlisted person of the military or naval forces of the United States or of this state into any public entertainment or place of amusement or common carrier because the officer or enlisted person is wearing the uniform of the organization to which he or she belongs.
History of Section.
P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 221; G.L. 1956, § 30-12-10.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-12 - General Offenses › Section 30-12-11. - Trespass or injury to property.

§ 30-12-11. Trespass or injury to property.
Any person who willfully trespasses upon any camp or parade ground, armory, arsenal, rifle range, or property lawfully used by, or in connection with, the militia, or any part thereof; or injures any property situated thereon; or willfully violates thereon any regulations established to maintain order, preserve property, or prevent accidents upon that property; or removes, mutilates, or destroys any of that property, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
History of Section.
P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 223; G.L. 1956, § 30-12-11.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-12 - General Offenses › Section 30-12-12. - Penalty — Surety for costs.

§ 30-12-12. Penalty — Surety for costs.
Any person found guilty of a misdemeanor as provided for in chapters 1 — 14 of this title shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or to confinement for not more than one year, or both. Any person making a complaint for the violation of the provisions of these chapters shall not be required to give surety for costs.
History of Section.
P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 222; G.L. 1956, § 30-12-12.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-13 - Rhode Island Code of Military Justice › Section 30-13-1. - Definitions.

§ 30-13-1. Definitions.
In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Accuser" means a person who signs and swears to charges, any person who directs that charges nominally be signed and sworn to by another, and any person who has an interest, other than an official interest, in the prosecution of the accused;
(2) "Active state duty" means full-time duty in the active military service of the state under an order of the governor issued under authority vested in the governor by law, and includes travel to and from that duty;
(3) "Code" means this chapter;
(4) "Commanding officer" includes only commissioned officers;
(5) "Commissioned officer" includes a commissioned warrant officer;
(6) "Convening authority" includes, in addition to the person who convened the court, a commissioned officer commanding for the time being, or a successor in command;
(7) "Duty status other than active state duty" means any type of required duty other than that set forth in subdivision (2) of this section and includes travel to and from that duty;
(8) "Enlisted member" means a person in an enlisted grade;
(9) "Grade" means a step or degree, in a graduated scale of office or military rank, that is established and designed as a grade by law or regulation;
(10) Law officer” means an official of a general court-martial detailed in accordance with § 30-13-28
(11) "Law specialist" means a commissioned officer of the organized naval militia of the state designated for special duty (law);
(12) "Legal officer" means any commissioned officer of the organized naval militia of the state designated to perform legal duties for a command;
(13) "May" is used in a permissive sense. The words "no person may ... " mean that no person is required, authorized, or permitted to do the act prescribed;
(14) "Military" refers to any or all of the armed forces;
(15) "Military court" means a court-martial, a court of inquiry, or a provost court;
(16) "Officer" means commissioned or warrant officer;
(17) "Rank" means the order of precedence among members of the state military forces;
(18) "Shall" is used in an imperative sense;
(19) "State judge advocate" means the commissioned officer on the staff of the adjutant general responsible for supervising military justice in the state military forces;
(20) “State military forces” means the national guard of the state, as defined in 32 U.S.C. § 101(3), the organized naval militia of the state, the independent chartered military organizations, the Rhode Island state guard and the unorganized militia, and any other military force organized under the laws of the state; and
(21) "Superior commissioned officer" means a commissioned officer superior in rank or command.
History of Section.
G.L. 1956, § 30-13-1; P.L. 1962, ch. 82, § 1; P.L. 1965, ch. 70, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-13 - Rhode Island Code of Military Justice › Section 30-13-2. - Persons subject to code.

§ 30-13-2. Persons subject to code.
This code applies to all members of the state military forces who are not in federal service.
History of Section.
G.L. 1956, § 30-13-2; P.L. 1962, ch. 82, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-13 - Rhode Island Code of Military Justice › Section 30-13-3. - Jurisdiction to try certain personnel.

§ 30-13-3. Jurisdiction to try certain personnel.
(a)
Each person discharged from the state military forces who is later charged with having fraudulently obtained his or her discharge is, subject to § 30-13-46, subject to trial by court-martial on that charge and is, after apprehension, subject to this code while in the custody of the military for that trial. Upon conviction of that charge, he or she is subject to trial by court-martial for all offenses under this code committed before the fraudulent discharge or after conviction.
(b)
No person who has deserted from the state military forces may be relieved from amenability to the jurisdiction of this code by virtue of a separation from any later period of service.
History of Section.
G.L. 1956, § 30-13-3; P.L. 1962, ch. 82, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-13 - Rhode Island Code of Military Justice › Section 30-13-4. - Court-martial of dismissed officer.

§ 30-13-4. Court-martial of dismissed officer.
(a)
If any commissioned officer, dismissed by order of the governor, makes a written application for trial by court-martial, setting forth, under oath, that he or she has been wrongfully dismissed, the governor, as soon as practicable, shall convene a general court-martial to try that officer on charges on which the he or she was dismissed. A court-martial so convened has jurisdiction to try the dismissed officer on those charges, and the officer shall be considered to have waived the right to plead any statute of limitations applicable to any offense with which he or she is charged. The court-martial may, as part of its sentence, adjudge the affirmance of the dismissal, but if the court-martial acquits the accused or if the sentence adjudged, as finally approved or affirmed, does not include dismissal, the chief of staff to the governor shall substitute for the dismissal ordered by the governor a form of discharge authorized for administrative issue.
(b)
If the governor fails to convene a general court-martial within six (6) months from the presentation of an application for trial under this code, the chief of staff to the governor shall substitute for the dismissal ordered by the governor a form of discharge authorized for administrative issue.
(c)
If a discharge is substituted for a dismissal under this code, the governor alone may reappoint the officer to such a commissioned grade and with such rank as, in the opinion of the governor, that former officer would have attained had he or she not been dismissed. The reappointment of a former officer may be made only if a vacancy is available under applicable tables of organization. All time between the dismissal and the reappointment shall be considered as actual service for all purposes.
(d)
If an officer is discharged from the organized militia by administrative action or by board proceedings under law, or is dropped from the rolls by order of the governor, he or she has no right to trial under this section.
History of Section.
G.L. 1956, § 30-13-4; P.L. 1962, ch. 82, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-13 - Rhode Island Code of Military Justice › Section 30-13-5. - Territorial applicability of code.

§ 30-13-5. Territorial applicability of code.
(a)
This code applies throughout the state. It also applies to all persons otherwise subject to this code while they are serving outside the state, and while they are going to, and returning from, service outside the state, in the same manner, and to the same extent, as if they were serving inside the state.
(b)
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry may be convened and held in units of the state military forces while those units are serving outside the state with the same jurisdiction and powers as to persons subject to this code as if the proceedings were held inside the state and offenses committed outside the state may be tried and punished either inside or outside the state.
History of Section.
G.L. 1956, § 30-13-5; P.L. 1962, ch. 82, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-13 - Rhode Island Code of Military Justice › Section 30-13-6. - Judge advocates and legal officers.

§ 30-13-6. Judge advocates and legal officers.
(a)
The governor, on the recommendation of the adjutant general, shall appoint an officer of the state military forces as state judge advocate. To be eligible for appointment, an officer must be a member of the bar of the highest court of the state and must have been a member of the bar of the state for at least five (5) years.
(b)
The adjutant general may appoint as many assistant state judge advocates as he or she considers necessary. To be eligible for appointment, assistant state judge advocates must be officers of the state military forces and members of the bar of the highest court of the state.
(c)
The state judge advocate, or his or her assistants, shall make frequent inspections in the field in the supervision of the administration of military justice.
(d)
A person punished under this section who considers his or her punishment unjust or disproportionate to the offense may, through the proper channel, appeal to the next superior authority. The appeal shall be promptly forwarded and decided and the person to be punished shall not be required to undergo the punishment adjudged until affirmed or modified by the next superior authority. The officer who imposes the punishment, the officer’s successor in command, and the officer’s superior authority may suspend, set aside, or remit any part or amount of the punishment and restore all rights, privileges, and property affected.
(e)
No person who has acted as a member, law officer, trial counsel, assistant defense counsel, or investigating officer, or who has been a witness for either the prosecution or defense in any case, may later act as staff judge advocate or legal officer to any reviewing authority upon the same case.
History of Section.
G.L. 1956, § 30-13-6; P.L. 1962, ch. 82, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-13 - Rhode Island Code of Military Justice › Section 30-13-7. - Authority to apprehend.

§ 30-13-7. Authority to apprehend.
(a)
“Apprehension” is the taking of a person into custody.
(b)
Any person authorized by this code, or by regulations issued under it, to apprehend persons subject to this code, any marshal of a court-martial appointed pursuant to the provisions of this code, and any peace officer authorized to do so by law, may apprehend persons subject to the code upon reasonable belief that an offense has been committed and that the person apprehended committed it.
(c)
Commissioned officers, warrant officers, petty officers, and noncommissioned officers have authority to quell quarrels, frays, and disorders among persons subject to this code and to apprehend persons subject to this code who take part therein.
History of Section.
G.L. 1956, § 30-13-7; P.L. 1962, ch. 82, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-13 - Rhode Island Code of Military Justice › Section 30-13-8. - Apprehension of deserters.

§ 30-13-8. Apprehension of deserters.
Any civil officer having authority to apprehend offenders under the laws of the United States or of a state, territory, commonwealth, or possession, or the District of Columbia, may summarily apprehend a deserter from the state military forces and deliver him or her into the custody of the state military forces. If an offender is apprehended outside the state, his or her return to the area must be in accordance with normal extradition procedures or reciprocal agreement.
History of Section.
G.L. 1956, § 30-13-8; P.L. 1962, ch. 82, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-13 - Rhode Island Code of Military Justice › Section 30-13-9. - Imposition of restraint.

§ 30-13-9. Imposition of restraint.
(a)
“Arrest” is the restraint of a person by an order, not imposed as a punishment for an offense, directing that person to remain within certain specified limits. “Confinement” is the physical restraint of a person.
(b)
An enlisted member may be ordered into arrest or confinement by any commissioned officer by an order, oral or written, delivered in person or through other persons subject to this code or through any person authorized by this code to apprehend persons. A commanding officer may authorize warrant officers, petty officers, or noncommissioned officers to order enlisted members of his or her command, or subject to his or her authority, into arrest or confinement.
(c)
A commissioned officer, or a warrant officer, may be ordered apprehended or into arrest or confinement only by a commanding officer to whose authority he or she is subject, by an order, oral or written, delivered in person or by another commissioned officer. The authority to order these persons apprehended, or into arrest or confinement, may not be delegated.
(d)
No person may be ordered apprehended or into arrest or confinement except for probable cause.
(e)
This section does not limit the authority of persons authorized to apprehend offenders to secure the custody of an alleged offender until proper authority may be notified.
History of Section.
G.L. 1956, § 30-13-9; P.L. 1962, ch. 82, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-13 - Rhode Island Code of Military Justice › Section 30-13-10. - Restraint of persons charged with offenses.

§ 30-13-10. Restraint of persons charged with offenses.
Any person subject to this code, charged with an offense under this code, shall be ordered into arrest or confinement, as circumstances may require; but when charged only with an offense normally tried by a summary court-martial, that person shall not ordinarily be placed in confinement. When any person subject to this code is placed in arrest or confinement prior to trial, immediate steps shall be taken to inform that person of the specific wrong of which he or she is accused and to try that person or to dismiss the charges and release him or her.
History of Section.
G.L. 1956, § 30-13-10; P.L. 1962, ch. 82, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-13 - Rhode Island Code of Military Justice › Section 30-13-11. - Confinement in jails.

§ 30-13-11. Confinement in jails.
Persons confined other than in a guard house, whether before, during, or after trial by a military court, shall be confined in civil jails, penitentiaries, or prisons designated by the governor or by that person as he or she may authorize to act.
History of Section.
G.L. 1956, § 30-13-11; P.L. 1962, ch. 82, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-13 - Rhode Island Code of Military Justice › Section 30-13-12. - Reports and receiving of prisoners.

§ 30-13-12. Reports and receiving of prisoners.
(a)
No provost marshal, commander of a guard, master at arms, warden, keeper, or officer of a city or county jail or any other jail, penitentiary, or prison designated under § 30-13-11, may refuse to receive or keep any prisoner committed to his or her charge, when the committing person furnishes a statement, signed by that person, of the offense charged against the prisoner.
(b)
Every commander of a guard, master at arms, warden, keeper, or officer of a city or county jail or of any other jail, penitentiary, or prison designated under § 30-13-11, to whose charge a prisoner is committed, shall, within twenty-four (24) hours after that commitment or as soon as he or she is relieved from guard, report to the commanding officer of the prisoner the name of the prisoner, the offense charged against the prisoner, and the name of the person who ordered or authorized the commitment.
History of Section.
G.L. 1956, § 30-13-12; P.L. 1962, ch. 82, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-13 - Rhode Island Code of Military Justice › Section 30-13-13. - Punishment prohibited before trial.

§ 30-13-13. Punishment prohibited before trial.
Subject to § 30-13-60, no person, while being held for trial or pending the result of trial, may be subjected to punishment or penalty other than arrest or confinement upon the charges pending against that person, nor shall the arrest or confinement imposed upon him or her be any more rigorous than the circumstances require to insure his or her presence, but he or she may be subjected to minor punishment during that period for infractions of discipline.
History of Section.
G.L. 1956, § 30-13-13; P.L. 1962, ch. 82, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-13 - Rhode Island Code of Military Justice › Section 30-13-14. - Delivery of offenders to civil authorities.

§ 30-13-14. Delivery of offenders to civil authorities.
(a)
Under such regulations as may be prescribed under this code, a person subject to this code who is accused of an offense against civil authority may be delivered, upon request, and upon direction of the governor so to do, to the civil authority for trial.
(b)
When delivery under this section is made to any civil authority of a person undergoing sentence of a court-martial, and the delivery, if followed by conviction in a civil tribunal, interrupts the execution of the sentence of the court-martial, the offender, after having answered to the civil authorities for his or her offense, shall, upon the request of competent military authority, be returned to military custody for the completion of his or her sentence.
History of Section.
G.L. 1956, § 30-13-14; P.L. 1962, ch. 82, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-13 - Rhode Island Code of Military Justice › Section 30-13-16. - Courts-martial — Composition.

§ 30-13-16. Courts-martial — Composition.
(a)
In the state military forces not in federal service, there are general, special, and summary courts-martial constituted like similar courts of the armed forces of the United States. They have the jurisdiction and powers, except as to punishments, and shall follow the forms and procedures provided for those courts.
(b)
The three (3) kinds of courts-martial are:
(1)
General courts-martial, consisting of a law officer and not less than five (5) members;
(2)
Special courts-martial, consisting of not less than three (3) members; and
(3)
Summary courts-martial, consisting of one commissioned officer of a rank not less than major.
History of Section.
G.L. 1956, § 30-13-16; P.L. 1962, ch. 82, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense › Chapter 30-13 - Rhode Island Code of Military Justice › Section 30-13-17. - Jurisdiction of courts-martial — In general.

§ 30-13-17. Jurisdiction of courts-martial — In general.
Each force of the state military forces has court-martial jurisdiction over all persons subject to this code. The exercise of jurisdiction by one force over the personnel of another force shall be in accordance with regulations prescribed by the governor.
History of Section.
G.L. 1956, § 30-13-17; P.L. 1962, ch. 82, § 1.