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2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-32 - Obstructing Justice › Section 11-32-4. - Definitions.

§ 11-32-4. Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms mean:
(1)
“Malice” means an intent to vex, annoy, harm, or injure in any way another person, or to thwart or interfere in any manner with the orderly administration of justice.
(2)
“Victim” means any natural person against whom any crime as defined under the laws of this state or any other state or of the United States is being or has been perpetrated or attempted to be perpetrated.
(3)
“Witness” means any natural person:
(i)
Having knowledge of the existence or nonexistence of facts relating to any crime;
(ii)
Whose declaration under oath is received or has been received as evidence for any purpose;
(iii)
Who has reported any crime to any peace officer, prosecutor, probation or parole officer, correctional officer or judicial officer;
(iv)
Who has been served with a subpoena issued under the authority of any court in the state, or of any other state or of the United States; or
(v)
Who would be believed by any reasonable person to be an individual described in paragraphs (i) — (iv) of this subdivision.
History of Section.
P.L. 1980, ch. 91, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-32 - Obstructing Justice › Section 11-32-5. - Intimidation of witnesses and victims of crimes.

§ 11-32-5. Intimidation of witnesses and victims of crimes.
(a)
Any person who, by expressly or impliedly threatening to commit any unlawful act, maliciously and knowingly communicates with another person with the specific intent to intimidate a victim of a crime or a witness in any criminal proceeding with respect to that person’s participation in any criminal proceeding shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
(b)
Any person who, with the specific intent to intimidate a victim of a crime or a witness in any criminal proceeding with respect to that person’s participation in any criminal proceeding, causes a physical injury to or damages the property of any person or expressly or impliedly threatens to cause physical injury to or damage to the property of any person, or, with specific intent to intimidate, acts for pecuniary gain shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or imprisoned not more than five (5) years, or both.
(c)
As used in this section, “criminal proceeding” means the filing of a criminal complaint, any grand jury proceedings, any trial or hearing conducted in any court relating to a criminal matter, any proceeding before the parole board or any official inquiry into an alleged criminal violation.
(d)
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent an attorney from interviewing any witness or victim or from otherwise investigating a matter on behalf of a client in an otherwise lawful manner.
History of Section.
P.L. 1980, ch. 91, § 2; P.L. 1982, ch. 372, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-32 - Obstructing Justice › Section 11-32-6. - Jurisdiction of district, superior and family courts.

§ 11-32-6. Jurisdiction of district, superior and family courts.
(a)
Any court with jurisdiction over any criminal matter, including the family court when it has jurisdiction of a juvenile by virtue of a wayward or delinquent petition alleging the violation of any criminal statute of the state of Rhode Island, may, in its discretion, upon good cause (which may include, but is not limited to, credible hearsay or the declaration of the prosecutor or defense attorney) that intimidation or dissuasion of any person who is a victim or who is a witness, has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur, issue orders including, but not limited to, the following:
(1)
An order that a defendant not violate any provision of this chapter.
(2)
An order that a person before the court other than a defendant, including, but not limited to, a subpoenaed witness or other person entering the courtroom of the court, not violate any provisions of this chapter.
(3)
An order that any person described in this subsection maintain a prescribed geographic distance from any specified witness or victim.
(4)
An order that any person described in this subsection have no communication whatsoever with any specified witness or any victim, except through an attorney under any reasonable restrictions that the court may impose.
(5)
An order calling for a hearing to determine if an order as described in subdivisions (1) through (4) of this subsection should be issued.
(6)
An order that a particular law enforcement agency within the jurisdiction of the court provide protection for a victim and/or witness.
(b)
Every person violating any order made pursuant to subsection (a) of this section may be punished in any or all manner as follows:
(1)
For any substantive offense described in § 11-32-5.
(2)
As a contempt of the court making the order. No finding of contempt shall be a bar to prosecution for a substantive offense under § 11-32-5, but any conviction or acquittal for any substantive offense under § 11-32-5 shall be a bar to subsequent punishment for contempt arising out of the same act.
(3)
By revocation of any form of pretrial release and/or the forfeiture of bail and the issuance of a bench warrant for the defendant’s arrest or remanding him or her into custody. Revocation may, after a hearing and upon showing by clear and convincing evidence, in the sound discretion of the court, be made whether the violation order complained of has been personally committed by the defendant or was in any way caused or encouraged to have been committed by the defendant.
History of Section.
P.L. 1980, ch. 91, § 2; P.L. 1981, ch. 134, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-32 - Obstructing Justice › Section 11-32-7. - Pretrial release.

§ 11-32-7. Pretrial release.
(a)
Any pretrial release of any defendant, whether on bail or under any other form of recognizance, shall be deemed as a matter of law to include a condition that the defendant neither do nor cause to be done nor knowingly permit to be done on his or her behalf any act proscribed in this chapter.
(b)
Every person who willfully violates this condition of pretrial release is subject to revocation of release and for the forfeiture of bail and the issuance of a bench warrant for the defendant’s arrest or remanding him or her into custody whether or not the defendant was the subject of an order under § 11-32-6.
(c)
From and after May 8, 1980, any receipt for any bail or bond given by any court by any surety or bondsman and/or any written promise to appear on one’s own recognizance shall contain, in a conspicuous location, notice of this section.
History of Section.
P.L. 1980, ch. 91, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-33 - Perjury and False Swearing › Section 11-33-1. - Perjury.

§ 11-33-1. Perjury.
(a)
Every person under oath or affirmation who knowingly makes any false material declaration or makes or uses any other information, including any book, paper, document, record, recording, or other material, knowing it contains any false material declaration, shall be deemed guilty of perjury.
(b)
An indictment or information for violation of this section alleging that on oath or affirmation the defendant has knowingly made two (2) or more declarations which are inconsistent to the degree that one of them is necessarily false need not specify which declaration is false if:
(1)
Each declaration was material to the point in question; and
(2)
Each declaration was made within the period of the statute of limitations established in § 12-12-17.
(c)
In any prosecution under this section, the falsity of a declaration set forth in the indictment or information shall be established sufficient for conviction by proof that the defendant on oath or affirmation made irreconcilably contradictory declarations material to the point in question. It shall be a defense to an indictment or information made pursuant to this subsection that the defendant, at the time he or she made each declaration, believed the declaration was true.
(d)
Where in the same continuous court or grand jury proceeding in which a declaration is made, the person making the declaration admits the declaration to be false, that admission shall bar prosecution under this section if, at the time the admission is made, the declaration has not substantially affected the proceeding, or it has not become manifest that the falsity has been or will be exposed.
(e)
Proof beyond a reasonable doubt under this section is sufficient for conviction. It shall not be necessary that proof be made by any particular number of witnesses or by documentary or other type of evidence.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 276, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 342, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 394, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 605, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-33-1; P.L. 1981, ch. 244, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-33 - Perjury and False Swearing › Section 11-33-2. - Penalty for perjury.

§ 11-33-2. Penalty for perjury.
Every person who shall be guilty of perjury or of subornation of perjury by procuring another to commit perjury, shall be imprisoned not exceeding twenty (20) years.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 276, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 342, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 394, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 605, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 11-33-2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-33 - Perjury and False Swearing › Section 11-33-3. - Attempt to procure perjury.

§ 11-33-3. Attempt to procure perjury.
Every person who shall endeavor to incite or procure another to commit perjury, though the person incited does not commit perjury, shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) years.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 276, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 342, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 394, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 605, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 11-33-3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-33 - Perjury and False Swearing › Section 11-33-4. - False swearing pertaining to sale or conveyance of property.

§ 11-33-4. False swearing pertaining to sale or conveyance of property.
Every person over the age of eighteen (18) years who shall willfully swear or affirm falsely before any notary public, justice of the peace, or other officer authorized to administer oaths, concerning any material fact relating to any contract, lease, or other document pertaining to the sale or conveyance of real or personal property shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).
History of Section.
G.L. 1923, ch. 394, § 24; P.L. 1925, ch. 656, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 605, § 24; G.L. 1956, § 11-33-4.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-33 - Perjury and False Swearing › Section 11-33-5. - Manner of proof.

§ 11-33-5. Manner of proof.
In the trial of any complaint or indictment or information charging any offense under this chapter, the guilt of the accused may be established by circumstantial evidence without regard to the number of witnesses who may testify against the defendant.
History of Section.
P.L. 1969, ch. 56, § 1; P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 6.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-33 - Perjury and False Swearing › Section 11-33-6. - Perjury before general assembly committees.

§ 11-33-6. Perjury before general assembly committees.
(a)
Every person who shall testify before any committee, sub-committee, or commission of the general assembly may be required to do so under oath or affirmation by the committee, sub-committee, or commission. If required to testify a stenographic record shall be kept of that testimony after approval by the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate.
(b)
Any person who shall willfully swear or affirm falsely in regard to any testimony before any committee, sub-committee, or commission of the general assembly shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) or be imprisoned not exceeding one year.
History of Section.
P.L. 1979, ch. 382, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 180, § 7.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-33 - Perjury and False Swearing › Section 11-33-7. - Perjury or false swearing — Child support.

§ 11-33-7. Perjury or false swearing — Child support.
Every person who shall violate any provision of this chapter in any case or controversy involving the abandonment or nonsupport of a child pending before the family court or any other tribunal or agency of competent jurisdiction shall be guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned for a term not to exceed twenty (20) years.
[See § 12-1-15 of the General Laws.]
History of Section.
P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 29, § 3; P.L. 1995, ch. 374, § 3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-34 - Prostitution and Lewdness › Section 11-34-11. - Loitering for indecent purposes in or near schools.

§ 11-34-11. Loitering for indecent purposes in or near schools.
Any person who violates this section by attempting to engage a person for the purpose of prostitution or other indecent act, or to patronize or induce or otherwise secure a person to commit any indecent act in the building or on the grounds or within three hundred (300) yards of the grounds of a public or private elementary, vocational, or secondary school, shall be punished by a term of imprisonment of not more than one year and a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
History of Section.
P.L. 1995, ch. 53, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-34.1 - Commercial Sexual Activity › Section 11-34.1-1. - Definitions.

§ 11-34.1-1. Definitions.
The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings:
(1)
“Sexual conduct” means sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anal intercourse, and digital intrusion or intrusion by any object into the genital opening or anal opening of another person’s body, or the stimulation by hand of another’s genitals for the purposes of arousing or gratifying the sexual desire of either person.
(2)
“Commercial sexual activity” means any sexual conduct which is performed or promised in return for a fee.
(3)
“Fee” means any thing of monetary value, including but not limited to money, given as consideration for sexual conduct.
History of Section.
P.L. 2009, ch. 185, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 186, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-34.1 - Commercial Sexual Activity › Section 11-34.1-2. - Prostitution.

§ 11-34.1-2. Prostitution.
(a)
A person is guilty of prostitution when such person engages, or agrees, or offers to engage in sexual conduct with another person in return for a fee. Any person found guilty under this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six (6) months, or to a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.
(b)
Any person found guilty of a subsequent offense under this section shall be subject to imprisonment for a term of not more than one year, or a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.
(c)
In any prosecution for a violation under this section, it shall be an affirmative defense if the accused was forced to commit a commercial sexual activity by:
(1)
Being threatened or subjected to physical harm;
(2)
Being physically restrained or threatened to be physically restrained;
(3)
Being subject to threats of abuse of law or legal process;
(4)
Being subject to destruction, concealment, removal, or confiscation, of any passport or other immigration document or any other actual or purported governmental identification document; or
(5)
Being subject to intimidation in which the accused’s physical well being was perceived as threatened.
History of Section.
P.L. 2009, ch. 185, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 186, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 70, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 75, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-34.1 - Commercial Sexual Activity › Section 11-34.1-3. - Procurement of sexual conduct for a fee.

§ 11-34.1-3. Procurement of sexual conduct for a fee.
(a)
A person is guilty of procuring or attempting to procure sexual conduct for the payment of a fee if they engage or seek to engage in sexual conduct for any type of fee and/or pay or agree to pay any type of fee for sexual conduct, regardless of the time, place or location of the procurement, attempted procurement, payment, attempted payment or conduct. Any person found guilty under this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or to a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.
(b)
Any person found guilty of a subsequent offense under this section shall be subject to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.
History of Section.
P.L. 2009, ch. 185, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 186, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-34.1 - Commercial Sexual Activity › Section 11-34.1-4. - Loitering for prostitution.

§ 11-34.1-4. Loitering for prostitution.
(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person to stand or wander in or near any public highway or street, or any public or private place, and attempt to engage passersby in conversation, or stop or attempt to stop motor vehicles, for the purpose of prostitution or other commercial sexual activity. Any person found guilty of the crime of loitering for prostitution shall be subject to a sentence of up to six (6) months incarceration or by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.
(b)
Any person found guilty of a subsequent offense under this section shall be subject to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.
History of Section.
P.L. 2009, ch. 185, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 186, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-34.1 - Commercial Sexual Activity › Section 11-34.1-5. - Expungement of certain criminal records.

§ 11-34.1-5. Expungement of certain criminal records.
(a)
Records defined in § 12-1.3-1 of any person convicted, placed on probation, or whose case was filed pursuant to § 12-10-12, for a violation of § 11-34.1-2 or § 11-34.1-4 may be expunged one year after completion of that person’s sentence.
(b)
The motion shall be filed in accordance with a chapter 12-1.3 and may be granted in the court’s discretion regardless of the person’s first offender status.
History of Section.
P.L. 2009, ch. 185, § 3; P.L. 2009, ch. 186, § 3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-34.1 - Commercial Sexual Activity › Section 11-34.1-6. - Soliciting from motor vehicles for indecent purposes — Forfeiture of motor vehicle.

§ 11-34.1-6. Soliciting from motor vehicles for indecent purposes — Forfeiture of motor vehicle.
(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person, while an operator or passenger in a motor vehicle to stop, or attempt to stop another vehicle or pedestrian, or to engage or attempt to engage persons in another vehicle or pedestrians in conversation, for the purposes of prostitution or other indecent act, or to patronize, induce, or otherwise secure another person to commit any commercial sexual activity. Any person found guilty under this section shall be subject to a sentence of up to six (6) months incarceration or a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.
(b)
Any person found guilty of a subsequent offense under this section shall be subject to imprisonment for a term of not more than one year and a fine of not less than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). No fine imposed under this section may be suspended.
(c)
The motor vehicle being unlawfully operated as defined in this chapter by a person convicted of a second or subsequent offense of soliciting from a motor vehicle for indecent purposes pursuant to this chapter which vehicle is owned by the operator, may be seized by the law enforcement agency and forfeited at the discretion of the court. Any funds received from the forfeiture shall be deposited in the victim’s of crimes indemnity fund (VCIF).
History of Section.
P.L. 2009, ch. 185, § 3; P.L. 2009, ch. 186, § 3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-34.1 - Commercial Sexual Activity › Section 11-34.1-7. - Pandering or permitting prostitution — Not allowed.

§ 11-34.1-7. Pandering or permitting prostitution — Not allowed.
(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person, by any promise or threat, by abuse of person, or by any other device or scheme, to cause, induce, persuade, or encourage a person to become a prostitute or to come into this state or leave this state for the purpose of prostitution. It shall be unlawful for any person to receive or give, or agree to receive or give, any money or thing of value for procuring or attempting to procure any person to become a prostitute or to come into this state or leave this state for the purpose of prostitution.
(b)
It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly permit, allow, transport, or offer or agree to receive any person into any place, structure, house, building, room, or business for the purpose of committing any commercial sexual activity, or knowingly permit any person to remain in the premises for those purposes, or to, in any way, aid or abet or participate in any of the acts or things enumerated in this chapter. Any person, knowing a person to be a prostitute, who shall live or derive support or maintenance, in whole or in part, from the earnings or proceeds of commercial sexual activity, from moneys loaned, advanced to, or charged against the prostitute by a landlord, manager, owner of a spa or business, or any other place where commercial sexual activity is practiced or allowed, or who shall share in the earnings, proceeds, or moneys shall be guilty of the crime of permitting prostitution.
(c)
Every person who commits any of the offenses described in subsection (a) of this section, or who assists, abets, or aids another to commit any of those offenses, shall be guilty of pandering. For the first offense, that person shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one year and not more than five (5) years and a fine of not less than two thousand dollars ($2,000), nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000). For every subsequent offense, that person shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than three (3) years and not more than ten (10) years and a fine of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000), nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
(d)
Any proceeds derived directly from a violation of this section are subject to seizure and forfeiture and further proceedings shall be required for their forfeiture as is prescribed by law in chapter 21 of title 12.
History of Section.
P.L. 2009, ch. 185, § 3; P.L. 2009, ch. 186, § 3; P.L. 2014, ch. 70, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 75, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-34.1 - Commercial Sexual Activity › Section 11-34.1-8. - Venue of pandering or permitting prostitution prosecutions.

§ 11-34.1-8. Venue of pandering or permitting prostitution prosecutions.
It shall not be a defense to any prosecution of any of the offenses described in this chapter that the offense or any part of the offense shall have been committed outside the state, and any offense described in this chapter may be alleged to have been committed. The offender may be prosecuted and punished in any county in which the offender or the person upon or against whom the offense was committed may be found, or in which the offense was consummated, or in which any overt acts in furtherance of the offenses shall have been committed.
History of Section.
P.L. 2009, ch. 185, § 3; P.L. 2009, ch. 186, § 3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-34.1 - Commercial Sexual Activity › Section 11-34.1-9. - Spouse as witness in pandering or permitting prostitution.

§ 11-34.1-9. Spouse as witness in pandering or permitting prostitution.
In any prosecution for any offense under this chapter, any person shall be a competent witness against the offender in relation to any offense committed by the offender upon or against him or her, or by the offender against or upon another person or persons in his or her presence, notwithstanding that person may have been married to the offender before or after the commission of the offense, and notwithstanding that person may be called as witness during the existence of the marriage or after its dissolution.
History of Section.
P.L. 2009, ch. 185, § 3; P.L. 2009, ch. 186, § 3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-34.1 - Commercial Sexual Activity › Section 11-34.1-10. - Reputation testimony as evidence.

§ 11-34.1-10. Reputation testimony as evidence.
In the trial of any person charged with a violation of this chapter, testimony concerning the reputation of the place where the violation occurred or of persons who frequent or reside in it shall be admissible in evidence in support of the charge.
History of Section.
P.L. 2009, ch. 185, § 3; P.L. 2009, ch. 186, § 3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-34.1 - Commercial Sexual Activity › Section 11-34.1-11. - Examination and treatment for venereal disease.

§ 11-34.1-11. Examination and treatment for venereal disease.
Any person convicted for any violation of this chapter or of any other statute relating to lewd or lascivious behavior or unlawful sexual intercourse, and who shall be confined or imprisoned in any correctional institution for more than ten (10) days, may be examined by the department of health for venereal disease, through duly appointed, licensed physicians as agents. Any person that is examined may be detained until the result of the examination is duly reported. If found with venereal disease in an infectious stage, the person shall be treated, and if a menace to the public, quarantined, in accordance with rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, of the director of health, who is authorized to formulate and issue them. Refusal to comply with or obey the rules or regulations shall constitute a misdemeanor and be punishable by fine not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250), or a sentence of incarceration of up to three (3) months, or both.
History of Section.
P.L. 2009, ch. 185, § 3; P.L. 2009, ch. 186, § 3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-34.1 - Commercial Sexual Activity › Section 11-34.1-12. - Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).

§ 11-34.1-12. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
(a)
Any person convicted of a violation of any provisions of this chapter shall be required to be tested for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). No consent for the testing shall be required.
(b)
The department of health shall maintain sites for providing both anonymous and confidential HIV testing, and HIV counseling and referral. Each site, funded by the department of health, shall offer free testing, counseling and referral for indigent parties and other individuals without health insurance, offer a sliding scale for payment for all other individuals and, in the case of confidential testing, screen for ability to pay through a third-party insurer. In the case of nonfunded sites for HIV testing, organizations and/or institutions performing the test shall offer free testing, counseling and referral for indigent parties and other individuals without health insurance.
(c)
All persons tested under this section shall be provided pre-test and post-test counseling by individuals trained by the department of health, as an HIV testing counselor, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the department of health; provided, that the counseling shall be in accordance with acceptable medical standards.
(d)
All persons who are tested under this section, who are determined to be injecting drug users, shall be referred to appropriate sources of substance abuse treatment by the HIV testing counselor and/or the attending practitioner as follows:
(1)
Those persons who test positive for HIV infection shall be given priority for those outpatient substance abuse treatment programs that are sponsored or supported by the appropriate state agency responsible for these services.
(2)
Those persons who are injecting drug users and test negative for HIV infection shall be referred, by the HIV testing counselor and/or attending practitioner, to the appropriate state agency responsible for these services for earliest possible evaluation and treatment.
History of Section.
P.L. 2009, ch. 185, § 3; P.L. 2009, ch. 186, § 3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-34.1 - Commercial Sexual Activity › Section 11-34.1-13. - Reporting.

§ 11-34.1-13. Reporting.
On or before January 15, 2010, and semi-annually thereafter, each law enforcement agency in this state shall file with the Governor, the Attorney General, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate a report concerning the agency’s enforcement of this chapter during the preceding six (6) month period. Each semi-annual report shall contain, but need not be limited to, the following information:
(1)
The number of persons arrested pursuant to subsection 11-34.1-2(a), subsection 11-34.1-2(b), § 11-34.1-3, § 11-34.1-4, subsection 11-34.1-6(a), subsection 11-34.1-6(b) and subsection 11-34.1-7 of this chapter;
(2)
Of those arrested, the number of persons convicted, placed on probation, whose case is filed pursuant to § 12-10-12, whether those persons pled guilty or nolo contendere or were found guilty after trial by judge or jury;
(3)
The fines and/or sentences of those persons identified pursuant to subdivision (2) of this section; and
(4)
A summary of the amounts of fines levied and the lengths of sentences identified pursuant to subdivision (3) of this section.
History of Section.
P.L. 2009, ch. 185, § 3; P.L. 2009, ch. 186, § 3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-34.1 - Commercial Sexual Activity › Section 11-34.1-14. - Severability.

§ 11-34.1-14. Severability.
If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.
History of Section.
P.L. 2009, ch. 185, § 3; P.L. 2009, ch. 186, § 3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities › Section 11-35-1. - Consent of property owner required for electric lines — Tree-trimming — Removal on notice.

§ 11-35-1. Consent of property owner required for electric lines — Tree-trimming — Removal on notice.
No person shall place any electric wire, apparatus, pole, bracket, insulator, or other device or appliance for the purpose of conducting currents of electricity upon any private property without the consent of the owners or of the agent of the owners; nor shall any electric wire, apparatus, pole, bracket, insulator, or other device or appliance for the purpose of conducting currents of electricity be passed through or affixed to any tree useful for shade or ornamental purposes, nor shall a tree be cut, trimmed, or interfered with, except under the direction and immediate supervision of the surveyor of highways in whose district the tree is located; provided, that any owner or agent may give notice in writing to the person or corporation owning any electric wire, apparatus, pole, bracket, insulator, or other device or appliance for the purpose of conducting currents of electricity when it shall have been so placed with the consent of the owner or agent, to remove it or any of them from any private property within thirty (30) days after the delivery of the notice, and that, in default of the removal in accordance with the terms of the notice, the owner or agent may remove them or any of them.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 56; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 59; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 59; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 67; G.L. 1956, § 11-35-1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities › Section 11-35-2. - Badges of telegraph and telephone workers.

§ 11-35-2. Badges of telegraph and telephone workers.
No person shall labor upon the work of erecting or repairing any telegraph or telephone line belonging to any telegraph or telephone company without having conspicuously attached to his or her dress a medal or badge, on which shall be legibly inscribed the name of the owners by whom he or she is employed, and a number by which he or she can be readily identified.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 56; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 59; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 59; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 67; G.L. 1956, § 11-35-2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities › Section 11-35-3. - Penalty for violating §§ 11-35-1, 11-35-2.

§ 11-35-3. Penalty for violating §§ 11-35-1, 11-35-2.
Every person who shall violate any of the provisions of §§ 11-35-1 and 11-35-2 shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00) or be imprisoned not exceeding three (3) months.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 57; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 60; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 60; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 68; G.L. 1956, § 11-35-3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities › Section 11-35-4. - Injuries to electric or communication lines.

§ 11-35-4. Injuries to electric or communication lines.
Every person who shall wantonly or willfully and maliciously cut, destroy, break down, or injure, or attempt to cut, destroy, break down, or injure any machine, appliance, or apparatus used for generating electric currents or any electric wire or other appliance or apparatus used for the purpose of conducting or transmitting electric currents for using and furnishing power, motive power, light, or heat, or used for the purpose of transmitting intelligence by means of telegraphic or telephonic apparatus or by means of fire-alarm signals, burglar-alarm signals, police signals, railway signals, or other apparatus or appliance for the transmission of intelligence, or shall cut, destroy, break down, or injure or shall attempt to cut, destroy, break down, or injure any pole, bracket, insulator or other device, apparatus, or appliance for supporting or carrying any electric wire, or shall do any other act interrupting or intended to interrupt the transmission of the electric current over any electric wire, shall be liable to indictment for it, and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding three thousand dollars ($3,000) or imprisoned not exceeding two (2) years; provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize or permit the attachment, erection, use, operation, or maintenance of any electric wire, apparatus, pole, bracket, insulator, or other device or appliance, upon the property of any person or corporation, without the consent of the owner or owners; nor to prevent any properly authorized person from removing any electric wire, apparatus, pole, bracket, insulator, or other device or appliance for the purpose of permitting the passage of any building or structure, the moving of which has been duly authorized by any city or town council.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 61; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 64; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 64; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 73; G.L. 1956, § 11-35-4.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities › Section 11-35-4.1. - Installation of live wires or electrical equipment.

§ 11-35-4.1. Installation of live wires or electrical equipment.
(a)
Whoever being engaged in the business of transmitting electricity or installing or repairing live wires or electrical equipment knowingly permits a journeyperson line worker, while on a pole or structure, to work on live wires in excess of seven hundred and fifty (750) volts to ground unless he or she is assisted on or at the base of each pole or structure by a journeyperson line worker, a second year apprentice, or a line worker having a title commonly accepted as the equivalent of the foregoing, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100).
(b)
Each violation of this section shall be a separate offense.
(c)
This section shall not apply to work done by any person who is commonly called a troubleshooter, who would be employed in the performance of making emergency repairs, locating electrical faults, clearing defective apparatus, and answering service calls.
History of Section.
P.L. 1972, ch. 195, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities › Section 11-35-5. - Aiding, abetting, counseling, or procuring line injuries.

§ 11-35-5. Aiding, abetting, counseling, or procuring line injuries.
Every person who shall aid, assist, abet, counsel, hire, command, or procure any person to do or attempt any of the acts mentioned in § 11-35-4 shall be subject to like fine or imprisonment as provided in that section.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 62; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 65; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 65; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 74; G.L. 1956, § 11-35-5.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities › Section 11-35-6. - Interference with gas or electric or water meters.

§ 11-35-6. Interference with gas or electric or water meters.
Every person who shall willfully or fraudulently injure or shall knowingly suffer to be injured any wire, meter, pipe, or fittings connected with or belonging to any electric company or gaslight company or connected with or belonging to the waterworks of any corporation in this state supplying water at a stipulated rate of payment, or shall willfully tamper or meddle with any other of the appliances or appurtenances connected with or belonging to any electric company or gaslight company or to the waterworks of a corporation in a manner as to cause loss or damage to the company or corporation, or who shall willfully or fraudulently prevent any meter used for registering the quantity of electricity, gas, or water supplied through it from duly registering the quantity so passing through it, or alter the index of any meter or in any way hinder or interfere with its proper action or just registration, or shall fraudulently use the electricity or fraudulently burn the gas of the company or fraudulently use the water passing through the wire, meter, pipe, fittings, or other of the appliances or appurtenances connected with or belonging to the electric company or gas company or to the waterworks of the corporation, or willfully waste electricity, gas, or water, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be imprisoned not exceeding one year or be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000). In any prosecution under this section proof that any wire, meter, pipe, or fittings have been injured, or that any meter has been prevented from duly registering the quantity of electricity, gas, or water supplied through it, while on the premises occupied by the defendant, shall be prima facie evidence that the defendant caused the injury or prevented the meter from duly registering the quantity of electricity, gas, or water supplied through it, willfully and fraudulently and with intent to injure or defraud.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 48; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 51; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 51; P.L. 1930, ch. 1620, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 57; G.L. 1956, § 11-35-6; P.L. 1986, ch. 544, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 152, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities › Section 11-35-7. - Bypassing meters — Use of electricity, gas or water with intent to defraud.

§ 11-35-7. Bypassing meters — Use of electricity, gas or water with intent to defraud.
Every person who, with intent to injure or defraud any gaslight company or any electric company, or corporation supplying water in this state at a stipulated rate of payment, shall make or cause to be made any wire, pipe, tube, or other instrument or contrivance, and connect it or cause it to be connected with any main, service pipe, or other pipe, appliance, or appurtenance used for or in connection with the works or apparatus employed for conducting or supplying electricity, illuminating gas, or water, in any manner that is calculated to supply electricity, gas, or water to any burner, orifice, faucet, or other outlet whatsoever, without the electricity, gas, or water passing through a meter provided or used for measuring or registering its quantity so passing through, or without the consent of the company or corporation to the connections, or who shall otherwise use any electricity, gas, or water with the intent to defraud the company or corporation of payment, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be imprisoned not exceeding one year or be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000). In any prosecution under this section, proof that any of the acts specified in this section were done on or about the premises occupied by the defendant, or proof of the presence on or about the premises, of any device which affects the diversion of electricity, gas, or water without it being measured or registered by the meter provided, shall be prima facie evidence that the defendant committed the acts, or aided or abetted in their commission, maliciously and with intent to injure or defraud.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 49; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 52; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 52; P.L. 1930, ch. 1620, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 58; G.L. 1956, § 11-35-7; P.L. 1986, ch. 544, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 152, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities › Section 11-35-8. - Interference with electric meter.

§ 11-35-8. Interference with electric meter.
Every person who shall willfully or fraudulently injure, or shall knowingly suffer to be injured, any meter, or any wire, fittings, or appliances connected with any meter belonging to any corporation furnishing electric current for light, heat, power, or other purposes at a stipulated rate of payment, or shall willfully tamper or meddle with any other of the appliances or appurtenances connected with any meter belonging to any corporation, in any manner as to cause loss or damage to the corporation, or who shall willfully or fraudulently prevent any meter used for registering the quantity of the electric current supplied through it from duly registering the quantity so passing through it or alter the index in the meter, or in any way hinder or interfere with its proper action or just registration, or shall fraudulently use the electric current of the corporation passing through the meter, wire, fittings, or other of the appliances or appurtenances connected with or belonging to the corporation, or willfully waste electric current, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be imprisoned not exceeding thirty (30) days or be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500). In any prosecution under this section proof that any meter, or any wire, fitting, appliance, or appurtenance connected with it, has been injured, or tampered, or meddled with, or that any meter has been prevented from duly registering the quantity of electric current supplied through it, while on the premises occupied by the defendant, shall be prima facie evidence that the defendant caused the injury or tampered or meddled with the meter, wire, fitting, appliance, or appurtenance, or prevented the meter from duly registering the quantity of electric current supplied through it, willfully and fraudulently and with intent to injure or defraud.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 63; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 66; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 66; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 59; P.L. 1940, ch. 948, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-35-8.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities › Section 11-35-9. - Bypassing electric meter — Use of electricity with intent to defraud.

§ 11-35-9. Bypassing electric meter — Use of electricity with intent to defraud.
Every person who, with intent to injure or defraud any person, persons, association, or corporation generating, conducting, using, or supplying the electric current, either for the purposes of his, her, its or their own business or for the purpose of selling the electric current at a stipulated rate of payment, shall make or cause to be made any wire or other instrument or contrivance and connect it or cause it to be connected with any electric wire, appliance, apparatus or appurtenance used for or in connection with the wires or apparatus employed for generating, conducting, using, or supplying electric current, in any manner that is calculated either to waste and dissipate the electric current or to supply the electric current to any lamp, burner, heater, machine, motor or other apparatus or appliance whatsoever, without the electric current passing through a meter provided by the person, persons, association, or corporation and used for registering the quantity so passing through, or without the consent of the person, persons, association, or corporation to the connections, or who shall otherwise use any electric current with the intent to defraud the person, persons, association or corporation of payment, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be imprisoned not exceeding thirty (30) days or be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500). In any prosecution under this section proof that any of the acts specified in this section was done on or about the premises occupied by the defendant, or proof of the presence on or about the premises of any wire or other instrument or contrivance which effects the waste or dissipation or the diversion of electric current without the electric current being measured or registered by a meter provided for it or without the consent of the person, persons, association, or corporation, shall be prima facie evidence that the defendant committed the acts, or aided or abetted in their commission, maliciously and with intent to injure or defraud.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 60; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 67; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 67; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 60; P.L. 1940, ch. 948, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 11-35-9.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-35 - Public Utilities › Section 11-35-10. - Excessive gas or water charges — False meters.

§ 11-35-10. Excessive gas or water charges — False meters.
Every person or corporation who shall willfully collect of any person or persons a larger sum for gas or water than appears to be due on inspection of the meter put in to regulate and register it, or shall willfully furnish a meter that shall not correctly register the quantity of gas or water consumed, shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500).
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 50; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 53; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 53; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 61; G.L. 1956, § 11-35-10.