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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- FLAGS AND EMBLEMS | |
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Introduced By: Senators Lombardi, Sheehan, Conley, Lombardo, and E O`Neill | |
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Date Introduced: February 28, 2013 | |
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Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Section 11-14-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-14 entitled "False |
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Personation" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
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11-14-1. Impersonation of public officer. -- Every person who shall falsely assume or |
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pretend to be a judge, justice of the peace, warden, deputy sheriff, alderman, member of any city |
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or town council, city or town clerk, city sergeant, constable, correctional officer, |
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officer of any city or town in this state as well as any out-of-state police, or the attorney general, |
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deputy attorney general, assistant or special assistant attorney general, and shall act as such, shall |
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be imprisoned not exceeding one year or be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000). |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 11-15 of the General Laws entitled "Flags and Emblems" is hereby |
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amended by adding thereto the following section: |
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11-15-4.1. Unauthorized use of the emblem of the attorney general. -- No person, firm |
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or corporation shall use, without authorization, the emblem of the department of the attorney |
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general that is authorized by the attorney general or any such emblem used to imitate an emblem |
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of the department of the attorney general, for any purpose. Any person who violates any |
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provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, is |
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subject to imprisonment for up to one year, a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or |
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both. |
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SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- FLAGS AND EMBLEMS | |
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This act would make the unlawful use of the emblem of the department of the attorney |
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general a misdemeanor subject to up to one year imprisonment, a fine of up to five hundred |
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dollars ($500), or both. This act would also amend impersonation of a public officer to include |
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the unlawful impersonation of the attorney general, deputy attorney general, or assistant or |
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special assistant attorney general. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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