2018 -- H 7462 | |
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LC004368 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - FALSE REPORT OF CRIME | |
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Introduced By: Representative Robert A. Nardolillo | |
Date Introduced: February 07, 2018 | |
Referred To: House Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 11-32-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-32 entitled "Obstructing |
2 | Justice" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 11-32-2. False report of crime. |
4 | (a) Every person who shall knowingly make or cause to be made a false statement of a |
5 | crime, either oral or written, with intent that it be relied upon by a police officer of any city or |
6 | town or by any member of the state police, shall be deemed guilty of obstructing an officer and |
7 | shall be imprisoned not exceeding one year and/or be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars |
8 | ($500), and shall in addition to this imprisonment and/or fine be ordered to make restitution to the |
9 | person falsely accused of a crime for any damage which the person sustained as a result of the |
10 | false complaint. |
11 | (b) Every person who shall knowingly make, or cause to be made, a false statement of a |
12 | crime, either oral or written, with intent that it be relied upon by a police officer of any city or |
13 | town or by any member of the state police, concerning a report of a kidnapping or an attempted |
14 | murder in progress shall be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years and/or fined not exceeding |
15 | ten thousand dollars ($10,000) and shall in addition to this imprisonment and/or fine be ordered to |
16 | make restitution to the person falsely accused of a crime for any damage which the person |
17 | sustained as a result of the false complaint. |
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1 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
OF | |
A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - FALSE REPORT OF CRIME | |
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1 | This act would create an enhanced felony penalty for a person who falsely complains to |
2 | police about a kidnapping or attempted murder, in progress. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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