2018 -- H 7469

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018

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RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- BURGLARY AND BREAKING AND ENTERING

     Introduced By: Representatives Edwards, Craven, McEntee, Knight, and Keable

     Date Introduced: February 07, 2018

     Referred To: House Judiciary

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 11-8-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-8 entitled "Burglary and

Breaking and Entering" is hereby repealed.

     11-8-6. Entry to steal poultry -- Arrest -- Fine.

     Every person who breaks and enters, or enters in the nighttime without breaking, any

building or enclosure in which are kept or confined any kind of poultry, with intent to steal any of

the poultry, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or by a fine of

not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both. Every person who is discovered in the act of

willfully entering any building or enclosure in which are kept or confined any kind of poultry,

with intent to steal any of the poultry, may be arrested without a warrant by a deputy sheriff, town

constable, guard, police officer, or other person and detained in jail or otherwise until a complaint

can be made against him or her for the offense, and until he or she is taken on a warrant issued

upon the complaint, but detention without a warrant shall not continue more than twenty-four

(24) hours. One-half (1/2) of any fine imposed under this section shall inure to the complainant.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- BURGLARY AND BREAKING AND ENTERING

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     This act would repeal the section of the law which prohibits entering a building with

intent to steal poultry.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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