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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- TRESPASS AND VANDALISM | |
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Introduced By: Senators Ciccone, Lombardo, and F Lombardi | |
Date Introduced: March 01, 2022 | |
Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 11-44-12 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-44 entitled "Trespass |
2 | and Vandalism" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 11-44-12. Injury to public property. |
4 | Every person who shall willfully cut or deface or otherwise injure any public building or |
5 | fence or other property shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) unless the amount |
6 | of damage exceeds one hundred dollars ($100). If that amount shall exceed one hundred dollars |
7 | ($100), then he or she shall be punished by a fine which is not less than three (3) times the amount |
8 | of the damage nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisonment not exceeding one year, |
9 | or both, and, in addition to any sentence, shall be ordered to make restitution in the full amount of |
10 | damage done. |
11 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- TRESPASS AND VANDALISM | |
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1 | This act would remove the phrase "or deface" from the prohibited acts relative to malicious |
2 | damage to public property. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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