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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 11-44-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-44 entitled "Trespass and |
2 | Vandalism" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 11-44-1. Vandalism -- Obstruction of lawful pursuits. |
4 | (a) Every person who shall willfully and maliciously or mischievously injure or deface or |
5 | destroy or write upon, paint, or otherwise deface the property of another, or obstruct the use of the |
6 | property of another, or obstruct another in the prosecution of his or her lawful business or pursuits, |
7 | in any manner, the punishment of which is not specifically provided for by statute, shall be guilty |
8 | of a petty misdemeanor and shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) five hundred |
9 | dollars ($500) and/or be imprisoned not exceeding one year one month, and shall be liable to make |
10 | restitution for the injury or damage caused. Every person convicted of a first offense under this |
11 | section shall be required to perform up to one hundred (100) hours one weekend of public |
12 | community restitution work, and for a second or subsequent conviction shall be required to perform |
13 | up to two hundred (200) hours two (2) weekends of public community restitution work. A weekend |
14 | of public community service shall be interpreted to mean from Friday at six o'clock (6:00) p.m. |
15 | through Sunday at six o'clock (6:00) p.m. Provided, further that every person who shall willfully |
16 | and maliciously or mischievously injure or destroy or write upon, paint or otherwise deface |
17 | government property, or obstruct the use of that property, shall be punished in accordance with this |
18 | statute. Jurisdiction for matters involving government property shall be concurrent with the district |
19 | court or the respective city or town police or municipal court. |
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1 | (b) Where the provisions of The Domestic Violence Prevention Act, chapter 29 of title 12, |
2 | are applicable, the penalties for violation of this section shall also include the penalties as provided |
3 | in ยง 12-29-5. |
4 | 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 make vandalism punishable as a petty misdemeanor with penalties of a five |
2 | hundred dollar ($500) fine and imprisonment of up to one month along with community service |
3 | requirements. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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