Chapter
329
2005 -- S 0349
Enacted 07/19/05
A N A C T
RELATING TO CRIMINAL LAW
Introduced By: Senators Damiani, and Polisena
Date
Introduced: February 09, 2005
It is
enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION
1. Section 11-47-9 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-47 entitled
"Weapons"
is
hereby amended to read as follows:
11-47-9.
Persons exempt from restrictions. -- The provisions of section 11-47-8
shall
not
apply to sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, the superintendent and members of the state
police,
members
of the Rhode Island airport police department, assistant director (adult
services), deputy
assistant
director, associate directors, members of the Rhode Island state marshals,
correctional
officers,
all within the department of corrections, members of the city or town police
force,
capitol
police investigators of the department of attorney general appointed pursuant
to section
42-9-8.1,
the witness protection coordinator for the witness protection review board
as set forth in
chapter
30 of title 12 and subject to the minimum qualifications of section 42-9-8.1, the director,
assistant
director, and other inspectors and agents at the Rhode Island state fugitive
task force
appointed
pursuant to section 12-6-7.2, railroad police while traveling to and from
official
assignments
or while on assignments, conservation officers, or other duly appointed law
enforcement
officers, nor to members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps of the
United
States, the National Guard, or organized reserves, when on duty, nor to members
of
organizations
by law authorized to purchase or receive firearms from the United States or
this
state,
provided these members are at or going to or from their places of assembly or
target
practice,
nor to officers or employees of the United States authorized by law to carry a
concealed
firearm,
nor to any civilian guard or criminal investigator carrying sidearms or a
concealed
firearm
in the performance of his or her official duties under the authority of the
commanding
officer
of the military establishment in the state of Rhode Island where he or she is
employed by
the United
States, nor to any civilian guard carrying sidearms or a concealed firearm in
the
performance
of his or her official duties under the authority of the adjutant general where
he or
she is
employed guarding a national guard facility, provided, that the commanding
officer of the
military
establishment shall have on file with the attorney general of this state a list
of the names
and
addresses of all civilian guards and criminal investigators so authorized, nor
to duly
authorized
military organizations when on duty, nor to members when at or going to or from
their
customary
places of assembly, nor to the regular and/or ordinary transportation of
pistols as
merchandise,
nor to any person while carrying a pistol unloaded and securely wrapped from
the
place of
purchase to his or her home or place of business, or in moving goods from one
place of
abode or
business to another. Persons exempted by the provisions of this section from
the
provisions
of section 11-47-8 shall have the right to carry concealed firearms everywhere
within
this
state; provided, that this shall not be construed as giving the right to carry
concealed firearms
to a
person transporting firearms as merchandise or as household or business goods.
SECTION
2. Section 12-7-21 of the General Laws in Chapter 12-7 entitled
"Arrest" is
hereby
amended to read as follows:
12-7-21.
"Peace officer" defined. -- "Peace officer", as
used within this chapter, means
the
following individuals or members of:
(1) Rhode Island state police;
(2) Any member of a municipal or local police department;
(3) Rhode Island marshals,
(4) Rhode Island airport corporation police;
(5) Rhode Island park police;
(6) Rhode Island capitol police;
(7) Rhode Island conservation officers;
(8) Rhode Island department of environmental management officers;
(9) Rhode Island fire marshals;
(10) Brown University police officers;
(11) University of Rhode Island campus police officers;
(12) Rhode Island College campus security;
(13) Campus security at the Community College of Rhode Island;
(14) Rhode Island sheriff's department;
(15) Rhode Island drug enforcement officers;
(16) The investigators of the department of attorney general appointed pursuant
to
section
42-9-8.1;
(17) The director, assistant director, and other inspectors and agents of the
Rhode Island
state
fugitive task force appointed pursuant to section 12-6-7.2;
(18) Any federal law enforcement officer; and
(19) Correctional investigators and correctional officers of the Rhode Island
department
of
corrections. ; and
(20)
The witness protection coordinator of the department of attorney general.
SECTION 3. This act
shall take effect upon passage.
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