Chapter 390
2005 -- H 5635
Enacted 07/19/05
A N A C T
RELATING
TO CRIMINAL LAW
Introduced
By: Representative Peter F. Kilmartin
Date
Introduced: February 16, 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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