| Chapter 347 |
| 2018 -- H 7162 AS AMENDED Enacted 07/10/2018 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - DEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL - GUN CRIMES REPORT |
| Introduced By: Representatives Casey, Filippi, Craven, Keable, and Lima |
| Date Introduced: January 12, 2018 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Chapter 42-9 of the General Laws entitled "Department of Attorney |
| General" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
| 42-9-12.1. Annual gun crimes law enforcement report. |
| (a) The attorney general shall annually, on or before March 31, make a report in writing |
| to the general assembly showing the transactions of their the attorney general’s office in relation |
| to the enforcement of law with respect to crimes involving a gun during the prior year ending on |
| December 31. |
| (b) The report shall show for each of the counties of the state the number of non- |
| warranted indictments and information cases with respect to crimes involving a gun pending at |
| the beginning of the year, and the number of warranted indictments and informations |
| information cases with respect to crimes involving a gun pending at the beginning of the year, |
| the number of indictments returned and informations filed in such these cases during the year, the |
| number of indictments and informations disposed of in such these cases during the year: |
| (1) By jury trial; |
| (2) By jury waived trial; |
| (3) Without jury trial on plea of guilty or nolo contendere; and |
| (4) By a nol pros; and the number of non-warranted and warranted indictments and |
| informations pending at the end of the year. |
| (c) The report shall also show the number of offenders in such these cases punished by |
| sentence or imprisonment, or by the payment of a fine, or by both fine and imprisonment, or by |
| suspended or deferred sentence or probation, with the sentences and fines specified in each |
| instance. |
| (d) The report shall be subdivided to show the sex of the offenders and the age of the |
| offenders, arranged by decades. The report shall be compiled using statistics provided by the |
| Rhode Island statewide judicial information system. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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