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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - MISCELLANEOUS RULES | |
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Introduced By: Senators Sosnowski, Tassoni, Crowley, DiPalma, and McCaffrey | |
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Date Introduced: January 24, 2012 | |
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Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Section 31-22-22.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-22 entitled |
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"Miscellaneous Rules" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
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31-22-22.1. Child passenger protection -- Warnings of hazard and risk. -- (a) All law |
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enforcement officers in this state are authorized to provide a verbal warning to any person who |
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shall be deemed to have left a child under the age of seven (7) unattended in a motor vehicle. The |
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warning shall apprise the offending person of the dangers of this practice including, but not |
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limited to, the risk of kidnapping and/or abduction, and the dangers which may result from the |
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accumulation of excessive temperatures within the motor vehicle. |
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(b) All law enforcement officers in the state are authorized to provide a verbal warning to |
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any person who is smoking, as defined in section 23-20.10-2, in a motor vehicle containing a |
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child who is restrained or required to be restrained pursuant to subsection 31-22-22(a). The |
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warning shall apprise the offending person of the dangers of this practice to children. No motor |
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vehicle may be stopped by any state or municipal law enforcement agency, nor may a law |
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enforcement officer search a motor vehicle, its contents, the driver or passengers, based solely on |
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such conduct. |
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verbal warning, and no record of any kind shall be maintained of the warning. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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This act would authorize police officers to provide a verbal warning to a person who is |
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smoking in a vehicle containing a restrained child. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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