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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 CRIMINAL OFFENSES - CHILDREN | |
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Introduced By: Senators Tassoni, Ottiano, Ciccone, and Cote | |
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Date Introduced: February 28, 2012 | |
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Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Section 11-9-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-9 entitled "Children" is |
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hereby amended to read as follows: |
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11-9-4. Contributing to delinquency. -- Every person who knowingly or willfully |
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encourages, aids, contributes to, or in any way causes any child under the age of |
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eighteen (18) years to violate any law of this state, or the ordinances of any town or city in this |
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state, or who knowingly or willfully encourages, aids, contributes to, or in any way causes any |
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child under the age of |
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conduct, or who, being the parent, parents, legal guardian, or person having the custody or the |
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control of any such child, permits or suffers the child to habitually associate with vicious, |
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immoral, or criminal persons, or to grow up in ignorance, idleness, or crime, or to wander about |
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the streets of any city or town in the nighttime without being in any lawful business or |
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occupation, or to enter any house of ill fame, policy shop, or place where any gambling is carried |
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on or gaming device is operated, or to enter any place where intoxicating liquors are sold, shall be |
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guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars |
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($500) or be imprisoned not exceeding one year. |
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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 require that anyone who contributes to the delinquency of a child under |
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the age of eighteen (18) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. It raises the age from sixteen (16) to |
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eighteen (18) to be included in this crime. |
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This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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