It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

SECTION 1. {ADD Whereas, It is the intent of the general assembly to protect the safety and welfare of all the people of Rhode Island, young as well as old, and to punish those individuals who operate motor vehicles while under the influence of alcohol or drugs often resulting in death to innocent people; and further whereas, that act introduced as 96 S 2137 proposed to increase the mandatory minimum prison sentence as well as the license revocation period for any individual convicted of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor or drugs, resulting in death;

It is hereby provided that said act, having been passed by both the Senate and the House of Representatives in the January session 1996 and duly approved by His Excellency the Governor and which shall be published as a public law and codified as a Rhode Island general law may be henceforth known and cited as "Jillian's Law" in all legal proceedings and for all legal purposes. ADD}

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.