§ 11-9-1. Exploitation for commercial or immoral purposes. (a) Every person having the custody or control of any child under the age of sixteen (16) years who shall exhibit, use, or employ, or shall in any manner or under pretense sell, give away, let out or otherwise dispose of any child under the age of […]
§ 11-9-1.1. Child nudity prohibited in publications. Every person, firm, association, or corporation which shall publish, sell, offer for sale, loan, give away, or otherwise distribute any book, magazine, pamphlet, or other publication, or any photograph, picture, or film which depicts any child, or children, under the age of eighteen (18) years and known to […]
§ 11-9-1.2. Rebuttable presumption of minority upon testimony of physician. Whenever any person, firm, association or corporation is charged with a violation of the provisions of this chapter, testimony by a physician, duly authorized pursuant to the provisions of § 5-37-2, that based upon the physician’s examination of the book, magazine, pamphlet, or other publication, […]
§ 11-9-1.3. Child pornography prohibited. (a) Violations. It is a violation of this section for any person to: (1) Knowingly produce any child pornography; (2) Knowingly mail, transport, deliver or transfer by any means, including by computer, any child pornography; (3) Knowingly reproduce any child pornography by any means, including the computer; or (4) Knowingly […]
§ 11-9-1.4. Minor electronically disseminating indecent material to another person — “Sexting” prohibited. (a) Definitions as used in this section: (1) “Minor” means any person not having reached eighteen (18) years of age; (2) “Computer” has the meaning given to that term in § 11-52-1; (3) “Telecommunication device” means an analog or digital electronic device […]
§ 11-9-1.5. Electronically disseminating indecent material to minors prohibited. (a) Definitions as used in this section: (1) “Minor” means any person not having reached eighteen (18) years of age. (2) “Computer” has the meaning given to that term in § 11-52-1. (3) “Telecommunication device” means an analog or digital electronic device that processes data, telephone, […]
§ 11-9-1.6. Child erotica prohibited. (a) Definitions as used in this section: (1) “Minor” means any person not having reached eighteen (18) years of age. (2) “Produces” means produces, directs, manufactures, issues, publishes, or advertises. (3) “Visual portrayal” means any visual depiction as defined in § 11-9-1.3, including, but not limited to, any photograph, film, […]
§ 11-9-10. Abandonment of refrigerator in place accessible to children. Whoever, having been the owner of any refrigerator, icebox, chest, or other similar article, abandons that refrigerator, icebox, chest, or other similar article in any place accessible to children if the abandoned unit has an attached lid or door which cannot be opened easily from […]
§ 11-9-11. Designation of curfew streets. The police commissioners of any city or town having a police commission, and the chief of police of any other city or town, may designate certain streets in the city or town as curfew streets. No minor under sixteen (16) years of age shall be allowed to loiter on […]
§ 11-9-12. Penalty for loitering on curfew street. Any minor under sixteen (16) years of age, not accompanied by an adult person, who shall loiter on any curfew street after being directed by any police constable to cease loitering, shall be fined not exceeding five dollars ($5.00). History of Section.P.L. 1911, ch. 718, § 2; […]
§ 11-9-13. Sale or delivery of tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products to individuals under twenty-one (21) — Posting notice of law. No person shall sell, give, or deliver to any individual under twenty-one (21) years of age, any tobacco product in the form of cigarettes, bidi cigarettes, cigars, little cigars, flavored cigars known […]
§ 11-9-13.1. Cigarette and tobacco vending machines. (a) No cigarettes, nor any other tobacco product, nor electronic nicotine-delivery system product shall be sold from any device or vending machine that is in an area not continuously supervised and in direct line of sight of an authorized person employed by the person, firm, or corporation that […]
§ 11-9-13.10. Prohibition on the distribution of free tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products. The distribution and/or redemption of free tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products or coupons or vouchers redeemable for free or discounted tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products, to any individual under twenty-one (21) years of age shall be […]
§ 11-9-13.11. Prohibition on the sale or distribution of tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products, through the mail — Conveyance of tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products, through the mail to individuals under twenty-one (21) — Proof of age of purchaser required — General rule. (a) The distribution, or sale or conveyance of […]
§ 11-9-13.12. Enforcement and penalties — Citation for violation. (a) Any local or state of Rhode Island police department or the attorney general, their officers or agents, shall issue a citation for any violation of the requirements or prohibitions of this chapter. (b) The license holder receiving the citation may elect to plead guilty to […]
§ 11-9-13.13. Nature and size of penalties. (a) Any license holder who violates a requirement of § 11-9-13.6(2) or § 11-9-13.7, display of specific signage, shall be subject to a fine in court of not less than thirty-five dollars ($35.00), nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), per civil violation. (b) The license holder is […]
§ 11-9-13.14. Notification to the Department of Taxation of fines imposed. The court shall maintain records of any penalty, fine or suspension imposed under this chapter and notify within sixty (60) days the tax administrator of the penalty, fine or suspension imposed. History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 1.
§ 11-9-13.15. Penalty for operating without a dealer license. (a) Any individual or business who or that violates this chapter by selling or conveying a tobacco product without a retail tobacco products dealer license shall be cited for that violation and shall be required to appear in court for a hearing on the citation. (b) […]
§ 11-9-13.16. Rules and regulations. The department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals shall promulgate the rules and regulations necessary to fulfill the intent of §§ 11-9-13.2 — 11-9-13.20. History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 109, § 5; P.L. 2001, ch. 391, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 409, § […]
§ 11-9-13.17. Fines collected. (a) One-half (½) of all the fines collected pursuant to §§ 11-9-13.2 — 11-9-13.20 shall be transferred to the municipalities in which the citation originated. (b) One-half (½) of all the fines collected pursuant to §§ 11-9-13.2 — 11-9-13.20 shall be transferred to the general fund. History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. […]
