Section 17-27-5. – Civil penalties.
§ 17-27-5. Civil penalties. (a) Any state vendor found by the board of elections to have willfully and knowingly violated the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) per offense. (b) Any state vendor found by the board of elections to have willfully […]
Section 17-28-1. – Purpose. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
§ 17-28-1. Purpose. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.] The general assembly finds that persons attempting to escape from actual or threatened domestic violence frequently establish new addresses in order to prevent their assailants or probable assailants from finding them. The purpose of this chapter is to enable victims of domestic violence and members of their […]
Section 17-28-2. – Definitions. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
§ 17-28-2. Definitions. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.] Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter. (a) “Address” means a residential street address, of an individual, as specified on the individual’s application to be a program participant under this chapter. (b) “Program participant” means a person certified as […]
Section 17-28-3. – Address confidentiality program — Application — Certification. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
§ 17-28-3. Address confidentiality program — Application — Certification. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.] (a) An adult person who is a victim of domestic violence and any member of his/her household may apply to the secretary of state to have an address designated by the secretary of state serve as the person’s address. The secretary […]
Section 17-25-28. – Board of elections — Regulation and auditing of matching fund program.
§ 17-25-28. Board of elections — Regulation and auditing of matching fund program. In addition to all other powers and duties established by law, the board of elections is empowered to adopt and enforce rules, regulations, and auditing procedures required to fulfill the mandates of §§ 17-25-19 — 17-25-27. The board is empowered, among other […]
Section 17-25.2-10. – Severability.
§ 17-25.2-10. Severability. If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof shall for any reason be judged invalid, that judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of the law, but shall be confined in its effect to the provisions or application directly involved in the controversy giving rise to the judgment. […]
Section 17-25-29. – Appropriations.
§ 17-25-29. Appropriations. In the event the funds generated by the tax credit of § 44-30-2(d) fail to produce sufficient money to meet the requirements of the public financing of the electoral system as set forth in §§ 17-25-19 — 17-25-27, then funds sufficient to meet the levels of the public financing as set forth […]
Section 17-25-30. – Public financing of election campaigns — Compliance benefits.
§ 17-25-30. Public financing of election campaigns — Compliance benefits. Any candidate eligible to receive public funds who complies in full with eligibility criteria for receipt of the funds shall be: (1) Entitled to an additional benefit of free time on community antenna television to be allocated pursuant to rules determined by the administrator for […]
Section 17-25-30.1. – Community antenna television — Rules and regulations.
§ 17-25-30.1. Community antenna television — Rules and regulations. The administrator for the division of public utilities for the state of Rhode Island shall formulate rules and regulations concerning the allocation of advertising time to be used by those candidates for public office who are eligible to receive public funds and who comply in full […]
Section 17-25.1-1. – Repealed.
§ 17-25.1-1. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 332, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2006, ch. 174, § 3, effective June 27, 2006; P.L. 2006, ch. 292, § 3, effective July 3, 2006.