§ 42-17.10-1. Civil violations — Jurisdiction — Penalties. In order to handle minor environmental offenses in a fair and expeditious manner, the following environmental offenses are declared to be civil violations and shall be within the jurisdiction of the Rhode Island traffic tribunal. Penalties assessed for violations shall correspond to the fines described. 20-1-12 Fixing […]
§ 42-17.10-2. Form of summons. (a) The form of the summons and the complaint authorized by this section shall be used for all environmental civil violations specified in § 42-17.10-1. The summons and complaint to be issued to an alleged offender shall contain such information, and be in such form, as may be required by […]
§ 42-17.10-3. Payment without personal appearance. Any enforcement officer of the department of environmental management, the chief executive officer of any other police department citing persons for environmental civil violations in accordance with § 42-17.10-1, peace officers and other individuals authorized to enforce civil violations as stipulated in § 42-17.10-1 who charges any person with […]
§ 42-17.10-4. Method of payment. If the alleged violator elects to dispose of the charge without personally appearing before the traffic tribunal, he or she shall execute the form indicated and return it to the traffic tribunal not later than twenty (20) days from the date of the summons either by mailing or delivering the […]
§ 42-17.10-5. Failure to answer or appear. In the event the person charged with a violation does not pay the fine administratively in accordance with the provisions of § 42-17.10-3, then he or she shall have waived his or her right to dispose of the violation without personal appearance, and the person charged with the […]
§ 42-17.10-6. Hearings. (a) Every hearing for the adjudication of a violation, as provided by this chapter, shall be held before a judge or magistrate of the traffic tribunal. The burden of proof shall be upon the state, and no charge may be established except by clear and convincing evidence. A verbatim recording shall be […]
§ 42-17.10-7. Violations by juveniles. The Rhode Island family court shall retain exclusive jurisdiction over violations of this chapter involving juveniles. History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 253, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 294, § 1.
§ 42-17.10-8. Suspension for failure to pay fine. The Department of Environmental Management shall immediately suspend all license(s) and registration of a person issued by the Department, and shall deny access to all services and facilities owned or managed by the Department, upon certification of a clerk of the traffic tribunal that the person has […]
