Section 45-6-6. – Offenses punishable by state law.
§ 45-6-6. Offenses punishable by state law. No ordinance or regulation, made by a town council, shall impose or at any time be construed to continue to impose, any penalty for the commission or omission of any act punishable as a crime, misdemeanor, or offense, by the statute law of the state. History of Section.G.L. […]
Section 45-6-7. – Publication of ordinances.
§ 45-6-7. Publication of ordinances. All ordinances, bylaws and regulations shall be printed and published in any manner that the town or city council directs; provided, that the city or town clerk delivers at least one copy of all ordinances including all amendments to those ordinances to the state law library and the state library […]
Section 45-6-8. – Officers for execution of ordinances — Enforcement expenses.
§ 45-6-8. Officers for execution of ordinances — Enforcement expenses. Town and city councils may appoint all necessary officers for the execution of their ordinances, bylaws, and regulations, may define their duties, and fix their compensation, where provisions are not made by law, and may remove any of these officers at pleasure, but no expense […]
Section 45-6-9. – Shut off of water supply for nonpayment of sewer user fees, charges, and assessments.
§ 45-6-9. Shut off of water supply for nonpayment of sewer user fees, charges, and assessments. (a) The Woonsocket city council is authorized to enact an ordinance to terminate the water supply service of any person assessed by the city of Woonsocket for water service for nonpayment of sewer user fees, charges, and assessments. The […]
Section 45-6-10. – Registration of vending machines.
§ 45-6-10. Registration of vending machines. (a) Every city or town, may, by ordinance require each person, corporation, partnership or other business operating a vending machine service for profit, prior to transacting or conducting business from any site within a city or town, to obtain without charge a registration certificate stating the name under which […]
Section 45-6-11. – Community restitution.
§ 45-6-11. Community restitution. The General Assembly declares that the words “community service” which appear throughout this chapter shall now be substituted with and referred to as “community restitution”. History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 454, § 6.
Section 45-6-12. – Liability for illegal dumping.
§ 45-6-12. Liability for illegal dumping. Cities and towns may, by ordinance, define as in violation of illegal dumping ordinances those people whose vehicles, either owned or leased, are used to carry materials to a place at which they are illegally dumped. Owners of title of leased vehicles and owners of vehicles that are reported […]
Section 45-6-2. – Imposition of penalties for ordinance violations.
§ 45-6-2. Imposition of penalties for ordinance violations. Town and city councils may impose penalties for the violation of ordinances and regulations, not exceeding in amount five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment not exceeding thirty (30) days in some jail or house of correction, and/or require restitution in cases involving property damage or personal injury […]
Section 45-6-2.1. – Repealed.
§ 45-6-2.1. Repealed.
Section 45-6-2.2. – Imposition of penalty for illegal dumping or malicious damage to street lights in the city of Warwick.
§ 45-6-2.2. Imposition of penalty for illegal dumping or malicious damage to street lights in the city of Warwick. (a) The city of Warwick may impose penalties for each violation of chapter 8 of the compiled ordinances of the city of Warwick not exceeding the sum of six hundred dollars ($600), or by imprisonment of […]