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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- H 5361 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC001049 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Representatives Felix, Knight, Kazarian, Morales, Alzate, McNamara, |
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| 17 | 17 | | Stewart, Potter, Henries, and Cruz |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: February 03, 2023 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: House Judiciary |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Section 11-1-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-1 entitled "General 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Provisions" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 11-1-2. Felony, misdemeanor — Petty misdemeanor, and violation distinguished. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (a) Unless otherwise provided, any criminal offense which at any given time may be 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | punished by imprisonment for a term of more than one year, or by a fine of more than one thousand 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | dollars ($1,000), is declared to be a felony; any criminal offense which may be punishable by 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | imprisonment for a term of more than six (6) months and not exceeding one year three hundred 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | sixty-four (364) days, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both, is 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | declared to be a or solely by a fine of more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both, is declared 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | to be a misdemeanor; any criminal offense which may be punishable by imprisonment for a term 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | not exceeding six (6) months or solely by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | both, and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) is declared to be a petty misdemeanor; and 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | any offense which may be punished by only a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) is 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | declared to be a violation. 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b) Whenever the phrase "one year" appears in any provision of the general or public laws 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | in reference to the maximum sentence of imprisonment that may be imposed, such phrase shall 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | mean, be interpreted as, and be applied as three hundred sixty-four (364) days. 17 |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 1 |
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| 49 | 49 | | LC001049 - Page 3 of 3 |
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| 50 | 50 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 51 | 51 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 52 | 52 | | OF |
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| 53 | 53 | | A N A C T |
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| 54 | 54 | | RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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| 55 | 55 | | *** |
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| 56 | 56 | | This act would further delineate the definitions of felony, misdemeanor and petty 1 |
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| 57 | 57 | | misdemeanor. 2 |
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| 58 | 58 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 3 |
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