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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- S 0736 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC002249 |
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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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| 13 | 13 | | |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- INDICTMENTS, INFORMATIONS AND |
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| 16 | 16 | | COMPLAINTS |
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| 17 | 17 | | Introduced By: Senators McKenney, and Burke |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: March 22, 2023 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: Senate Judiciary |
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| 20 | 20 | | (Attorney General) |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Section 12-12-17 of the General Laws in Chapter 12-12 entitled "Indictments, 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Informations and Complaints" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 12-12-17. Statute of limitations. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (a) There shall be no statute of limitations for the following offenses: treason against the 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | state; any homicide, arson, first-degree arson, second-degree arson, third-degree arson, burglary, 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | counterfeiting, forgery, robbery, rape, first-degree sexual assault, first-degree child molestation 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | sexual assault, second degree sexual assault, second-degree child molestation sexual assault, 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | bigamy; manufacturing, selling, distribution, or possession with intent to manufacture, sell, or 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | distribute, a controlled substance under the Uniform Controlled Substance Act, chapter 28 of title 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 21; or any other offense for which the maximum penalty provided is life imprisonment. 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (b) The statute of limitations for the following offenses shall be ten (10) years: larceny 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | under § 11-41-2 (receiving stolen goods), § 11-41-3 (embezzlement and fraudulent conversion), § 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 11-41-4 (obtaining property by false pretenses or personation), § 11-41-11 (embezzlement by bank 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | officer or employee), § 11-41-12 (fraudulent conversion by agent or factor), and § 11-41-13 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (obtaining signature by false pretenses), or any larceny that is punishable as a felony; any violation 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | of chapter 7 of title 11 (bribery); any violation of § 11-18-1 (giving false document to agent, 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | employee, or public official); perjury; § 11-37-6 (third degree sexual assault); any violation of 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | chapter 42 of title 11 (threats and extortion); any violation of chapter 15 of title 7 (racketeer 18 |
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| 44 | 44 | | influenced and corrupt organizations); any violation of chapter 57 of title 11 (racketeer violence); 1 |
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| 45 | 45 | | any violation of chapter 36 of title 6 (antitrust law); any violation of § 11-68-2 (exploitation of an 2 |
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| 46 | 46 | | elder); any violation of § 11-41-11.1 (unlawful appropriation); any violation of § 11-18-6 (false 3 |
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| 47 | 47 | | financial statement to obtain loan or credit); any violation of § 19-9-28 (false statement to obtain a 4 |
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| 48 | 48 | | loan); any violation of § 19-9-29 (bank fraud); or any violation of § 11-18-34 (residential mortgage 5 |
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| 49 | 49 | | fraud). 6 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (c) The statute of limitations for any other criminal offense shall be three (3) years, unless 7 |
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| 51 | 51 | | a longer statute of limitations is otherwise provided for in the general laws. 8 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (d) Any person who participates in any offense, either as a principal accessory or 9 |
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| 53 | 53 | | conspirator, shall be subject to the same statute of limitations as if the person had committed the 10 |
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| 54 | 54 | | substantive offense. 11 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (e) The statute of limitations for any violation of chapter 18.9 of title 23 (refuse disposal), 12 |
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| 56 | 56 | | chapter 19 of title 23 (solid waste management corporation), chapter 19.1 of title 23 (hazardous 13 |
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| 57 | 57 | | waste management), chapter 12 of title 46 (water pollution), and chapter 13 of title 46 (public 14 |
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| 58 | 58 | | drinking water supply) shall be seven (7) years from the time that the facts constituting the offense 15 |
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| 59 | 59 | | or violation shall have become known to law enforcement authorities, unless a longer statute of 16 |
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| 60 | 60 | | limitations is otherwise provided for in the general laws. 17 |
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| 61 | 61 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 18 |
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| 68 | 68 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 69 | 69 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 70 | 70 | | OF |
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| 71 | 71 | | A N A C T |
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| 72 | 72 | | RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- INDICTMENTS, INFORMATIONS AND |
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| 73 | 73 | | COMPLAINTS |
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| 74 | 74 | | *** |
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| 75 | 75 | | This act would include the offense of second-degree sexual assault among the offenses to 1 |
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| 76 | 76 | | which there shall be no statute of limitations and provides for a ten (10) year statute of limitations 2 |
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| 77 | 77 | | for third-degree sexual assault. 3 |
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| 78 | 78 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 4 |
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