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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Hull, McLaughlin, Bennett, Chippendale, and Giarrusso | |
Date Introduced: February 06, 2014 | |
Referred To: House Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 11-47-5.2 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-47 entitled |
2 | "Weapons" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 11-47-5.2. Possession of a stolen firearm. -- It shall be unlawful for any person to |
4 | possess a stolen firearm, knowing it to be stolen. Any person in violation of this section shall be |
5 | guilty of a felony and subject to imprisonment shall be imprisoned for not less than three (3) |
6 | years nor more than fifteen (15) years, and shall not be afforded the benefit of suspension or |
7 | deferment of sentence, nor of probation. |
8 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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1 | This act would require that mandatory jail sentencing imposed on the crime of possession |
2 | of a stolen firearm not be suspended or deferred. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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