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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - MISCELLANEOUS RULES

     Introduced By: Representatives Hull, McLaughlin, Bennett, and Chippendale

     Date Introduced: March 27, 2014

     Referred To: House Judiciary

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Chapter 31-22 of the General Laws entitled "Miscellaneous Rules" is

hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

     31-22-31. Parking payment evasion. – Every person who shall fraudulently evade or

attempt to evade the payment of any parking or storage fee by refusal, stealth, deception, or

unjustified failure to pay either a person or automated payment device, shall be required to pay a

fine of not less than thirty dollars ($30.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) for the first

offense, and a fine of one hundred dollars ($100) for every subsequent offense, and to pay the

parking amount due, along with all costs to repair any mechanical devices damaged or destroyed

while attempting to evade payment, and an administrative fee of thirty dollars ($30.00). A

parking payment evader under this section shall receive a traffic violation summons which shall

be subject to the jurisdiction of the traffic tribunal. The administrative fee due under this section

shall be remitted to the city or town in which the evasion occurred.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - MISCELLANEOUS RULES

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     This act would prohibit the fraudulent evasion of any parking and/or storage fee.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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