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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - DEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY

GENERAL - GUN CRIMES REPORT

     Introduced By: Representatives Filippi, Carnevale, Casey, Chippendale, and Reilly

     Date Introduced: January 20, 2016

     Referred To: House Judiciary

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Chapter 42-9 of the General Laws entitled "Department of Attorney

General" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

     42-9-12.1. Annual gun crimes law enforcement report. – (a) The attorney general shall

annually, on or before June 30, make a report in writing to the general assembly showing the

transactions of their office in relation to the enforcement of law with respect to crimes involving a

gun during the prior year ending on December 31.

     (b) The report shall show for each of the counties of the state the number of non-

warranted indictments and information cases with respect to crimes involving a gun pending at

the beginning of the year, and the number of warranted indictments and informations cases with

respect to crimes involving a gun pending at the beginning of the year, the number of indictments

returned and informations filed in such cases during the year, the number of indictments and

informations disposed of in such cases during the year:

     (1) By jury trial;

     (2) By jury waived trial;

     (3) Without jury trial on plea of guilty or nolo contendere; and

     (4) By a nol pros; and the number of non-warranted and warranted indictments and

informations pending at the end of the year.

     (c) The report shall also show the number of offenders in such cases punished by

sentence or imprisonment, or by the payment of a fine, or by both fine and imprisonment, or by

suspended or deferred sentence or probation, with the sentences and fines specified in each

instance.

     (d) The report shall be subdivided to show the sex of the offenders and the age of the

offenders, arranged by decades. The report shall be compiled using statistics provided by the

Rhode Island statewide judicial information system.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - DEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY

GENERAL - GUN CRIMES REPORT

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     This act would direct the attorney general to report annually to the general assembly on

the incidence and disposition of crimes involving guns.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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