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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 MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES

     Introduced By: Senators Ciccone, Walaska, McCaffrey, Lynch Prata, and Nesselbush

     Date Introduced: February 09, 2016

     Referred To: Senate Commerce

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Chapter 31-35 of the General Laws entitled "Responsibility of Parking

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

     31-35-2. Ordinances requiring acceptance of cash payments. -- Each city and town in

this state is authorized and empowered to pass ordinances requiring every person, firm, or

corporation engaged in the business of parking motor vehicles on outdoor or indoor parking lots,

operated by automatic controlled devices, to provide on the premises during operational hours a

person or persons to accept parking fees in cash, and to make change. Violation of this section

shall result in a fine of two hundred dollars ($200) daily, whereby one hundred dollars ($100) will

go to the municipality where the business is operated and one hundred dollars ($100) will go into

the general fund of the state.

     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 MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES

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     This act would authorize municipalities to require parking lots to have a person on site

during operational hours to accept cash payments. The proceeds from the fine for failure to

comply would be split between the municipality and the state.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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