2016 -- S 2065 | |
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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 -- MISCELLANEOUS RULES | |
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Introduced By: Senators Raptakis, Conley, Lombardi, Satchell, and Archambault | |
Date Introduced: January 13, 2016 | |
Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 31-22-22.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-22 entitled |
2 | "Miscellaneous Rules" is hereby repealed. |
3 | 31-22-22.1. Child passenger protection -- Warnings of hazard and risk. -- (a) All law |
4 | enforcement officers in this state are authorized to provide a verbal warning to any person who |
5 | shall be deemed to have left a child under the age of seven (7) unattended in a motor vehicle. The |
6 | warning shall apprise the offending person of the dangers of this practice including, but not |
7 | limited to, the risk of kidnapping and/or abduction, and the dangers which may result from the |
8 | accumulation of excessive temperatures within the motor vehicle. |
9 | (b) No fine or sanction shall be imposed for a violation of this section, other than a |
10 | verbal warning, and no record of any kind shall be maintained of the warning. |
11 | SECTION 2. Chapter 31-22 of the General Laws entitled "Miscellaneous Rules" is |
12 | hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
13 | 31-22-22.2. Child passenger protection. – (a) It shall be a violation for any person in |
14 | control of a motor vehicle to leave a child under the age of seven (7) unattended in a motor |
15 | vehicle. |
16 | (b) Any person charge with a violation of this section shall, upon conviction, be fined not |
17 | more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), and may have his or her license to operate a motor |
18 | vehicle suspended for not more than three (3) years. |
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1 | SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS RULES | |
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1 | This act would make it an offense to leave a child under seven (7) years of age |
2 | unattended in a motor vehicle, punishable by a fine of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000), and |
3 | possible suspension of license not to exceed three (3) years. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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