2017 -- S 0798 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN | |
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Introduced By: Senator Frank S. Lombardi | |
Date Introduced: April 25, 2017 | |
Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
(Attorney General) | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 11-9-9 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-9 entitled "Children" is |
2 | hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 11-9-9. Powers of family court. |
4 | Where in §§ 11-9-1 -- 11-9-8 any authority is vested in any court, the authority vested in |
5 | the court or courts mentioned is transferred to the family court. The family court shall have |
6 | exclusive original jurisdiction over any and all complaints and offenses set forth in §§ 11-9-1 -- |
7 | 11-9-8, 11-9-12, 11-9-14, and 11-9-15, and shall have the authority to impose sentence as set |
8 | forth in chapter 1 of title 14. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, jurisdiction for |
9 | violations of §§ 11-9-1, 11-9-1.1, 11-9-1.2, 11-9-1.3, 11-9-1.5, 11-9-5.3 shall be vested in the |
10 | superior court. |
11 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN | |
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1 | This act would clarify that the jurisdiction for violations of §11-9-1.5 ("electronically |
2 | disseminating indecent material to minors prohibited") is vested in the superior court. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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