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	2018 -- H 7506
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	STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018
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	A N A C T
	RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - ADJUDICATION OF TRAFFIC
	OFFENSES

	Introduced By: Representatives McEntee, Craven, McKiernan, Lombardi, and Coughlin
	Date Introduced: February 08, 2018
	Referred To: House Judiciary
	(Attorney General)
	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
1	SECTION 1. Section 31-41.1-11 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-41.1 entitled
2	"Adjudication of Traffic Offenses" is hereby amended to read as follows:
3	31-41.1-11. Jurisdiction.
4	(a) The traffic tribunal shall have exclusive original jurisdiction over the adjudication of
5	charges under subdivision 31-27-2.1(b)(1) (Refusal to submit to chemical test first violation).
6	(b) The district court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction over the adjudication of
7	charges under subdivisions §§ 31-27-2.1(b)(2) and (3) (Refusal to submit to chemical test, second
8	violation and third and subsequent violations)., except that the traffic tribunal shall have exclusive
9	jurisdiction over the adjudication of charges under §§ 31-27-2.1(b)(2) and (3) (refusal to submit
10	to a chemical test, second violation, third and subsequent violations) in cases involving a request
11	to submit to a blood test.
12	(c) Nothing in subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be deemed to abrogate the
13	jurisdiction of any municipal court under the provisions of chapter 18 of title 8 of the general
14	laws.
15	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 - ADJUDICATION OF TRAFFIC
	OFFENSES
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1	This act would provide that the traffic tribunal would have exclusive jurisdiction for
2	second and subsequent violations of blood test refusals related to a suspected DUI.
3	This act would take effect upon passage.
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