S2435

	2018 -- S 2435
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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 TOWNS AND CITIES - ORDINANCES

	Introduced By: Senators Crowley, Nesselbush, and Conley
	Date Introduced: February 15, 2018
	Referred To: Senate Judiciary
	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
1	SECTION 1. Chapter 45-6 of the General Laws entitled "Ordinances" is hereby amended
2	by adding thereto the following section:
3	45-6-12. Liability for illegal dumping.
4	Cities and towns may, by ordinance, define as in violation of illegal dumping ordinances
5	those people whose vehicles, either owned or leased, are used to carry materials to a place at
6	which they are illegally dumped. Owners of title of leased vehicles and owners of vehicles which
7	are reported stolen prior to being used for illegal dumping shall be excluded from said ordinances.
8	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 TOWNS AND CITIES - ORDINANCES
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1	This act would allow cities and towns to issue violations to vehicles which are used for
2	illegal dumping of materials, pursuant to city and town ordinances.
3	This act would take effect upon passage.
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