2020 -- S 2697

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR

ACTIONS

     

     Introduced By: Senators Coyne, Goldin, Seveney, DiPalma, and Murray

     Date Introduced: February 27, 2020

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 10-16-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 10-16 entitled "Small Claims

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and Consumer Claims" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     10-16-1. Actions subject to chapter.

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     In all ex contractu civil actions and in any action to recover the amount of any tax for

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money only not in excess of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) seven thousand dollars

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($7,000) exclusive of interest and costs, and in all actions or suits to recover damages resulting

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from a retail sale of tangible personal property to a member of the general public or from services

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rendered to a member of the general public in which the plaintiff seeks to recover an amount of

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money only not in excess of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) seven thousand dollars

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($7,000) exclusive of interest and costs, and in all actions or suits based upon a negotiable

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instrument involving an amount of money only not in excess of two thousand five hundred dollars

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($2,500) seven thousand dollars ($7,000) exclusive of interest and costs, the procedure shall, at the

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plaintiff's election, shown by his or her waiver of appeal, be as provided by this chapter.

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     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 COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR

ACTIONS

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     This act would increase the maximum amount to be recovered in civil court action as a

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small claims from two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) to seven thousand dollars ($7,000).

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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