H6029

	2023 -- H 6029
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	STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023
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	A N A C T
	RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- FALSE IMPERSONATION

	Introduced By: Representative Arthur J. Corvese
	Date Introduced: March 01, 2023
	Referred To: House Judiciary
	(Judiciary)
	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
1	SECTION 1. Section 11-14-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-14 entitled "False
2	Personation" is hereby amended to read as follows:
3	11-14-1. Impersonation of public officer.
4	Every person who shall falsely assume or pretend to be a judge, justice of the peace,
5	warden, deputy sheriff, alderman, member of any city or town council, city or town clerk, state
6	court clerk, city sergeant, constable, correctional officer, any other officer of any city or town in
7	this state as well as any out-of-state police, or the attorney general, deputy attorney general,
8	assistant or special assistant attorney general, and shall act as such, shall be imprisoned not
9	exceeding one year or be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).
10	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 CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- FALSE IMPERSONATION
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1	This act would provide that state court clerks be added to the list of public officers for
2	whom falsely assuming their identity would be a criminal offense.
3	This act would take effect upon passage.
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