Chapter 319
2018 -- S 2134 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 07/10/2018

A N   A C T
RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL -- GUN CRIMES REPORT

Introduced By: Senators Archambault, Lynch Prata, McCaffrey, Lombardi, and
Date Introduced: January 23, 2018

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
     SECTION 1. Chapter 42-9 of the General Laws entitled "Department of Attorney
General" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:
     42-9-12.1. Annual gun crimes law enforcement report.
     (a) The attorney general shall annually, on or before March 31, make a report in writing
to the general assembly showing the transactions of their the attorney general’s office in relation
to the enforcement of law with respect to crimes involving a gun during the prior year ending on
December 31.
     (b) The report shall show for each of the counties of the state the number of non-
warranted indictments and information cases with respect to crimes involving a gun pending at
the beginning of the year, and the number of warranted indictments and informations
information cases with respect to crimes involving a gun pending at the beginning of the year,
the number of indictments returned and informations filed in such these cases during the year, the
number of indictments and informations disposed of in such these cases during the year:
     (1) By jury trial;
     (2) By jury waived trial;
     (3) Without jury trial on plea of guilty or nolo contendere; and
     (4) By a nol pros; and the number of non-warranted and warranted indictments and
informations pending at the end of the year.
     (c) The report shall also show the number of offenders in such these cases punished by
sentence or imprisonment, or by the payment of a fine, or by both fine and imprisonment, or by
suspended or deferred sentence or probation, with the sentences and fines specified in each
instance.
     (d) The report shall be subdivided to show the sex of the offenders and the age of the
offenders, arranged by decades. The report shall be compiled using statistics provided by the
Rhode Island statewide judicial information system.
     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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