Title 45
Towns and Cities

Chapter 6
Ordinances

R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-6-6

§ 45-6-6. Offenses punishable by state law.

No ordinance or regulation, made by a town council, shall impose or at any time be construed to continue to impose, any penalty for the commission or omission of any act punishable as a crime, misdemeanor, or offense, by the statute law of the state.

History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 40, § 29; G.L. 1909, ch. 50, § 30; G.L. 1923, ch. 51, § 33; G.L. 1938, ch. 333, § 33; G.L. 1956, § 45-6-6; P.L. 1990, ch. 65, art. 57, § 6; P.L. 1992, ch. 488, § 7.