Rhode Island General Laws 11-22-16. Motorist aid call system – False reports – Damage to equipment
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Any person who willfully gives or causes to be given a false report or false information through the use of a telephone call-box installed along any highway by the department of transportation through its motorist aid call system, or who willfully damages, destroys, or removes any telephone call-box or other equipment of the system, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined two hundred dollars ($200). For a second or subsequent conviction under this section, a fine of five hundred dollars ($500) shall be imposed.
History of Section.
P.L. 1980, ch. 290, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 11-22-16
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6