(a)  This chapter is subject to any treaty or statute of the United States or regulatory statute of this state to the extent the treaty, statute, or regulatory statute is applicable.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 6A-7-103

  • Bailee: means a person that by a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title acknowledges possession of goods and contracts to deliver them. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-7-102
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8

(b)  This chapter does not modify or repeal any law prescribing the form or content of a document of title or the services or facilities to be afforded by a bailee, or otherwise regulating a bailee’s business in respects not specifically treated in this chapter. However, violation of such a law does not affect the status of a document of title that otherwise is within the definition of a document of title.

(c)  This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. § 7001, et. seq.) but does not modify, limit, or supersede § 101(c) of that act (15 U.S.C. § 7001(c)) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in § 103(b) of that act (15 U.S.C. § 7003(b)).

(d)  To the extent there is a conflict between R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-127.1-1§ 42-127.1-20 (the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act) and this chapter, this chapter governs.

History of Section.
P.L. 2006, ch. 112, § 6; P.L. 2006, ch. 135, § 6.