§ 11-30-4. Penalty for nuisance involving intoxicating liquors.
Every person keeping or maintaining any common nuisance enumerated in § 11-30-2, or aiding in so doing, shall for the first offense be punished by a fine of not more than six hundred dollars ($600), and for a second and each subsequent offense shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or be imprisoned for not more than two (2) years in the adult correctional institutions, or both, in the discretion of the court. Money arising from fines imposed under this section shall be paid one-half (½) to the general treasurer of the state and one-half (½) to the treasurer of the town or city where the offense occurred.
History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 92, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 108, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 120, § 2; P.L. 1928, ch. 1176, § 1; P.L. 1932, ch. 1858, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 598, § 2; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-30-4; P.L. 1997, ch. 291, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Section 11-30-1. - Definitions.
Section 11-30-2. - Unlicensed manufacture or distribution of intoxicating liquor.
Section 11-30-3. - Penalty for common nuisance.
Section 11-30-4. - Penalty for nuisance involving intoxicating liquors.
Section 11-30-5. - Evidence as to intoxicating liquors.
Section 11-30-6. - Annulment of lease by maintenance of nuisance.
Section 11-30-7. - Landlord’s liability for nuisance.
Section 11-30-8. - Entry by police officers of premises — Commanding departure of persons found.
Section 11-30-9. - Officers commanding aid in execution.
Section 11-30-10. - Unlawful sale of beverages by club or association.
Section 11-30-11. - Injunction.
Section 11-30-12. - Slaughterhouses, rendering plants, garbage plants, and brick kilns.
Section 11-30-13. - Burning of decaying and waste substances.