§ 11-36-12. Profiteering on tickets.
No person shall resell or offer for resale a ticket or tickets for passage of a person on a common carrier at an increase in price in excess of one dollar ($1.00) over the established rate for the passage and, whenever the resale is completed, the seller shall give to the purchaser a receipt indicating the amount paid for the ticket or tickets. Any person found guilty of violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500).
History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 59; P.L. 1944, ch. 1415, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-36-12.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 11-36 - Railroads and Carriers
Section 11-36-2. - Unauthorized stopping of train.
Section 11-36-3. - Throwing missiles at train.
Section 11-36-4. - Injuring railroad signals or signal lines.
Section 11-36-5. - Loitering on railroad or bus line property.
Section 11-36-6. - Trespassing on railroad right-of-way.
Section 11-36-7. - Posting of statute.
Section 11-36-8. - Removal of waste or packing from journal boxes.
Section 11-36-9. - Obstruction of street railway company.
Section 11-36-10. - Evasion of payment of fare.
Section 11-36-11. - Unauthorized presence on locomotive or freight train.
Section 11-36-12. - Profiteering on tickets.
Section 11-36-13. - Tampering with railroad switches.
Section 11-36-14. - “Railroad corporation” and “company” defined.