§ 31-36-18. Appeals involving licenses or registrations.
(a) Any distributor, owner, or person aggrieved by any order of the administrator made under the provisions of this chapter or chapter 37 of this title, involving the issuance, suspension, or revocation of a license, permit, or certificate of registration or any other matter (but not including assessments of taxes, interest, and penalties) may appeal the order to the sixth division of the district court by filing within thirty (30) days from the date of the notice to the distributor, owner, or person of the issuance of the order appealed from, a petition in the court stating the grounds upon which the appeal is taken.
(b) Upon the filing of the petition, the court shall cause thirty (30) days’ notice of the pendency of it to be given to the administrator by serving the administrator in the manner in which subpoenas in equity are served, with a certified copy of the petition, and the petition shall follow the course of equity so far as the same is applicable. Upon hearing the petition the court may review the evidence taken at a hearing, investigator and examiner’s reports, or other information upon which the administrator’s action was taken, and may in its discretion, affirm or overrule or modify the order of the administrator. The taking of the appeal shall not operate as a stay of the order of the administrator from which the appeal is taken, and the order shall remain in full force and effect during the dependency of the appeal unless otherwise ordered by the court.
(c) A party aggrieved by a final order of the court may seek review of the order in the Supreme Court by writ of certiorari in accordance with the procedures contained in § 42-35-16.
History of Section.P.L. 1925, ch. 679, § 11; P.L. 1929, ch. 1405, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 45, § 7; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 70; G.L. 1956, § 31-36-18; P.L. 1967, ch. 181, § 7; P.L. 1976, ch. 140, § 16; P.L. 1982, ch. 388, § 21.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles
Chapter 31-36 - Motor Fuel Tax
Section 31-36-1. - Definitions.
Section 31-36-2. - Registration of distributors required.
Section 31-36-3. - Bond of a motor fuel distributor.
Section 31-36-4. - Suspension or revocation of registration.
Section 31-36-5. - Measurement and marking of capacity of vehicles for transportation of fuels.
Section 31-36-6. - Distributors’ sales records.
Section 31-36-7. - Monthly report of distributors — Payment of tax.
Section 31-36-8. - Declarations under penalty of perjury.
Section 31-36-11. - Interest on delinquent taxes — Actions for collections.
Section 31-36-11.1. - Interest on overpayments.
Section 31-36-12. - Tax as debt to state.
Section 31-36-13.1. - Other exemptions.
Section 31-36-14. - Purchase for export by distributor licensed in another state.
Section 31-36-15. - Refunds of motor fuel tax.
Section 31-36-16. - Payment of tax by persons other than distributors.
Section 31-36-17. - Carriers’ reports of deliveries.
Section 31-36-18. - Appeals involving licenses or registrations.
Section 31-36-19. - Penalty for violations.
Section 31-36-20. - Disposition of proceeds.
Section 31-36-20.1. - Repealed.
Section 31-36-21. - Deposit in mail as sufficient notice.