§ 5-2-1. City and town regulation and taxation of bowling alleys and establishments with three (3) or more billiard tables.
The town and city councils of the several towns and cities may tax, regulate, and, if they find it expedient, prohibit and suppress, bowling alleys and establishments with three (3) or more billiard tables in their respective cities and towns, conforming to law.
History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 40, § 16; G.L. 1909, ch. 50, § 16; G.L. 1923, ch. 51, § 16; G.L. 1938, ch. 333, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 5-2-1; P.L. 2022, ch. 231, art. 3, § 2, effective June 27, 2022.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 5 - Businesses and Professions
Chapter 5-2 - Bowling Alleys, Billiard Tables, and Shooting Galleries
Section 5-2-3. - Keeper of bowling alley, box ball alley, or billiard table defined.
Section 5-2-3.1. - Billiard table defined.
Section 5-2-4. - Providence — Regulation of bowling alleys.
Section 5-2-5. - Licenses for shooting galleries required.
Section 5-2-6. - Tax on bowling alleys and shooting galleries.
Section 5-2-7. - Bowling alley tax assessed against owner or occupant of building.
Section 5-2-8. - Collection and disposition of taxes.
Section 5-2-9. - Sunday operation of bowling alleys and billiard tables.
Section 5-2-10. - Licensing of billiard, bagatelle, pool, scippio tables and game rooms.
Section 5-2-11. - Billiard, bagatelle, pool, and scippio table and game room license fees.
Section 5-2-12. - Penalty for maintenance of unlicensed tables.
Section 5-2-13. - Permitting use of tables by minors.
Section 5-2-14. - Continuation of powers of boards and bureaus of police commissioners.