§ 45-6-2 - Imposition of penalties for ordinance violations. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 45-6-2

   § 45-6-2  Imposition of penalties forordinance violations. – Town and city councils may impose penalties for the violation of ordinances andregulations, not exceeding in amount five hundred dollars ($500) orimprisonment not exceeding thirty (30) days in some jail or house ofcorrection, and/or require restitution in cases involving property damage orpersonal injury in an amount up to twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500) and/orfor voluntary community restitution for a town or city agency for not more thanten (10) days for any one offense, unless other penalties or penalties withinother limits are specially prescribed by statute, to be prosecuted by someofficer appointed for that purpose, and to be recovered to the use of the townor city, or of the person or persons, and in the proportions, that the councilsin their ordinances and regulations designate.