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R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-17.10-1. Civil violations — Jurisdiction — Penalties
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In order to handle minor environmental offenses in a fair and expeditious manner, the following environmental offenses are declared to be civil violations and shall be within the jurisdiction of the Rhode Island traffic tribunal. Penalties assessed for violations shall correspond…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-17.10-2. Form of summons
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(a) The form of the summons and the complaint authorized by this section shall be used for all environmental civil violations specified in § 42-17.10-1. The summons and complaint to be issued to an alleged offender shall contain such information, and be in such form, as may be re…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-17.10-3. Payment without personal appearance
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Any enforcement officer of the department of environmental management, the chief executive officer of any other police department citing persons for environmental civil violations in accordance with § 42-17.10-1, peace officers and other individuals authorized to enforce civil vi…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-17.10-4. Method of payment
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If the alleged violator elects to dispose of the charge without personally appearing before the traffic tribunal, the alleged violator shall execute the form indicated and return it to the traffic tribunal not later than twenty (20) days from the date of the summons either by mai…