Rhode Island § 11-22-16 § 11-22-16. Motorist aid call system — False reports — Damage to equipment.

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§ 11-22-16 — § 11-22-16. Motorist aid call system — False reports — Damage to equipment.

Rhode Island § 11-22-16

Title 11Criminal Offenses

Ch. 11-22Highways

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-22-16 (2026).

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§ 11-22-16. Motorist aid call system — False reports — Damage to equipment.
Any person who willfully gives or causes to be given a false report or false information
            through the use of a telephone call-box installed along any highway by the department
            of transportation through its motorist aid call system, or who willfully damages,
            destroys, or removes any telephone call-box or other equipment of the system, shall
            be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined two hundred dollars ($200). For a second
            or subsequent conviction under this section, a fine of five hundred dollars ($500)
            shall be imposed.
         

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§ 11-22-16. Motorist aid call system — False reports — Damage to equipment.

Any person who willfully gives or causes to be given a false report or false information through the use of a telephone call-box installed along any highway by the department of transportation through its motorist aid call system, or who willfully damages, destroys, or removes any telephone call-box or other equipment of the system, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined two hundred dollars ($200). For a second or subsequent conviction under this section, a fine of five hundred dollars ($500) shall be imposed.