Rhode Island § 11-28-1 § 11-28-1. Failure to pay state funds into treasury.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 11-28-1 — § 11-28-1. Failure to pay state funds into treasury.

Rhode Island § 11-28-1

Title 11Criminal Offenses

Ch. 11-28Malfeasance and Misfeasance in Office

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-28-1 (2026).

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§ 11-28-1. Failure to pay state funds into treasury.
Every officer or other person receiving or having in his or her hands money belonging
            to the state that should be paid into the state treasury, shall pay that money to
            the general treasurer within seven (7) business days after he or she shall receive
            it or at any other times that may be deemed necessary by the general treasurer. In
            the case of funds which have been received by the state court system, he or she shall
            pay at any other times that may be initially approved by the director of finance of
            the supreme court and then approved by the general treasurer or unless otherwise provided
          

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§ 11-28-1. Failure to pay state funds into treasury.

Every officer or other person receiving or having in his or her hands money belonging to the state that should be paid into the state treasury, shall pay that money to the general treasurer within seven (7) business days after he or she shall receive it or at any other times that may be deemed necessary by the general treasurer. In the case of funds which have been received by the state court system, he or she shall pay at any other times that may be initially approved by the director of finance of the supreme court and then approved by the general treasurer or unless otherwise provided by law. Every person who shall, without just cause, neglect or refuse to pay over that money, shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) or be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years.

Legislative History

P.L. 1896, ch. 29, § 20; G.L. 1909, ch. 39, § 20; G.L. 1923, ch. 37, § 16; G.L. 1938, ch. 605, § 26; G.L. 1956, § 11-28-1; P.L. 1987, ch. 137, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 418, § 1.