Rhode Island § 44-20-43 § 44-20-43. Violations as to reports and records.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 44-20-43 — § 44-20-43. Violations as to reports and records.

Rhode Island·Title 44 Taxation·Ch. 44-20 Cigarette, Other Tobacco Products, and Electronic Nicotine-Delivery System Products

§ 44-20-43. Violations as to reports and records.
Any person who fails to submit the reports required in this chapter or by the tax
            administrator under this chapter, or who makes any incomplete, false, or fraudulent
            report, or who refuses to permit the tax administrator or the tax administrator's
            authorized agent to examine any books, records, papers, or stocks of cigarettes, other
            tobacco products, or electronic nicotine-delivery system products as provided in this
            chapter, or who refuses to supply the tax administrator with any other information
            which the tax administrator requests for the reasonable and proper enforcement of
            the provi

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§ 44-20-43. Violations as to reports and records.

Any person who fails to submit the reports required in this chapter or by the tax administrator under this chapter, or who makes any incomplete, false, or fraudulent report, or who refuses to permit the tax administrator or the tax administrator's authorized agent to examine any books, records, papers, or stocks of cigarettes, other tobacco products, or electronic nicotine-delivery system products as provided in this chapter, or who refuses to supply the tax administrator with any other information which the tax administrator requests for the reasonable and proper enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment up to one (1) year, or a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both, for the first offense, and for each subsequent offense, shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or be imprisoned not more than five (5) years, or both.

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Legislative History

P.L. 1939, ch. 663, § 23, impl. am. P.L. 1940, ch. 875, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 44-20-43; P.L. 1968, ch. 263, art. 8, § 2; P.L. 1978, ch. 167, § 3; P.L. 1986, ch. 103, § 7; P.L. 2007, ch. 246, § 3; P.L. 2007, ch. 250, § 3; P.L. 2017, ch. 302, art. 8, § 15; P.L. 2024, ch. 117, art. 6, § 16, effective January 1, 2025.