§ 45-2-33. Additional substance abuse prevention assessment.
(a) Each city, town, or municipal court shall impose, in addition to all other assessments,
a substance abuse prevention assessment of thirty dollars ($30.00) to be levied against
those speeding violations enumerated within §§ 31-41.1-4 or those violations of any city, town, or municipal ordinance, the essential elements
of which are the same or similar to the offenses listed in §§ 31-41.1-4. The imposed and collected additional assessment of thirty dollars ($30.00) shall
be forwarded by the city, town, or municipality to the office of substance abuse in
the executive department, state of Rhode Island, within ten (10) business days of
the close of the city's, town's, or municipality's fiscal quarter. The department
of health shall deposit the assessment into the general fund.
(b) Whenever there occurs a violation of any city, town, or municipal ordinance which
purports to regulate the reasonable and prudent speed at which a vehicle may be driven
on a road as "roadâ€� is defined in § 31-1-23, then, in addition to the fine and/or punishment imposed by the city, town, or municipal
ordinance, the city, town, or municipal court shall impose an additional substance
abuse prevention assessment, of thirty dollars ($30.00). The imposed and collected
assessment shall be forwarded by the city, town, or municipality to the department
of health, state of Rhode Island, within ten (10) business days of the close of the
city's, town's, or municipality's fiscal quarter. The department of health shall deposit
the assessment into the general fund. The provisions of §§ 45-13-7 through 45-13-9 do not apply to this section.
(c) Whenever there occurs a violation of a city, town, or municipal ordinance for a motor
vehicle offense other than those similar to the offenses listed within § 31-41.1-4 or standing violations proscribed by ordinance, the city, town, or municipal court,
shall impose an additional substance abuse prevention assessment of thirty dollars
($30.00). The imposed and collected assessment shall be forwarded by the city, town
or municipality to the office of substance abuse, state of Rhode Island, within ten
(10) business days of the close of the city's, town's, or municipality's fiscal quarter.
The department of health shall deposit the assessment into the general fund.