Rhode Island § 45-3-19 § 45-3-19. Disorderly conduct at meeting.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 45-3-19 — § 45-3-19. Disorderly conduct at meeting.

Rhode Island § 45-3-19

Title 45Towns and cities

Ch. 45-3Town Meetings

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-3-19 (2026).

Text

§ 45-3-19. Disorderly conduct at meeting.
If any person conducts himself or herself in a disorderly manner in any town, representative
            district, or voting district meeting, the moderator may order that person to withdraw
            from the meeting; and, on the person's refusal, may order the town sergeant, or any
            town constable present, or any other persons, to take him or her from the meeting
            and to confine him or her in some convenient place until the meeting is adjourned.
            The person refusing to withdraw shall, for each offense, be fined not exceeding twenty
            dollars ($20.00).
         

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§ 45-3-19. Disorderly conduct at meeting.

If any person conducts himself or herself in a disorderly manner in any town, representative district, or voting district meeting, the moderator may order that person to withdraw from the meeting; and, on the person's refusal, may order the town sergeant, or any town constable present, or any other persons, to take him or her from the meeting and to confine him or her in some convenient place until the meeting is adjourned. The person refusing to withdraw shall, for each offense, be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00).

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 38, § 12; G.L. 1909, ch. 48, § 13; G.L. 1923, ch. 49, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 331, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 45-3-19; P.L. 2015, ch. 260, § 37; P.L. 2015, ch. 275, § 37.