Rhode Island § 5-23-1 § 5-23-1. Definitions.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 5-23-1 — § 5-23-1. Definitions.

Rhode Island § 5-23-1

Title 5Businesses and Professions

Ch. 5-23Holiday Business

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-23-1 (2026).

Text

§ 5-23-1. Definitions.
(a) "Holiday,â€� whenever used in this chapter includes: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Fourth
            of July, Victory Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day (but
            only in those years that the governor by public proclamation designates it as a legal
            holiday), and Christmas, or on any day that any enumerated holiday is officially celebrated.
         
(b) "Retail establishment,â€� whenever used in this chapter, includes any business making
            sales at retail in this state, but this definition does not include victualing houses
            principally serving prepared food for consumption on and o

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§ 5-23-1. Definitions.

(a) "Holiday,â€� whenever used in this chapter includes: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Victory Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day (but only in those years that the governor by public proclamation designates it as a legal holiday), and Christmas, or on any day that any enumerated holiday is officially celebrated.

(b) "Retail establishment,â€� whenever used in this chapter, includes any business making sales at retail in this state, but this definition does not include victualing houses principally serving prepared food for consumption on and off the premises, including those houses licensed under chapter 24 of this title.

(c) "Town council,â€� whenever used in this chapter, includes "city councilâ€� except in the city of Providence where it means "bureau of licensesâ€� and any duly constituted licensing authority existing in any other city or town.

Legislative History

P.L. 1930, ch. 1566, § 1; P.L. 1932, ch. 1875, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 403, § 1; P.L. 1944, ch. 1451, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2721, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 5-23-1; P.L. 1976, ch. 169, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 16, § 1.