2016 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 43 - Statutes and Statutory Construction
Chapter 43-3 - Construction and Effect of Statutes
Section 43-3-17 - "Rhode Island highway system" defined.

RI Gen L § 43-3-17 (2016) What's This?

§ 43-3-17 "Rhode Island highway system" defined.

Wherever the words "state highway system", "state highways", "state roads", or any other words referring to public roads occur in any general law, public law, act, or resolution of the general assembly, they shall be defined as found in chapter 8 of title 24, unless the context of the law, act, or resolution requires a different construction as may be deemed necessary by the director of transportation.

History of Section.
(G.L. 1923, ch. 32, § 24; P.L. 1927, ch. 1054, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 309, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 43-3-17; P.L. 1988, ch. 633, § 7.)

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