2009 Rhode Island Code
Title 45 - Towns and cities
CHAPTER 45-6 - Ordinances
§ 45-6-2 - Imposition of penalties for ordinance violations.

SECTION 45-6-2

   § 45-6-2  Imposition of penalties for ordinance violations. – Town and city councils may impose penalties for the violation of ordinances and regulations, not exceeding in amount five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment not exceeding thirty (30) days in some jail or house of correction, and/or require restitution in cases involving property damage or personal injury in an amount up to twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500) and/or for voluntary community restitution for a town or city agency for not more than ten (10) days for any one offense, unless other penalties or penalties within other limits are specially prescribed by statute, to be prosecuted by some officer appointed for that purpose, and to be recovered to the use of the town or city, or of the person or persons, and in the proportions, that the councils in their ordinances and regulations designate.