2013 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 31 - Motor and Other vehicles
Chapter 31-36 - Motor Fuel Tax
Section 31-36-19 - Penalty for violations.


RI Gen L § 31-36-19 (2013) What's This?

§ 31-36-19 Penalty for violations. – Any distributor, purchaser, owner, or other person who fails or refuses to furnish any report or statement required to be made, or who fails or refuses to furnish any other data required by the tax administrator, or who files any false or fraudulent report, or who violates any provision of this chapter or chapter 37 of this title for which no other penalty is provided, shall be guilty of a felony, and shall for each offense be fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or be imprisoned for not exceeding one year, or be punished by both fine and imprisonment.

History of Section.
(P.L. 1925, ch. 679, § 6; P.L. 1925, ch. 679, § 12; P.L. 1929, ch. 1405, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 45, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 31-36-19; P.L. 1967, ch. 181, § 8; P.L. 1986, ch. 103, § 11.)

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