2013 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 31 - Motor and Other vehicles
Chapter 31-41.1 - Adjudication of Traffic Offenses
Section 31-41.1-11 - Jurisdiction.
§ 31-41.1-11 Jurisdiction. – (a) The traffic tribunal shall have exclusive original jurisdiction over the adjudication of charges under subdivision 31-27-2.1(b)(1) (Refusal to submit to chemical test first violation).
(b) The district court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction over the adjudication of charges under subdivisions 31-27-2.1(b)(2) and (3) (Refusal to submit to chemical test, second violation and third and subsequent violations).
(c) Nothing in subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be deemed to abrogate the jurisdiction of any municipal court under the provisions of chapter 18 of title 8 of the general laws.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1999, ch. 218, art. 3, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 42, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 46, § 1.)
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