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2024 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 40 - Human Services
Chapter 40-9.1 - Equal Rights to Public Facilities
Section 40-9.1-6. - Closed-captioning activation required.
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RI Gen L § 40-9.1-6. (2024)
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§ 40-9.1-6. Closed-captioning activation required.
(a) On request, a place of public accommodation shall keep closed-captioning activated on any closed-captioning television receiver that is in use during regular hours in any public area.
(b) This section does not require a place of public accommodation to make closed-captioning available in a public area at the place of public accommodation if:
(1) No television receiver of any kind is available in the public area; or
(2) The only public television receiver available in the public area is not a closed-captioning television receiver.
History of Section.
P.L. 2012, ch. 90, § 2; P.L. 2012, ch. 100, § 2.
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