R.I. Gen. Laws § 44-20-43

Current through 2024 Public Law 457
Section 44-20-43 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Violations as to reports and records

Any person who fails to submit the reports required in this chapter or by the tax administrator under this chapter, or who makes any incomplete, false, or fraudulent report, or who refuses to permit the tax administrator or the tax administrator's authorized agent to examine any books, records, papers, or stocks of cigarettes, other tobacco products or electronic nicotine-delivery system products as provided in this chapter, or who refuses to supply the tax administrator with any other information which the tax administrator requests for the reasonable and proper enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment up to one (1) year, or a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both, for the first offense, and for each subsequent offense, shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or be imprisoned not more than five (5) years, or both.

R.I. Gen. Laws § 44-20-43

Amended by 2024 Pub. Laws, ch. 117,§ 6-16, eff. 1/1/2025.
Amended by 2017 Pub. Laws, ch. 302, § 8-15, eff. 7/1/2017.
P.L. 1939, ch. 663, § 23, impl. am. P.L. 1940, ch. 875, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 44-20-43; P.L. 1968, ch. 263, art. 8, § 2; P.L. 1978, ch. 167, § 3; P.L. 1986, ch. 103, §7; P.L. 2007 , ch. 246, § 3; P.L. 2007 , ch. 250, § 3.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.