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\par }\pard\plain \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 \f6\fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {GENERAL LAWS OF RHODE ISLAND
\par TITLE 11.\~\~CRIMINAL OFFENSES 
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\par CHAPTER 18.\~\~FRAUD AND FALSE DEALING 
\par }\pard \qc \li120\ri120\widctlpar\faauto\rin120\lin120\itap0 {
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {R.I. Gen. Laws \'a7  11-18-32 \~
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\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\'a7  11-18-32. Video, audio and publication rentals 
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\par \~\~\~(a)\~
It is unlawful for any person to reveal, transmit, publish, or disseminate in any manner, any records which would identify the names and addresses of individuals, with the titles or nature of video films, records, cassettes, or the like, which they purcha
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ed, leased, rented, or borrowed, from libraries, book stores, video stores, or record and cassette shops or any retailer or distributor of those products, whether or not the identities and listings are kept in a remote computing service or electronic stor
age or the disclosure is made through or by a remote computing service. It is not unlawful to make disclosures to other employees of the library or business that are incident to the normal course of their work or pursuant to lawful compulsion. 
\par }\pard \ql \fi360\li0\ri0\sb120\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {(b)\~All records of these transactions shall be maintained as confidential and may only be released by written waiver. 
\par (c)\~Any person, firm, or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall be punished for each violation by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both. 
\par (d)\~Any person injured as a result of a violation of this section for each violation may bring a civil action against the violator for actual damages or for two hundred fif
ty dollars ($250), whichever is greater, plus reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs.  
\par 
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {TITLE 38}{.  }{Public Records
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\par CHAPTER 38-2}{ }{Access to Public Records
\par 
\par }{R.I. General Laws }{\f27 \'a7  }{38-2-2}{
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\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\'a7  38-2-2. Definitions 
\par 
\par \~\~\~As used in this chapter: 
\par }\pard \ql \fi360\li0\ri0\sb120\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\~\~\~(1)\~"Agency" or "public body" shall mean any executive, legislative, 
judicial, regulatory, or administrative body of the state, or any political subdivision thereof; including, but not limited to, any department, division, agency, commission, board, office, bureau, authority, any school, fire, or water district, or other a
gency of Rhode Island state or local government which exercises governmental functions, any authority as defined in \'a7
  42-35-1(b), or any other public or private agency, person, partnership, corporation, or business entity acting on behalf of and/or in place of any public agency. 
\par \~\~\~(2)\~"Chief administrative officer" means the highest authority of the public body as defined in subsection (a) of this section. 
\par \~\~\~(3)\~"Public business" means any matter over which the public body has supervision, control, jurisdiction, or advisory power. 
\par \~\~\~(4) (i)\~"Public record" or "public records" shall mean all documents, papers, letters, maps, books, tapes, photographs, films, sound recordings, magnetic or other tapes, electronic data processing records, computer stored d
ata (including electronic mail messages, except specifically for any electronic mail messages of or to elected officials with or relating to those they represent and correspondence of or to elected officials in their official capacities) or other material
 regardless of physical form or characteristics made or received pursuant to law or ordinance or in connection with the transaction of official business by any agency. For the purposes of this chapter, the following records shall not be deemed public: 

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\par \~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~(U) Library records which by themselves or when examined with other public records, would reveal the identity of the library user requesting, checking out, or using any library materials. 
\par \~\~\~\~\~\~(ii)\~However, any reasonably segregable portion of a public record excluded by this section shall be available for public inspections after the deletion of the inf
ormation which is the basis of the exclusion, if disclosure of the segregable portion does not violate the intent of this section. 
\par \~\~\~(5)\~"Supervisor of the regulatory body" means the chief or head of a section having enforcement responsibility for a particular statute or set of rules and regulations within a regulatory agency. 
\par \~\~\~(6)\~"Prevailing plaintiff" means and shall include those persons and entities deemed prevailing parties pursuant to }{\i 42 U.S.C. \'a7  1988.}{ 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\sb120\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i 02/03
\par }}