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R.I. Gen. Laws § 40-9.1-1

Declaration of policy

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 549 F. Supp. 592 - Rhode Island Handicapped Action Committee v. Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (1982)

Most recently applied in 549 F. Supp. 592 - Rhode Island Handicapped Action Committee v. Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (September 1982)

P.L. 1975, ch. 55, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 159, § 6; P.L. 1997, ch. 85, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 96, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 131, § 1.

It is the policy of this state that:

(1) Persons who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, hard-of-hearing or otherwise have a disability have the same rights as the able-bodied to the full and free use of the streets, highways, walkways, public buildings, public facilities, and other public places.

(2) Persons who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, hard-of-hearing or otherwise have a disability are entitled to full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges on any public conveyance operated on land or water or in the air, or any stations and terminals thereof, not limited to taxis, airplanes, motor vehicles, railroad trains, motor buses, street cars, boats; and in any educational institution, not limited to any kindergarten, primary and secondary school, trade or business school, high school, academy, college and university; and in places of public resort, accommodation, assemblage, or amusement, not limited to hotels, lodging places, restaurants, theater; and in all other places to which the general public is invited, subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to all persons.

(3) [Deleted by P.L. 2019, ch. 96, § 1 and P.L. 2019, ch. 131, § 1.]

Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.