The license of any chauffeur or operator shall be immediately revoked upon receipt
by the division of motor vehicles of a record of the operator’s or chauffeur’s final
conviction for any of the following offenses and the term of revocation shall be for
the periods enumerated:
(1) Manslaughter resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle, or operating so as to
endanger resulting in death, three (3) years;
(2) Driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of a narcotic drug as defined in
chapter 28 of title 21, which renders him or her incapable of safely driving a motor vehicle, one year;
(3) Driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, the period
of time, if any, as may be ordered in the final sentence imposed by a court having
jurisdiction to impose the sentence;
(4) Any felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle is used, eighteen (18) months;
(5) Failure to stop and render aid as required under the laws of this state in the event
of a motor vehicle accident resulting in the death or personal injury of another,
two (2) years;
(6) Perjury or the making of a false affidavit or statement under oath to the division
of motor vehicles under any other law relating to the ownership or operation of motor
vehicles, two (2) years;
(7) Conviction, or forfeiture of bail not vacated, upon three (3) charges of reckless
driving committed within a period of twelve (12) months, three (3) years;
(8) Conviction of altered or fraudulent license used to purchase or attempt to purchase
alcoholic beverages, three (3) months.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
5
cases, 1969–1993 · leading case:
Beaudoin v. Petit, 409 A.2d 536 (R.I. 1979).
Beaudoin v. Petit, 409 A.2d 536 (R.I. 1979).
· cites it 15× “General Laws 1956 (1968 Reenactment) §31-11-6, as amended by P.L. 1974, ch. 120, §1, provides: “The license of any chauffeur or operator shall be forthwith revoked upon receipt by the registry of a record of such operator’s or chauffeur’s final conviction for any of the offenses…”
Taft v. Pare, 536 A.2d 888 (R.I. 1988).
· cites it 2× “Section 31-11-6. Clearly, both §§ 31-11-3 and 31-11-7 authorize the revocation of respondent’s license to drive under such circumstances.”
Levesque v. Rhode Island Dep't of Transp., 626 A.2d 1286 (R.I. 1993).
“Under § 31-32-4(C)(2), “[w]henever the license of any person shall have been suspended for having violated any provisions of the motor vehicle laws other than those enumerated in § 31-11-6, once (1) within a period of twenty-four (24) calendar months the registrar may in his or…”
Pelletier v. Williamson, 254 A.2d 90 (R.I. 1969).
“Such a revocation is mandated by §31-11-6 whenever a licensee has been finally convicted of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor.”
— R.I. Gen. Laws § 31-11-6(3) — 2 cases
Beaudoin v. Petit, 409 A.2d 536 (R.I. 1979).
“General Laws 1956 (1968 Reenactment) §31-11-6, as amended by P.L. 1974, ch. 120, §1, provides: “The license of any chauffeur or operator shall be forthwith revoked upon receipt by the registry of a record of such operator’s or chauffeur’s final conviction for any of the offenses…”
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