Dumb Laws » Rhode Island http://www.dumblaws.com You won't believe the crazy laws in the United States, Canada, and around the world. We have dumb laws in California, New York, Florida... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:16:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Cap guns are illegal. http://www.dumblaws.com/law/1372 http://www.dumblaws.com/law/1372#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2004 19:14:30 +0000 Andy Cap guns are illegal.

]]> http://www.dumblaws.com/law/1372/feed 0 Ropes may not be strung across a highway. http://www.dumblaws.com/law/1373 http://www.dumblaws.com/law/1373#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2004 19:14:30 +0000 Andy Ropes may not be strung across a highway.

]]> http://www.dumblaws.com/law/1373/feed 0 http://www.dumblaws.com/law/1374 http://www.dumblaws.com/law/1374#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2004 19:14:30 +0000 Andy No one may bite off another’s leg.

]]> http://www.dumblaws.com/law/1374/feed 0 It is illegal to drive down any street with beer in your car, even if it is unopened. http://www.dumblaws.com/law/1184 http://www.dumblaws.com/law/1184#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2004 19:14:29 +0000 Andy It is illegal to drive down any street with beer in your car, even if it is unopened.

]]> http://www.dumblaws.com/law/1184/feed 0 It is illegal to use water on even-numbered days for the sole purpose of watering plants, gardens, or lawns. http://www.dumblaws.com/law/642 http://www.dumblaws.com/law/642#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2004 19:14:28 +0000 Andy It is illegal to use water on even-numbered days for the sole purpose of watering plants, gardens, or lawns. If you break this law there is a fine of $25-$100.

]]> http://www.dumblaws.com/law/642/feed 0 You cannot smoke a pipe after sunset. http://www.dumblaws.com/law/643 http://www.dumblaws.com/law/643#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2004 19:14:28 +0000 Andy You cannot smoke a pipe after sunset.

]]> http://www.dumblaws.com/law/643/feed 0 There is not an appeals process for exemtion of property tax due to a disability or poverty. http://www.dumblaws.com/law/644 http://www.dumblaws.com/law/644#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2004 19:14:28 +0000 Andy There is not an appeals process for exemtion of property tax due to a disability or poverty.

]]> http://www.dumblaws.com/law/644/feed 0 It is illegal to wear transparent clothing. http://www.dumblaws.com/law/645 http://www.dumblaws.com/law/645#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2004 19:14:28 +0000 Andy It is illegal to wear transparent clothing.

]]> http://www.dumblaws.com/law/645/feed 0 You may not sell toothpaste and a toothbrush to the same customer on a Sunday. http://www.dumblaws.com/law/646 http://www.dumblaws.com/law/646#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2004 19:14:28 +0000 Andy You may not sell toothpaste and a toothbrush to the same customer on a Sunday.

]]> http://www.dumblaws.com/law/646/feed 0 Rhode Island recently applied to the US Government to make all the coastal waters of Rhode Island a “No Discharge Zone”. http://www.dumblaws.com/law/647 http://www.dumblaws.com/law/647#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2004 19:14:28 +0000 Andy Rhode Island recently applied to the US Government to make all the coastal waters of Rhode Island a “No Discharge Zone”. The ostensible purpose was to prohibit the discharge of sewage by boats into the state’s waters. However, discharge of raw sewage into the state waters was already illegal. What the “No Discharge Zone” actually did was make it illegal to discharge TREATED sewage from a boat into state waters. What now happens is that boats (whose treatment systems far outperform municipal sewage treatment plants) are now required to disable their sewage treatment systems, and carry their sewage to a shore-based facility, which then dumps the partially treated sewage back into Rhode Island’s coastal waters.

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