Section 11-67.1-4 - Forced labor(a) A person commits the offense of forced labor if the person knowingly uses coercion to compel an individual to provide labor or services, except when such conduct is permissible under federal law or law of this state other than this chapter.(b) Every person who shall commit forced labor of a minor shall be guilty of a felony, subject to not more than fifty (50) years imprisonment, a fine of up to forty thousand dollars ($40,000), or both.(c) Every person who shall commit forced labor of an adult shall be guilty of a felony, subject to not more than twenty (20) years imprisonment, a fine of up to twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), or both.R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-67.1-4
Added by 2017 Pub. Laws, ch. 232,§ 2, eff. 7/18/2017.Added by 2017 Pub. Laws, ch. 260,§ 2, eff. 7/19/2017.