Current through 2024 Public Law 457
Section 6A-7-103 - Relation of chapter to treaty or statute(a) This chapter is subject to any treaty or statute of the United States or regulatory statute of this state to the extent the treaty, statute, or regulatory statute is applicable.(b) This chapter does not modify or repeal any law prescribing the form or content of a document of title or the services or facilities to be afforded by a bailee, or otherwise regulating a bailee's business in respects not specifically treated in this chapter. However, violation of such a law does not affect the status of a document of title that otherwise is within the definition of a document of title.(c) This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act ( 15 U.S.C. § 7001, et. seq.) but does not modify, limit, or supersede § 101(c) of that act ( 15 U.S.C. § 7001(c) ) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in § 103(b) of that act ( 15 U.S.C. § 7003(b) ).(d) To the extent there is a conflict between R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 42-127.1-1 - 42-127.1-20 (the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act) and this chapter, this chapter governs.R.I. Gen. Laws § 6A-7-103
P.L. 2006, ch. 112, § 6; P.L. 2006, ch. 135, § 6.