(a)  Any person aggrieved by a final decision or order of the local licensing authority made after a hearing or rehearing, whether or not a petition for a hearing was filed, may obtain judicial review of the decision by appeal to the superior court in accordance with chapter 35 of Title 42.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 5-5-18

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Local licensing authority: means the town councils of license boards of the several towns, the mayor and city council or license bureau of a city. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-5-2
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6

(b)  Filing of an appeal does not stay enforcement of the decision or order of the local licensing authority unless the stay is obtained from the court upon application in accordance with the rules of court or from the superintendent upon any terms and conditions that he or she deems proper.

History of Section.
P.L. 1987, ch. 479, § 2.