R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-41.1-13: Scope of chapter.

This chapter shall not apply to the owner of a shopping cart or laundry cart, or dairy case or egg basket or poultry box, or bakery container, dispenser case, or plastic bulk merchandise container or to a retailer, or to their agents or employees, or to a customer who has written consent from the owner of a shopping cart, laundry cart, dairy case, dispenser case, egg basket, or poultry box, or bakery container or plastic bulk merchandise container or from a retailer, to possess the cart, case, basket, box bakery container, or plastic bulk merchandise container or to remove it from the premises or the parking area of the retail establishment.