(a)  No person shall dispose of any telephone directory within the state except through established systems of recycling.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.8-5

  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Telephone directory: means a soft cover listing of telephone numbers and addresses by telephone listing territories commonly listed alphabetically or by occupation and distributed to households and businesses on behalf of telecommunications utilities or private advertisers; and

    (6)  "Telephone directory distributor" means any party which distributes telephone directories within the state, and shall include the principal of the party if the party is an agent and the principal is located or doing business in the state. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.8-2.1

(b)  Any telephone directory produced for distribution in the state shall be bound with a binder which will not interfere with recyclability.

History of Section.
P.L. 1990, ch. 518, § 2; P.L. 1995, ch. 183, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 213, § 1.