(a)  No person shall install a well or a pump within a water well unless registered or licensed with the proper authorities in accordance with this chapter, chapter 65 of Title 5, and chapter 65.2 of Title 5. Well drilling contractors are subject to the jurisdiction of the contractors’ registration and licensing board including the registration procedures of the board authorized by chapter 65 of Title 5 and in effect at the time of passage of this act.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 46-13.2-4

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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)  A municipality engaged in well drilling shall be exempt from the registration or license provisions of this chapter if the drilling is done by regular employees of, and with equipment owned by, the municipality, and the work is on wells intended for use by the municipality.

(c)  This chapter shall not restrict a plumber or electrician from engaging in the trade for which he or she has been licensed.

History of Section.
P.L. 1987, ch. 257, § 2; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 17, § 2.