Rhode Island General Laws 5-16-7. Penalty for violations
Any person, and any official or agent of a corporation or association operating or maintaining a public laundry or making collections of articles to be washed or cleaned in a public laundry contrary to the provisions of this chapter, or who, in any way, interferes with any of the licensing authorities or their authorized agents in the inspection of any premises as prescribed in this chapter, or who operates or maintains any public laundry without a permit as prescribed in this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) days, or by both the fine and imprisonment, and each day of that operation after due notice from the licensing authorities is deemed a separate offense.
History of Section.
P.L. 1928, ch. 1200, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 369, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 5-16-7.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 5-16-7
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Licensing authorities: means the bureau or board of police commissioners of any city or town where that bureau or board of police commissioners is established; but where there is no bureau or board, it means the town council of a town and the city council of a city. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-16-1
- Person: means and includes a person, partnership, or corporation. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-16-1
- Public laundry: means and includes any plant or equipment conducted or operated as a laundry for profit, and for which business is solicited from the general public, but does not mean or include a laundry operated exclusively for and in connection with a hospital, school, or other institution, hotel, boardinghouse, or private dwelling, nor a laundry operated by one institution that also serves another institution. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-16-1