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RI Gen L § 23-23.1-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.1 - Air Pollution Episode Control|Section 23-23.1-7 - Amendment of orders.

§ 23-23.1-7. Amendment of orders.Any gubernatorial order may be amended or modified by further gubernatorial orders. That order or orders shall not require any judicial or other order or confirmation of any type in order to become immediately effective as the legal obligation of all persons, firms, corporations, and other entities within the state. The order shall remain in effect for the duration of time set forth in it, and if no time limit is specified in the order, it shall remain in effect until the governor declares by further proclamation that the emergency has terminated.History of Section.P.L. 1971, ch. 137, § 1: G.L. 1956, § 23-25.1-7; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23.1-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.1 - Air Pollution Episode Control|Section 23-23.1-8 - Enforcement of orders.

§ 23-23.1-8. Enforcement of orders.(a) The orders of the governor shall be enforced by the department of environmental management, the state council of defense, state and local police, and air pollution enforcement personnel forces. Those enforcing any governor's order shall require no further authority or warrant in executing it than the issuance of the order itself. Those authorized to enforce those orders may use such reasonable force that is required in the enforcement of those orders, and may take such reasonable steps that are required to assure compliance with those orders including, but without limiting the generality of the previous statement, the following:(1) Entering any property or establishment, commercial, industrial, or residential, believed to be violating the order (excepting single or double family homes or any dwelling unit within a multiple dwelling unit larger than a double family home) and, if a request does not produce compliance, causing compliance with the order;(2) Stopping, detouring, rerouting, and prohibiting motor vehicle travel and traffic;(3) Disconnecting incinerator or other types of combustion facilities;(4) Terminating all burning activities;(5) Closing down or restricting the use of any business, commercial, retail, manufacturing, industrial, or other establishment.(b) Where any person authorized to enforce this order believes or suspects it is being violated in a single or double family residence or within the dwelling portion of a larger multiple dwelling unit, the residence or dwelling portion may be entered only upon obtaining a search warrant from any judge having power to issue one.History of Section.P.L. 1971, ch. 137, § 1: G.L. 1956, § 23-25.1-8; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23.1-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.1 - Air Pollution Episode Control|Section 23-23.1-9 - Penalty for violations.

§ 23-23.1-9. Penalty for violations.Any person who violates any order of the governor or knowingly fails to comply with the directions of those authorized to enforce this chapter or knowingly interferes with the enforcement of the order or directions shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days or by both fine and imprisonment, and every person shall be guilty of a separate and distinct offense for each day during which the violation shall be repeated or continued.History of Section.P.L. 1971, ch. 137, § 1: G.L. 1956, § 23-25.1-9; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23.1-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.1 - Air Pollution Episode Control|Section 23-23.1-10 - Hearings.

§ 23-23.1-10. Hearings.Any aggrieved person, firm, or corporation or other entity upon application to the director shall be granted a public hearing on the question of whether or not the continuance of any order in whole or in part is unreasonable in the light of the then prevailing conditions of air pollution, the contribution to the air pollution of any particular activity, and the purposes of this chapter. The public hearing shall be conducted as quickly as possible by the director who shall give public notice of it. The director shall have the power to compel attendance, testimony, and the production of documents by the use of subpoena powers. The number of witnesses and the extent of testimony shall be within his or her control. If the director, upon conclusion of the hearing, determines that the order should be terminated, or modified in any way, he or she shall report the findings and recommendations to the governor for any action that he or she deems appropriate.History of Section.P.L. 1971, ch. 137, § 1: G.L. 1956, § 23-25.1-10; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23.1-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.1 - Air Pollution Episode Control|Section 23-23.1-11 - Promulgation of standby orders.

§ 23-23.1-11. Promulgation of standby orders.The director shall promulgate a set of proposed standby orders which might be appropriate for use by the governor upon declaration of the episode contemplated by this chapter. The standby control proposals, when approved by the governor, shall be distributed to the appropriate agencies and to all commercial and industrial concerns throughout this state concerned with enforcement or impact of this chapter and notice of their contents shall be given to the public. The director shall promulgate arrangements for the enforcement of the standby orders and, upon approval by the governor, notice of the arrangements shall also be distributed to the authorities, commercial and industrial concerns, and to the general public. The proposed standby orders and arrangements shall not, however, become operative except when directed by the governor in any order issued by him or her pursuant to a declaration of episode under this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1971, ch. 137, § 1: G.L. 1956, § 23-25.1-11; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23.5-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.5 - Noxious Trades|Section 23-23.5-1 - Prohibition in cities and towns.

§ 23-23.5-1. Prohibition in cities and towns.When any building or premises in any city or town in this state is or are occupied or used for carrying on the business of slaughtering cattle, sheep, or other animals, or for a melting or rendering establishment, or for other noxious or offensive trades, occupations, or employments, the city or town council, after appointing a time and place for a hearing, and after giving notice of the hearing to all persons interested, by public advertisement or otherwise, and after the notice and hearing, if in its judgment the public welfare and convenience so require, may prohibit by its order or decree the exercise of the trade, occupation, or employment in that building and on those premises, indefinitely, or for any period of time that it shall find that the public welfare and convenience shall require.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 93, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 109, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 122, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 600, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 180; G.L. 1956, § 23-24-1; P.L. 1967, ch. 59, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23.5-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.5 - Noxious Trades|Section 23-23.5-2 - Enforcement of order of prohibition.

§ 23-23.5-2. Enforcement of order of prohibition.A copy of the order or decree of prohibition under § 23-23.5-1 shall be served by the city or town sergeant upon the occupant or person having charge of that building and premises where the trade, employment, or occupation is exercised. If the party upon whom the order is served, for twenty-four (24) hours after that service, refuses or neglects to obey the order or decree, the city or town council may take all necessary measures to prevent this exercise, and any person continuing to occupy or use the building and premises shall forfeit the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) for every month of the occupancy and use, and in the same proportion for a longer or shorter time, to be recovered by the city or town treasurer in an action of the case.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 93, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 109, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 122, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 600, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-24-2; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23.5-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.5 - Noxious Trades|Section 23-23.5-3 - Appeal from order of prohibition - Jury trial.

§ 23-23.5-3. Appeal from order of prohibition — Jury trial.Any person aggrieved by the order or decree of the city or town council under § 23-23.5-1 may, within three (3) days from the service upon him or her, appeal to the superior court for the county where the city or town is situated, by filing his or her reasons of appeal, together with an attested copy of the whole proceedings appealed from, in the clerk's office of that court, and the court shall immediately hear the appeal; and either party to the proceedings may have a trial by jury of all questions of fact, by filing with the clerk of the court a demand for a trial by jury at least two (2) days before the day assigned for the hearing. In case of a jury demand, if the court shall not be in session for the purpose of jury trials, the clerk shall immediately issue a writ of venire facias directed to the sheriff of the county or his or her deputy, requiring him or her to summon twelve (12) jurors, being good and lawful citizens of the county, to try the issue; and if there shall not be a sufficient number of jurors attending in pursuance of the writ from which a jury may be impaneled, the court shall direct the issuing of other writs of venire facias to complete a jury. If any aggrieved person shall, by reason of accident, misfortune, or mistake, fail to appeal from this order or decree, and shall make it appear to the court that the failure was caused by accident or mistake, he or she may at any time within thirty (30) days from the service of the copy of the order or decree upon him or her appeal from the order or decree, and prosecute it with the same effect as if done within three (3) days.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 93, § 3; C.P.A. 1905, § 1115; G.L. 1909, ch. 109, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 122, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 600, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 23-24-3; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23.5-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.5 - Noxious Trades|Section 23-23.5-4 - Discontinuance of trade pending appeal.

§ 23-23.5-4. Discontinuance of trade pending appeal.During the pendency of the appeal under § 23-23.5-3 the trade, occupation, or employment shall not be exercised contrary to the order or decree; and upon any violation of the order or decree, the appeal shall immediately be dismissed.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 93, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 109, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 122, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 600, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 23-24-4; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23.5-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.5 - Noxious Trades|Section 23-23.5-5 - Judgment of court - Costs and damages.

§ 23-23.5-5. Judgment of court — Costs and damages.The court, upon the trial of an appeal under § 23-23.5-3, shall give judgment, agreeable to law and in accordance with the fact as found, that the order or decree be affirmed or annulled, or the court may alter or modify the order or decree, or upon a jury trial the jury may alter or modify the order or decree, and upon modification the verdict and judgment shall have the authority and effect of an original order from which no appeal had been taken. If the order or decree is affirmed, altered, or modified, the city or town shall recover its costs against the appellant; if it is annulled, damages by reason of obeying the order or decree of the city or town council may be recovered by the appellant against the city or town, in any court of competent jurisdiction, in a civil action.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 93, § 5; C.P.A. 1905, § 1230; G.L. 1909, ch. 109, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 122, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 600, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 23-24-5; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23.5-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.5 - Noxious Trades|Section 23-23.5-6 - City or town designation of place for slaughterhouse.

§ 23-23.5-6. City or town designation of place for slaughterhouse.The city or town councils of the several cities or towns may designate and establish the place or places where, subject to the provisions of chapter 27 of title 21, the business of slaughtering cattle and other animals shall be carried on, and vest in the occupant or owner a right to use and occupy that place, for the purposes of slaughtering cattle and other animals, until the right is withdrawn or suspended in the manner provided in § 23-23.5-7, or until that use and occupancy is abated as a public nuisance.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 91, § 8; G.L. 1909, ch. 107, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 119, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 601, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 23-24-6; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23.5-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.5 - Noxious Trades|Section 23-23.5-7 - Withdrawal by city or town of right to slaughter.

§ 23-23.5-7. Withdrawal by city or town of right to slaughter.Whenever, in the judgment of the city or town council of any city or town, the welfare and convenience of the city or town requires the withdrawal or suspension of the right of slaughtering provided for in § 23-23.5-6, the city or town council may withdraw or suspend that right, first giving to the owner or occupant of the place or places two (2) months notice in writing of its intention to withdraw or suspend that right.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 91, § 9; G.L. 1909, ch. 107, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 119, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 601, § 9; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 180; G.L. 1956, § 23-24-7; P.L. 1967, ch. 59, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23.5-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.5 - Noxious Trades|Section 23-23.5-8 - Penalty for continuation of business after notice to cease.

§ 23-23.5-8. Penalty for continuation of business after notice to cease.Every person who shall, after notice given as provided in § 23-23.5-7, commence or continue to carry on the business of slaughtering cattle or other animals in the place or places, shall be fined fifty dollars ($50.00) for every day during which he or she shall continue to carry on that business.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 91, § 10; G.L. 1909, ch. 107, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 119, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 601, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 23-24-8; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23.5-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.5 - Noxious Trades|Section 23-23.5-9 - Liability of city or town for suspension or withdrawal of right.

§ 23-23.5-9. Liability of city or town for suspension or withdrawal of right.In case of suspension or withdrawal by any city or town council of the right to slaughter cattle or other animals, the city or town shall be liable to the person to whom the right has been granted for any loss or damage resulting from the suspension or withdrawal, to be recovered by action of the case.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 91, § 11; G.L. 1909, ch. 107, § 11; G.L. 1923, ch. 119, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 601, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 23-24-9; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23.5-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.5 - Noxious Trades|Section 23-23.5-10 - Applicability of provisions to trades disturbing public welfare and convenience.

§ 23-23.5-10. Applicability of provisions to trades disturbing public welfare and convenience.The provisions of §§ 23-23.5-6 — 23-23.5-9 shall extend to the place of any manufacture of, or of working in, any article or substance the manufacture of which shall disturb the public welfare and convenience; provided, that prior to any action of the city or town council under this section, public notice of the pendency of any petition for that action shall be given in any mode and for any time as the council shall prescribe.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 91, § 19; G.L. 1909, ch. 107, § 19; G.L. 1923, ch. 119, § 19; G.L. 1938, ch. 601, § 18; G.L. 1956, § 23-24-10; P.L. 1967, ch. 59, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23.5-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.5 - Noxious Trades|Section 23-23.5-11 - Penalty for carrying on business in place not authorized.

§ 23-23.5-11. Penalty for carrying on business in place not authorized.Whenever the city or town council of any city or town shall have designated and established in the city or town a place in which the business of boiling bones, depositing filth, keeping swine, or slaughtering cattle or other animals, may be carried on, as provided in this chapter, every person who shall carry on that business in any other place shall be fined fifty dollars ($50.00) for each day on which he or she shall carry on that business.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 91, § 12; G.L. 1909, ch. 107, § 12; G.L. 1923, ch. 119, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 601, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 23-24-11; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23.5-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.5 - Noxious Trades|Section 23-23.5-12 - Expressing oil from fish.

§ 23-23.5-12. Expressing oil from fish.No person shall carry on the business of expressing oil from fish within any city or town, except in a place as shall be designated by the city or town council; provided, that any city or town council may at any time withdraw that designation, and that no city or town shall be held liable for any injury resulting to any person from that business carried on in any place as designated, nor shall any city or town be liable to the person to whom the right has been granted for any loss or damage resulting from the suspension or withdrawal of the right to carry on that business by the city or town at any time. Every person violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 91, §§ 16, 17; G.L. 1909, ch. 107, §§ 16, 17; G.L. 1923, ch. 119, §§ 16, 17; G.L. 1938, ch. 601, §§ 15, 16; G.L. 1956, § 23-24-12; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23.5-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.5 - Noxious Trades|Section 23-23.5-13 - Suit to restrain unlawful trades.

§ 23-23.5-13. Suit to restrain unlawful trades.In addition to the remedies existing at common law and under this chapter, the city or town council of any city or town may bring suit to restrain the unauthorized occupancy or use of any building or premises which are occupied or used for any trades or occupation provided for by this chapter.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 91, § 23; P.L. 1908, ch. 1524, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 107, § 23; G.L. 1923, ch. 119, § 23; G.L. 1938, ch. 601, § 22; G.L. 1956, § 23-24-13; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23.6-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.6 - Air Quality in Ice Arenas|Section 23-23.6-1 - Findings.

§ 23-23.6-1. Findings.The general assembly recognizes that carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless, and tasteless gas that can be harmful or fatal if not properly controlled. Ice resurfacing machines and other equipment with internal combustion engines, such as heaters, emit carbon monoxide. The general assembly recognizes that these emissions can result in ice arena carbon monoxide concentrations which can endanger coaches, children, referees, and other personnel on the ice and can endanger spectators who have underlying heart disease or other conditions that sensitize them to carbon monoxide. The general assembly finds that there is a need to protect human health and prevent exposure to elevated concentrations of carbon monoxide and other harmful gases in ice arenas.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 312, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23.6-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.6 - Air Quality in Ice Arenas|Section 23-23.6-2 - Definitions.

§ 23-23.6-2. Definitions.For purposes of this chapter:(1) "Department" means the department of health.(2) "Director" means the director of health, or his or her designee.(3) "Ice arena" means any building with a roof and partially or fully enclosed sides which contains an ice rink.(4) "Operator" means the person designated by the owner as responsible for the day to day operation of the ice arena.(5) "Owner" means the person having legal title to property and/or buildings. For purposes of publicly owned property only, the owner shall be defined to be the chief executive officer of the state or municipal agency which owns, leases or controls the use of the property.(6) "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, public or private institution, group, agency, political subdivision of this state, and other state or political subdivision or agency, and the legal successor, representative, agent, or agency of the foregoing.(7) "Resurfacing machine" means any internal combustion engine-powered machine used for modifying the ice rink surface.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 312, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-23.6-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-23.6 - Air Quality in Ice Arenas|Section 23-23.6-3 - Authority of the director.

§ 23-23.6-3. Authority of the director.The director is authorized to:(1) Take all measures necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter, including, but not limited to:(i) Receive and administer funding allocated for indoor air control programs by the state, agencies of the federal government and other appropriate funding sources;(ii) Require the owner of an ice arena to perform any tests of air quality that he or she may determine to be necessary to characterize the exposure of ice arena occupants to carbon monoxide and other harmful gases;(iii) Institute a public information program with the purpose of informing the public regarding health effects of carbon monoxide and other harmful gases in ice arenas, the necessity for testing air quality in ice arenas, the recommended practices for reducing elevated levels of carbon monoxide and other harmful gases in ice arenas, and related issues.(2) Issue any rules and regulations that may be necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter, including, but not limited to:(i) Establish air quality standards for carbon monoxide and other harmful gases in ice arenas;(ii) Establish criteria for certification of acceptable air quality in ice arenas;(iii) Establish criteria for sampling of carbon monoxide and other harmful gases in ice arenas;(iv) Require owners/operators of ice arenas to conduct appropriate monitoring for carbon monoxide and other harmful gases.(3) In promulgating standards and regulations authorized by this chapter, the director shall give due consideration to recommendations, standards and definitions of other states and the United States.(4) The director may assess fees for certificates of acceptable air quality issued in accordance with regulations promulgated pursuant to the authority conferred by this section. The director is authorized to assess fees for air quality inspections of ice arenas in accordance with regulations promulgated pursuant to the authority conferred by this section, provided that these fees are assessed only after procedures in accordance with chapter 35 of title 42 have been followed.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 312, § 1.