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	2015 -- S 0271
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	STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015
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	A N A C T
	RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- HOISTING ENGINEERS

	Introduced By: Senators P Fogarty, Ciccone, Ruggerio, Goodwin, and McCaffrey
	Date Introduced: February 11, 2015
	Referred To: Senate Labor
	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
1	SECTION 1. Section 28-26-11 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-26 entitled "Hoisting
2	Engineers" is hereby amended to read as follows:
3	28-26-11. Penalty for violations. -- Whoever, being an engineer or user or agent of
4	steam, internal combustion engines, electric, or compressed air hoisting machinery described in
5	this chapter, violates any provision of this chapter shall be fined not less than three hundred
6	dollars ($300) one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) nor more than one thousand one
7	hundred fifty dollars ($1,150) two thousand dollars ($2,000) per offense. Each day in which a
8	violation occurs shall be deemed a separate offense.
9	SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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	EXPLANATION
	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
	OF
	A N A C T
	RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- HOISTING ENGINEERS
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1	This act would increase the fines for violations of chapters regulating hoisting engineers.
2	This act would take effect upon passage.
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