§ 23-33-27 Fine for noncompliance. –
The lessee or owner or owners of any building, or, in case the lessee or owner,
or any of them, be non compos mentis or a minor, the guardian of any such
lessee or owner, or in case the lessee or owner, or any of them, be a
nonresident, the agent of any such lessee or owner, having charge of the
property, who shall neglect or fail to comply with the provisions of this
chapter shall be fined in accordance with the provisions of § 22-33-20 for
each day that an elevator or other device shall be used or operated in the
building contrary to the provisions of this chapter. In case there shall be
several such lessees or owners or agents in charge of any building in which an
elevator or other device shall be used or operated contrary to the provisions
of this chapter proceedings may be had against any or all of them jointly, or
against any one of them, for the recovery of the fine.
(G.L. 1896, ch. 108, § 16; P.L. 1901, ch. 921, § 1; P.L. 1902, ch.
973, § 2; C.P.A. 1905, § 1121; G.L. 1909, ch. 129, § 16; P.L.
1910, ch. 549, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 171, § 16; G.L. 1938, ch. 356,
§ 16; G.L. 1956, § 23-33-27; P.L. 1994, ch. 181, § 1.)