§ 23-33-28 Municipal regulation. –
No city or town shall have power to make any ordinance, bylaw or resolution
concerning elevators, escalators, or other devices subject to the provisions of
this chapter regarding the inspection, licensing, construction, installation,
maintenance, or repair of any elevator, escalator or other device subject to
the provisions of this chapter within the limits of the city or town, and any
ordinance, bylaw or resolution heretofore made or passed or concerning any of
the matters subject to this chapter, shall be void and of no effect. Any
application made to municipalities shall be immediately forwarded for
consideration and inspection to the division of occupational safety.
(G.L. 1896, ch. 40, § 26; G.L. 1909, ch. 50, § 27; G.L. 1923, ch. 51,
§ 27; G.L. 1938, ch. 333, § 28; impl. am. P.L. 1947, ch. 1882, §
5; G.L. 1956, § 23-33-28; P.L. 1992, ch. 47, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326,
§ 43.)