§ 23-24-12 - Records of intrastate shipment. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 23-24-12

   § 23-24-12  Records of intrastate shipment.– For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter, carriers engagedin intrastate commerce and persons receiving hazardous substances in intrastatecommerce or holding hazardous substances that have been received shall, uponthe request of an officer or employee duly designated by the consumerprotection unit, permit that officer or employee, at reasonable times, to haveaccess to and to copy all records showing the movement in intrastate commerceof any hazardous substance, or the holding of the substance during or afterthis movement, and the quantity, shipper, and consignee of the substances; andit shall be unlawful for that carrier or person to fail to permit access to andcopying of any record requested when the request is accompanied by a statementin writing specifying the nature or kind of hazardous substance to which therequest relates; provided, that evidence obtained under this section, or anyevidence which is directly or indirectly derived from that evidence, shall notbe used in a criminal prosecution of the person from whom obtained; provided,further, that carriers shall not be subject to the other provisions of thischapter by reason of their receipt, carriage, holding, or delivery of hazardoussubstances in the usual course of business as carriers.