§ 39-14-11 - Penalties for violations. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 39-14-11

   § 39-14-11  Penalties for violations.– (a) Any person or the officers of any association or corporation who shallviolate any provision of §§ 39-14-1 – 39-14-17, 39-14-20(b),39-14-25 and 39-14-26, or any order, rule, or regulation adopted or establishedunder any provision, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100) orimprisoned not more than sixty (60) days or both, and his or her certificatemay be revoked, and the violation shall be a separate and distinct offense foreach day during which it shall continue.

   (b) The administrator may in his or her discretion, inaddition to seeking criminal sanctions, impose upon its regulated taxicabs andlimited public motor vehicles an administrative civil penalty (fine) inaddition to revoking or suspending the taxicab's and limited public motorvehicle's operating authority as conferred under this chapter. The fine shallnot exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) per each violation of the sectionscontained in this chapter or the division's orders, rules and regulationsissued and promulgated thereunder.