2017 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 23 - Health and Safety
Chapter 23-27.3 - State Building Code
Section 23-27.3-109.1.3.2 - Penalties for violation as to manufactured homes.
§ 23-27.3-109.1.3.2. Penalties for violation as to manufactured homes.
Whoever violates any provision of the federal act, including § 610 (42 U.S.C. § 5409), §§ 23-27.3-109.1.3 - 23-27.3-109.3.4, or any federal or state regulation or final order issued thereunder shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed a thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation. Each violation of a provision of §§ 23-27.3-109.1.3 - 23-27.3-109.3.4, the federal act or any regulation or order issued thereunder shall constitute a separate violation with respect to each manufactured home or with respect to each failure or refusal to allow or perform an act required thereby, except that the maximum civil penalty may not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000) for any related series of violations, occurring within one year from the date of the first violation. Any individual, or a director, officer, or agent of a corporation who knowingly and willfully violates §§ 23-27.3-109.1.3 - 23-27.3-109.3.4 or any section of the federal act in a manner which threatens the health or safety of any purchaser shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1976, ch. 256, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 41, § 1.)
