{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-39-2-8","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-2-8","heading":"Penalty for violations.","body":"Any public utility which shall violate any provision of chapters 1 — 5 of this title, or shall do any act herein prohibited, or shall fail or refuse to perform any duty enjoined upon it for which a penalty has not been provided, shall be subject to a penalty of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), and in the case of a continuing violation of any of the provisions of the chapters, every day’s continuance thereof shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense.","path":["Title 39 Public Utilities and Carriers","Chapter 2 Duties of Utilities and Carriers"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE39/39-2/39-2-8.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:59:13Z","sha256":"f1f229c96d23e07c9a79ef7faf0607c537a3c899069c41f6a59fc37e5649ca51","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-39-2-7","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-39-2-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}