(a)  Except as provided in this chapter, no individual, firm, or corporation shall provide, or offer to provide, telecommunications services in this state or use any title, sign, card, or device implying that the individual, firm, or corporation is qualified to provide telecommunications services unless that individual, firm, or corporation is the beneficial holder of a currently valid license issued pursuant to this chapter.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 5-70-6

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Telecommunications systems: means any system involved in the sending and/or receiving at a distance of voice, sound, data, and/or video transmissions. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-70-3

(b)  Any individual, partnership, or corporation that is found to have violated subsection (a), after notice and a hearing before the board of examination and licensing of telecommunications systems contractors, technicians, and installers, and approved by the director of labor and training, shall be obligated to pay a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) for the first offense, and a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each subsequent offense.

(c)  The director of labor and training has the power to institute injunction proceedings in superior court to prevent violations of subsection (a).

History of Section.
P.L. 1994, ch. 346, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 340, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 175, § 1.