§ 5-70-1 Declaration of purpose
§ 5-70-2 Practices prohibited
§ 5-70-3 Definitions
§ 5-70-4 Licensing authority
§ 5-70-5 Form of license and registration
§ 5-70-6 Unauthorized practice prohibited – Criminal penalties – Injunctions
§ 5-70-7 Persons and work exempt
§ 5-70-8 Rules and regulations – Powers of the board
§ 5-70-9 Transition period
§ 5-70-10 Application
§ 5-70-11 Examination
§ 5-70-12 Reciprocity
§ 5-70-13 Grandfathering – Licensing of telecommunications systems contractors (TSC), telecommunications systems technicians (TST), and telecommunications systems limited installers (TSLI) without examination
§ 5-70-14 Renewal of licenses
§ 5-70-15 Certificate – Identification cards
§ 5-70-16 Fees
§ 5-70-17 Records
§ 5-70-18 Enforcement
§ 5-70-19 Local laws – Codes
§ 5-70-20 Severability
§ 5-70-21 Inspection and right of entry
§ 5-70-22 Authority of director to assess penalty

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 5-70 - Telecommunications

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
  • Design: means the act of creating a document, either manually or electronically, that defines the layout, placement, and/or configuration of telecommunication devices, infrastructure components, and/or physical topology(s); trunking or distribution routing(s) and/or their material components; telecommunication outlet locations and/or their material components; telecommunication closet locations and/or their material components for the purpose of defining telecommunication work licensed within this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-70-3
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • sound: means use or operation of apparatus for transmission of sounds and especially music and/or speech between distant points with or without connecting wires for broadcast or disbursement over a defined area. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-70-3
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • 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
  • telephony: means use or operation of apparatus for transmission of sounds and especially speech between distant points with or without connecting wires. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-70-3
  • town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8