§ 5-23-6 - Enforcement – Penalties.
SECTION 5-23-6
§ 5-23-6 Enforcement – Penalties.– (a) Upon complaint filed with the director of labor and training by anyemployee or any consumer, or if a minor, by his or her parent or guardian, orby the lawful collective bargaining representative of an employee, that alicensee under this chapter has violated the terms of § 5-23-2, thedirector shall cause the complaint to be investigated, and if satisfied that aprobable violation has occurred shall issue a complaint against the licenseewith a notice for a hearing. The hearing shall be held before a hearing officerof the department of labor and training. If the director concludes on the basisof the hearing record that a violation has occurred, he or she shall issue acease and desist order to the licensee, or he or she shall refer the complaintto the attorney general for appropriate action as provided in subsection (c) ofthis section. The director shall issue regulations in conformity with law andpreserving the rights of due process of all parties to implement the provisionsof this subsection.
(b) Every licensed or unlicensed person, firm, orcorporation, including its officers and officials, who violates any of theprovisions of their license or the provisions of this chapter, except as setforth in subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not exceeding fivehundred dollars ($500) for the first offense and not exceeding one thousanddollars ($1,000) for each additional offense.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (a) and (b)of this section, suit for violation of the provisions of this chapter, prayingfor criminal or civil injunctive or other relief, may be instituted in thesuperior court by any city or town or by the attorney general.
(d) The penalty for opening and operating a business onDecember 25th of any year or on Thanksgiving Day, unless excepted, is, inaddition to subsection (b) of this section, a fine not exceeding thirty percent(30%) of the sales or proceeds for that day.