No person shall be convicted or found liable in any criminal prosecution or at any other proceeding brought by or in behalf of the state, the director or the public to enjoin, suppress, prohibit, or punish air pollution unless he or she knowingly violated a rule or regulation or order of the director, issued under the authority conferred upon him or her by this chapter; provided, that nothing in this section shall be held to affect any civil right action or remedy of any person at law or in equity.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-23-11
Violation required for criminal conviction
Known as the Clean Air Act
The act spans §§ 23–23 (40 sections).
P.L. 1966, ch. 256, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-25-11; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 361, § 1.
Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.