Title 23
Health and Safety
Chapter 27.3
State Building Code
Article 1
Administration and Enforcement
R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-27.3-107.8
§ 23-27.3-107.8. Restriction on employees' activities.
Neither the building commissioner, nor any full-time building officials, or full-time local inspectors, as defined in this code, shall be engaged in, or directly or indirectly connected with, the furnishing of labor, materials, or appliances for the construction, alteration, or maintenance of any building or structure, or the preparation of plans or specifications therefor for the state, in the case of the building commissioner, or within the municipality in which he or she is respectively employed in the case of a building official or local inspector unless the individual is the owner of the building or structure; nor shall any officer or employee associated with the state building office or municipality engage in any work that conflicts with his or her official duties or with the interests of the department of business regulation.
History of Section.
P.L. 1976, ch. 256, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 85; P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 4, § 4.