Chapter 21L

Section 1. As used in the chapter, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— ''Buzzards bay'', the waterway bounded and described as follows: from Sakonnet point southward to the north end of the Buzzards bay traffic s…

Section 2. (a) A person who knowingly or recklessly commits an environmental violation and thereby causes serious bodily injury to another human being:— (1) shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100,000 or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 20 years or …

Section 3. (a) The court: (1) shall, when sentencing an organization for an offense under clause (2) of subsection (a) of section 2 or for a second or subsequent offense under clause (2) of subsection (b) of said section 2; and (2) may, when sentencing an organization for a first…

Section 4. (a) A person who knowingly or recklessly commits an environmental violation and thereby causes serious bodily injury to another human being: (1) shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $100,000 for each violation in the case of an individual; and (2) in th…