61 chapters · 464 sections in this title.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 6-13.3-1. Declaration of policy
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(1) It is the public policy of the state that environmental marketing claims, whether explicit or implied, must be substantiated by competent and reliable evidence so as not to deceive or mislead consumers about the environmental impact of products and packages. (2) Accurate and …
R.I. Gen. Laws § 6-13.3-2. Deceptive environmental marketing claims
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It is unlawful for any person, in the course of that person’s business, vocation or occupation, to make any untruthful, deceptive, or misleading environmental marketing claims about a product or package sold or offered for sale in this state. For the purposes of this chapter, “pe…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 6-13.3-3. Remedies
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(a) If the attorney general has probable cause to believe that a person is violating or has violated § 6-13.3-2, the attorney general may bring suit in the name of Rhode Island in the appropriate court to restrain that person from further violations of that section. (b) Before fi…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 6-13.3-4. Defenses
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It shall be a defense to any suit brought under this chapter that the person’s environmental marketing claims conform to the standards or are consistent with the examples contained in the guides for use of environmental marketing claims published by the Federal Trade Commission J…