It is the duty of the director of environmental management and the director of health to enforce the provisions of §§ 2-1-8 — 2-1-12 and to prosecute every person, firm or corporation violating the provisions. If in the judgment of the directors any person, firm or corporation has deliberately violated the provisions of §§ 2-1-8 — 2-1-12 or of chapter 6 of this title or chapter 17 or 18 of title 21, the directors shall inform the attorney general who shall prosecute in the manner provided by law. Whenever any prosecution takes place, the director of environmental management and the director of health, or any of his or her agents or deputies, are not required to give surety for the payment of costs.
History of Section.
G.L. 1923, ch. 241, § 39, as enacted by P.L. 1928, ch. 1181, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 209, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 2-1-12.