Rhode Island General Laws Title 42. State Affairs and Government § 42-17.2-2. Definitions

(i) “Chair lift”, a type of transportation on which passengers are carried on chairs suspended in the air and attached to a moving cable, chain or link belt supported by trestles or towers with one or more spans, or similar devices.

(ii) “Jay bar, T bar, poma lift, platter pull, so called”, and similar types of devices, are means of transportation which pull skiers riding on skis by means of an attachment to a main overhead cable supported by trestles or towers with one or more spans.

(iii) “Multi-car passenger tramway”, a device used to transport passengers in several open or enclosed cars attached to, and suspended from, a moving wire rope, or attached to a moving wire rope and supported on a standing wire rope, or similar devices.

(iv) “Rope tow”, a type of transportation which pulls the skiers riding on skis as the skier grasps the rope manually, or similar devices.

(v) “Skimobile”, a device in which a passenger car running on steel or wooden tracks is attached to and pulled by a steel cable, or similar devices.

(vi) “Two-car passenger tramway”, a device used to transport passengers in two (2) open or enclosed cars attached to, and suspended from, a moving wire rope, or attached to a moving wire rope and supported on a standing wire rope, or similar devices.