Section 2-17-18. – Reimbursement of cities and towns for suppression.
§ 2-17-18. Reimbursement of cities and towns for suppression. Whenever any city or town expends funds for the suppression or elimination of Dutch elm disease in conformity with the plan created pursuant to § 2-17-7, it may request reimbursement from the state to the extent of one-half (½) of the total cost of labor and […]
Section 2-17-3. – Powers of director.
§ 2-17-3. Powers of director. The director of environmental management may make all necessary rules and regulations governing all work done by the chief entomologist to enforce the provision of §§ 2-17-1 — 2-17-8. The director may act in cooperation with any person or persons, corporation or corporations, including other states, the United States or […]
Section 2-17-19. – Appropriations and disbursements.
§ 2-17-19. Appropriations and disbursements. The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sums that are deemed necessary by the director of environmental management to carry out the provisions of §§ 2-17-17 — 2-17-20, and the state controller is authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of […]
Section 2-17-4. – Appropriations and expenses.
§ 2-17-4. Appropriations and expenses. To meet the expenses incurred under the authority of §§ 2-17-1 — 2-17-8 there shall be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the state any sum that the general assembly may annually appropriate, to be expended under the direction of the director of environmental management, from time to […]
Section 2-17-5. – Importation or transportation of infestation.
§ 2-17-5. Importation or transportation of infestation. No imagos, eggs, caterpillars, or pupae of the gypsy or brown-tail moths, and no lumber (new or old), wood, posts, shrubs, trees, or branches, stone or rubbish, nor any material which by reason of having been exposed to infestation is liable to carry the live eggs, imagos, caterpillars, […]
Section 2-17-6. – Local appropriations.
§ 2-17-6. Local appropriations. Any town or city may make any appropriation that it deems necessary for the suppression of the nuisances within its limits, and may appoint an official, with any powers and limitations that it shall prescribe, to expend the appropriation in cooperation with the chief entomologist appointed by the director of environmental […]
Section 2-17-7. – Obstructions — Violations.
§ 2-17-7. Obstructions — Violations. Any person who wilfully resists or obstructs either the chief entomologist or any official of a city or town, or a servant or agent appointed by the chief entomologist or by any other officials, while lawfully engaged in the execution of the purposes of §§ 2-17-1 — 2-17-8 or who […]
Section 2-17-8. – Willful transportation of infestation.
§ 2-17-8. Willful transportation of infestation. Any person willfully importing into this state, or willfully transporting from place to place within this state, any imagos, eggs, caterpillars, or pupae of the moths shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) and be imprisoned for not more than one year. History of Section.P.L. 1908, ch. […]
Section 2-17-9. – Nuisance.
§ 2-17-9. Nuisance. The white pine blister rust, a disease of five (5) needle pines and the species of the genus ribes, is declared to be a public nuisance, and its suppression is authorized and required. No owner or occupant of an estate infested with that nuisance is by reason of that infestation liable to […]
Section 2-17-10. – Powers of director.
§ 2-17-10. Powers of director. The department of environmental management shall take steps to suppress the nuisance described in § 2-17-9 and to this end the director of that department may make all necessary rules and regulations governing all work done under the provisions of §§ 2-17-9 — 2-17-16. The director may act in cooperation […]