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 […]
Section 2-17-11. – Rules as to transportation and planting.
§ 2-17-11. Rules as to transportation and planting. The director of environmental management shall make any rules and regulations that he or she may deem expedient in combatting the disease with reference to the transportation of five (5) leaved pine trees and species of the genus ribes, or wood, lumber or other material derived from […]
Section 2-17-12. – Destruction of uninfected plants.
§ 2-17-12. Destruction of uninfected plants. If, in the opinion of the director of environmental management or his or her appointed agents, it becomes necessary to destroy five (5) leaved pines or species of the genus ribes not actually infected with the disease, the owner may receive compensation for any species of the genus ribes […]
Section 2-17-13. – Local appropriations.
§ 2-17-13. Local appropriations. Any town or city may make any appropriation it deems necessary towards the suppression of the nuisance within its limits, and may appoint an official with any powers and limitation it shall prescribe, to expend its appropriations in cooperation with the department of environmental management. History of Section.P.L. 1917, ch. 1540, […]
Section 2-17-14. – Unlawful importation or transportation.
§ 2-17-14. Unlawful importation or transportation. Any person importing into this state, or transporting from place to place within this state, contrary to the rules or regulations of the director of environmental management, any five (5) leaved pines or species of the genus ribes, shall be fined not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100). History […]