Section 2-17-15. – Obstruction — Violations.
§ 2-17-15. Obstruction — Violations. Any person who willfully resists or obstructs any official or agent appointed by the director of environmental management while lawfully engaged in the execution of the purposes of §§ 2-17-9 — 2-17-16 or who violates the provisions of § 2-17-14, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction […]
Section 2-17-16. – Prosecution of violations.
§ 2-17-16. Prosecution of violations. All prosecutions under the provisions of §§ 2-17-9 — 2-17-16 shall be instituted by the director of environmental management, and shall be directed by him or her, and all penalties recovered for the violation of any of the provisions of §§ 2-17-9 — 2-17-16 shall be paid into the treasury […]
Section 2-17-1. – Nuisances.
§ 2-17-1. Nuisances. The pupae, nests, eggs and caterpillars of the gypsy and brown-tail moths, and these moths, are declared public nuisances, and their suppression is authorized and required. No owner or occupant of an estate infested with those nuisances shall by reason of this infestation be liable to an action, civil or criminal, except […]
Section 2-17-17. – Plan for suppression.
§ 2-17-17. Plan for suppression. On the basis of the latest scientific knowledge available, the director of the department of environmental management shall prepare a plan in detail of the proper course of action to be taken to suppress, as far as possible, the spread of Dutch elm disease. History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3365, […]
Section 2-17-2. – Chief entomologist.
§ 2-17-2. Chief entomologist. The director of environmental management shall appoint, as chief entomologist, some person, qualified by scientific training and practical experience, to superintend the work of suppressing and exterminating the gypsy and brown-tail moths, who is responsible to the director for the performance of his or her work and whose duty it is […]
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, […]