§ 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, […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 2-17-20. Research in Dutch elm and related diseases. The director of the department of environmental management shall, upon receipt of a mutually acceptable budget from the director of the agricultural experiment station of the university of Rhode Island, incorporate that item in his or her annual departmental budget so as to support adequately the […]
