Section 2-7-17. – Seizure, condemnation, and sale.
§ 2-7-17. Seizure, condemnation, and sale. Any lot of commercial fertilizer not in compliance with the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to seizure on complaint of the director to a court of competent jurisdiction in the area in which the commercial fertilizer is located. In the event the court finds the commercial fertilizer […]
Section 2-7-18. – Violations.
§ 2-7-18. Violations. (a) If it appears from the examination of any commercial fertilizer that any of the provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations issued under this chapter have been violated, the director shall cause notice of the violations to be given to the registrant, distributor, or possessor from whom the sample […]
Section 2-7-19. – Exchanges between manufacturers.
§ 2-7-19. Exchanges between manufacturers. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to restrict or avoid sales or exchanges of commercial fertilizers to each other by importers, manufacturers, or manipulators who mix fertilizer materials for sale or as preventing the free and unrestricted shipments of commercial fertilizer to manufacturers or manipulators who have registered their […]
Section 2-7-20. – Constitutionality.
§ 2-7-20. Constitutionality. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this chapter shall for any reason be judged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, the judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this chapter but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or part directly involved […]
Section 2-7-21 – — 2-7-32. Repealed.
§ 2-7-21 — 2-7-32. Repealed.
Section 2-7-14. – Short weight.
§ 2-7-14. Short weight. If any commercial fertilizer in the possession of the consumer is found by the director to be short in weight, the registrant of that commercial fertilizer shall within thirty (30) days after official notice from the director pay to the consumer a penalty equal to four (4) times the value of […]
Section 2-7-15. – Cancellation of registrations.
§ 2-7-15. Cancellation of registrations. The director is authorized and empowered to cancel the registration of any brand of commercial fertilizer or to refuse to register any brand of commercial fertilizer as provided in this chapter, upon satisfactory evidence that the registrant has used fraudulent or deceptive practices in the evasions or attempted evasions of […]
Section 2-7-16. – “Stop sale” orders.
§ 2-7-16. “Stop sale” orders. The director may issue and enforce a written or printed “stop sale, use, or removal” order to the owner or custodian of any lot of commercial fertilizer and to hold at a designated place when the director finds the commercial fertilizer is being offered or exposed for sale in violation […]
Section 2-7-1. – Title.
§ 2-7-1. Title. This chapter shall be known as the “Rhode Island Commercial Fertilizer Law”. History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 168, § 2.
Section 2-7-2. – Responsibility for administration.
§ 2-7-2. Responsibility for administration. This chapter is administered by the director of the department of environmental management, referred to as the “director”. History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 168, § 2.