Section 4-5-22. – Administration of tuberculosis-free areas.
§ 4-5-22. Administration of tuberculosis-free areas. After any area has been established pursuant to §§ 4-5-20 and 4-5-21, no cattle shall be brought or transported into that area, except in accordance with the provisions of §§ 4-5-7 — 4-5-10, and except that cattle transported through the area on the highways by truck or railroad, and […]
Section 4-5-23. – Violations as to tuberculosis-free areas.
§ 4-5-23. Violations as to tuberculosis-free areas. Any person or any officer or agent of any corporation who violates any provision of §§ 4-5-20 — 4-5-22 or who hinders or obstructs the director of environmental management or any other authorized person in the discharge of any duty imposed by the provisions of §§ 4-5-20 — […]
Section 4-5-14. – Quarantine of imported cattle — Intradermic test.
§ 4-5-14. Quarantine of imported cattle — Intradermic test. If after the importation of cattle by any person, firm, corporation, or association, the director of environmental management is of the opinion that any of the cattle imported are at risk to be infected with tuberculosis, or if he or she has reason to question the […]
Section 4-5-15. – Slaughter of infected cattle — Release of cattle free from tuberculosis.
§ 4-5-15. Slaughter of infected cattle — Release of cattle free from tuberculosis. If as the result of the test pursuant to § 4-5-14 it is found that any cattle are afflicted with tuberculosis, the diseased cattle shall be immediately slaughtered in the manner provided in § 4-5-3 and the state shall not be required […]
Section 4-5-16. – Penalty for violation of import requirements.
§ 4-5-16. Penalty for violation of import requirements. Any person taking cattle out of, or otherwise breaking, the quarantine provided for in § 4-5-14 or violating any other provision of §§ 4-5-12 — 4-5-15 shall be fined not less than twenty dollars ($20.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) or be imprisoned for not […]
Section 4-5-17. – Willful violations of import requirements.
§ 4-5-17. Willful violations of import requirements. When any person is shown to have knowingly brought into this state an animal suffering, or suspected to be suffering, with tuberculosis, or to have concealed the existence of that disease in any animal owned by him or her, that person is not entitled to any compensation for […]
Section 4-5-18. – Violations by public officers.
§ 4-5-18. Violations by public officers. (a) Any cattle commissioner, veterinarian or other officer, agent, or employee appointed by the director of environmental management, having immediate control of the carcass of an affected animal as described in § 4-5-3, who permits the disposal of that carcass or any part in any manner as will be […]
Section 4-5-19. – Penalty for violations generally.
§ 4-5-19. Penalty for violations generally. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter for which a penalty is not otherwise provided shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) or be imprisoned not exceeding one year. History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 241, § 30; P.L. 1927, ch. 1014, § 3; G.L. 1938, […]
Section 4-5-20. – Establishment of tuberculosis-free areas.
§ 4-5-20. Establishment of tuberculosis-free areas. The director of environmental management may, in his or her discretion, establish circumscribed areas within which all bovine cattle are subjected to the tuberculin test, but in no case shall that area be smaller than a single city or town as provided. Before this area is established, the owners […]
Section 4-5-21. – Advertisement of tuberculosis-free areas.
§ 4-5-21. Advertisement of tuberculosis-free areas. Before proceeding to quarantine an area and to test the cattle in the area pursuant to § 4-5-20, the director of environmental management shall advertise the establishment of that area in some newspaper published in one of the towns included in that area, or if there is no newspaper […]