§ 2-15-1. Registration of wood cutting operations. No person, firm or corporation, or any authorized agent of that person, firm or corporation, shall cut or saw standing or growing trees, shrubs or vegetation for commercial forest products, other than for the owner’s own domestic use, unless the person, firm or corporation is registered as a […]
§ 2-15-10. Control of injurious liquids. No person, firm or corporation shall cause, authorize or permit any brine water, oil, liquid dye, or other substance deleterious to plant life to lie, leak, pour, flow or drip on or into the soil about the base of a tree, shrub or plant in any public highway or […]
§ 2-15-11. Penalty for violations of §§ 2-15-6, 2-15-8, 2-15-9, and 2-15-10. (a) Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of §§ 2-15-6, 2-15-8, 2-15-9, or 2-15-10, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each offense. (b) The director […]
§ 2-15-12. Plants for taking of which permits are required. No person, firm or corporation shall dig up, pull up or take from the land of another or from any public domain, the whole or any part of any trailing arbutus (epigea repens), American holly (ilex opaca), white pine, red cedar, hemlock or other coniferous […]
§ 2-15-13. Transportation of contraband plants. No person, firm or corporation shall carry or transport or cause to be carried or transported or cause to be carried or transported by others, or by a common carrier, within the state of Rhode Island, any of the plants or parts of plants mentioned in § 2-15-12 unless […]
§ 2-15-14. Plants as prima facie evidence of violations. The presence in transit upon a public highway, or in the possession of a common carrier, of plants or parts of plants mentioned in § 2-15-12, not accompanied by a proper and valid permit is prima facie evidence of the violation of the provisions of §§ […]
§ 2-15-15. Arrest and prosecution of violators. Any police officer, sheriff or any employee of the department of environmental management having police powers may arrest a violator or violators of §§ 2-15-12 — 2-15-17 and cause him or her or them to be prosecuted before the proper court. History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 735, § […]
§ 2-15-16. Penalty for violations of §§ 2-15-12 — 2-15-17. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of §§ 2-15-12 — 2-15-17 shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for each offense. History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 735, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 2-15-16.
§ 2-15-17. Powers of department of environmental management preserved. No provision of §§ 2-15-12 — 2-15-17 shall be construed to divest the department of environmental management of any power or powers vested in that department. History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 735, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 2-15-17.
§ 2-15-2. Reports to department — Suspensions. Before any person, firm or corporation cuts or saws, as provided in this chapter, he or she shall at least five (5) days prior to the cutting or sawing notify the department of environmental management, on forms prepared by the department, of the location of the area and/or […]
§ 2-15-3. Violations. Any person, firm or corporation or agent who cuts or saws standing or growing trees, shrubs, or vegetation for commercial forest products from any location without first receiving a registration certificate shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100), nor more than five […]
§ 2-15-4. Exemptions from §§ 2-15-1 — 2-15-3. The provisions of §§ 2-15-1 — 2-15-3 shall not be construed to mean the cutting of shade trees or shrubs, or the cutting or sawing on single holdings of less than five (5) acres or to woodland owners who cut or saw, for sale to others, no […]
§ 2-15-5. Removal of injurious plants. The tree warden, the department of transportation, the department of environmental management or the park commission of any town or city or any state agency, may cause to be removed any trees or other plants within the limits of public highways or grounds under their respective jurisdiction, that are […]
§ 2-15-6. Injuries to trees and shrubs prohibited. (a) No person shall, without the consent of the tree warden, the department of transportation, the department of environmental management, or the park commission of any town or city use climbing spurs for the purpose of climbing ornamental or shade trees, and no person or agent of […]
§ 2-15-7. Throwing of debris prohibited. (a) No person, or agent of a firm or corporation, shall: (1) Deposit or throw any advertisement within the limits of any public way or grounds, or upon private premises or property, unless the advertisement is left at the door of the residence or place of business of the […]
§ 2-15-8. Permits for cutting or removal of plants or debris — Replacement of damaged or removed trees. (a) Whenever any person, firm or corporation other than a tree warden or his or her deputy, or an authorized agent of the department of transportation, or an authorized agent of the department of environmental management, or […]
§ 2-15-9. Control of injurious gases. No person, firm or corporation owning or using or having control or charge of gas or other substance shall knowingly permit that gas or other substance to come in contact with the soil surrounding the roots of any tree, shrub or plant in any public highway or on any […]
