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RI Gen L § 2-7-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-7 - Commercial Fertilizer|Section 2-7-10 - Misbranding.

§ 2-7-10. Misbranding.No person shall distribute misbranded fertilizer. A commercial fertilizer is deemed to be misbranded:(1) If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular;(2) If it is distributed under the name of another fertilizer product;(3) If it is not labeled as required in § 2-7-5 and in accordance with regulations prescribed under this chapter; or(4) If it purports to be or is represented as a commercial fertilizer or is represented as containing a plant nutrient or commercial fertilizer, unless the plant nutrient or commercial fertilizer conforms to the definition of identity, if any, prescribed by regulation of the director; in the adopting of those regulations the director shall give due regard to commonly accepted definitions and official fertilizer terms as those issued by the association of American plant food control officials.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 168, § 2.
RI Gen L § 2-7-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-7 - Commercial Fertilizer|Section 2-7-11 - Adulteration.

§ 2-7-11. Adulteration.No person shall distribute an adulterated fertilizer product. A commercial fertilizer is deemed to be adulterated:(1) If it contains any deleterious or harmful ingredient in sufficient amount to render it injurious to beneficial plant life when applied in accordance with directions for use on the label, or if adequate warning statements or directions for use, which may be necessary to protect plant life, are not shown upon the label;(2) If its composition falls below or differs from that which it is purported to possess by its labeling;(3) If it contains unwanted crop seed or weed seed.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 168, § 2.
RI Gen L § 2-7-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-7 - Commercial Fertilizer|Section 2-7-12 - Publications.

§ 2-7-12. Publications.The director shall publish at least annually and in any form that the director may deem proper the results of analyses based on official samples of commercial fertilizers distributed within the state as compared with the analyses guaranteed under §§ 2-7-4 and 2-7-5.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 168, § 2.
RI Gen L § 2-7-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-7 - Commercial Fertilizer|Section 2-7-13 - Rules and regulations.

§ 2-7-13. Rules and regulations.The director is authorized to prescribe and, after a public hearing following public notice, to enforce any rules and regulations relating to investigational allowances, definitions, records, and the distribution of commercial fertilizers that may be necessary to carry into effect the full intent and meaning of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 168, § 2.
RI Gen L § 2-7-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-7 - Commercial Fertilizer|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 the actual shortage.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 168, § 2.
RI Gen L § 2-7-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-7 - Commercial Fertilizer|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 the provisions of this chapter or any rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter. No registration shall be revoked or refused until the registrant has been given the opportunity to appear for a hearing by the director.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 168, § 2.
RI Gen L § 2-7-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-7 - Commercial Fertilizer|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 of any of the provisions of this chapter until the law has been complied with and the commercial fertilizer is released in writing by the director, or the violation has been otherwise legally disposed of by written authority. The director shall release the commercial fertilizer so withdrawn when the requirements of the provisions of this chapter have been complied with and all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the withdrawal have been paid.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 168, § 2.
RI Gen L § 2-7-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-7 - Commercial Fertilizer|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 to be in violation of this chapter and orders the condemnation of the commercial fertilizer, it shall be disposed of in any manner consistent with the quality of the commercial fertilizer and the laws of the state: provided, that in no instance shall the disposition of the commercial fertilizer be ordered by the court without first giving the claimant an opportunity to apply to the court for release of the commercial fertilizer or for permission to process or relabel the commercial fertilizer to bring it into compliance with this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 168, § 2.
RI Gen L § 2-7-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-7 - 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 was taken; any person notified shall be given opportunity to be heard under any rules and regulations that may be prescribed by the director. If it appears after the hearing, either in the presence or absence of the person so notified, that any of the provisions of this chapter or rules and regulations issued under this chapter have been violated, the director may certify the facts to the attorney general.(b) Any person convicted of violating any provision of this chapter or rules and regulations issued under this chapter shall be punished in the discretion of the court.(c) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the director or the director's representative to report for prosecution or for the institution of seizure proceedings as a result of minor violations of the chapter when the director believes that the public interest will be best served by a suitable notice of warning in writing.(d) It is the duty of the attorney general to whom any violation is reported to cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted and prosecuted in a court of competent jurisdiction without delay.(e) The director is authorized to apply for and the court to grant a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated under the chapter notwithstanding the existence of other remedies at law. The injunction shall be issued without bond.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 168, § 2.
RI Gen L § 2-7-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-7 - Commercial Fertilizer|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 brands as required by the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 168, § 2.
RI Gen L § 2-7-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-7 - Commercial Fertilizer|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 in the controversy in which the judgment has been rendered.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 168, § 2.
RI Gen L § 2-7-21 - 2-7-32 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-7 - Commercial Fertilizer|Section 2-7-21 - 2-7-32 - Repealed.

§ 2-7-21 — 2-7-32. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 2-8-1 - 2-8-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-8 - Economic Poisons|Section 2-8-1 - 2-8-28 - Repealed.

§ 2-8-1 — 2-8-28. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 2-9-1, 2-9-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-9 - Forestry Functions of Department of Environmental Management|Section 2-9-1, 2-9-2 - [Obsolete.]

§ 2-9-1, 2-9-2. [Obsolete.]
RI Gen L § 2-9-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-9 - Forestry Functions of Department of Environmental Management|Section 2-9-3 - Leases and concessions on reservations.

§ 2-9-3. Leases and concessions on reservations.The department of environmental management may let, rent or lease any parts of the reservations under its control or any building on the reservation and may grant any concessions on or about those reservations, as in the opinion of the director of environmental management may seem necessary or advisable, but not for periods in excess of five (5) years.History of Section.P.L. 1919, ch. 1742, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 279, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 220, § 2; impl. am. P.L. 1952, ch. 2973, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 2-9-3.
RI Gen L § 2-9-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-9 - Forestry Functions of Department of Environmental Management|Section 2-9-4 - Employees - Records - Annual report.

§ 2-9-4. Employees — Records — Annual report.The director of environmental management shall determine the duties of all employees, remove them in the manner provided by chapter 4 of title 36, and make all reasonable rules and regulations concerning them. The maps, plans, documents, records, books, papers, and accounts of the department are subject to public inspection at any times that the director may determine. The director shall make an annual report to the general assembly together with a full statement of the receipts and disbursements of the department.History of Section.P.L. 1907, ch. 1466, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 238, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 279, § 3; P.L. 1929, ch. 1357, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 220, § 3; impl. am. P.L. 1952, ch. 2973, § 3; impl. am. P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 17; G.L. 1956, § 2-9-4.
RI Gen L § 2-9-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-9 - Forestry Functions of Department of Environmental Management|Section 2-9-5 - Appropriations - Expenses.

§ 2-9-5. Appropriations — Expenses.The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sums that it may deem necessary for the purposes of this chapter; and the state controller is authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of the sums appropriated, or sums that may from time to time be required, upon receipt by him or her of proper vouchers approved by the director of environmental management.History of Section.P.L. 1919, ch. 1742, § 4; P.L. 1920, ch. 1837, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 279, § 3; P.L. 1926, ch. 824, § 1; P.L. 1929, ch. 1357, § 1; P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, § 149; G.L. 1938, ch. 220, § 3; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 65; impl. am. P.L. 1952, ch. 2973, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 2-9-5.
RI Gen L § 2-9-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-9 - Forestry Functions of Department of Environmental Management|Section 2-9-6 - Publication of information.

§ 2-9-6. Publication of information.It is the duty of the director of environmental management to obtain and publish information concerning the extent and condition of the forest lands in the state and the means of protecting the forests from fire and other depredation, and to diffuse as widely as possible, by public addresses and personal communication, a knowledge of practical forestry and methods of replanting deforested areas.History of Section.P.L. 1906, ch. 1322, § 2; G. L. 1909, ch. 239, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 280, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 223, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1952, ch. 2973, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 2-9-6.
RI Gen L § 2-9-7, 2-9-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-9 - Forestry Functions of Department of Environmental Management|Section 2-9-7, 2-9-8 - [Obsolete.]

§ 2-9-7, 2-9-8. [Obsolete.]
RI Gen L § 2-10-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-10 - State Forests and Forestry Projects|Section 2-10-1 - Acceptance of property for demonstration and experimentation purposes.

§ 2-10-1. Acceptance of property for demonstration and experimentation purposes.The director of environmental management is authorized and empowered, with the approval of the governor, and subject, in the case of real property, to the provisions of chapter 6 of title 37, to accept on behalf of the state any property given to the state absolutely and in fee simple for general forest demonstration and experimentation purposes, but no acceptance makes the state in any manner legally or equitably liable to any person relative to the care, preservation or use of the property. All deeds, contracts and other documents in connection with the transfer of the property shall be approved by the attorney general.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 280, § 6; P.L. 1931, ch. 1764, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 223, § 3; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3105, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 2-10-1.
RI Gen L § 2-10-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-10 - State Forests and Forestry Projects|Section 2-10-2 - Use of property.

§ 2-10-2. Use of property.Property accepted pursuant to § 2-10-1 shall be used by the department of environmental management under the supervision of the director, for any forest demonstration and experimentation purposes that they deem best designed to promote the science and practice of forestry in this state.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 280, § 7; P.L. 1931, ch. 1764, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 223, § 4; impl. am. P.L. 1952, ch. 2973, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 2-10-2; P.L. 1987, ch. 78, § 8.
RI Gen L § 2-10-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-10 - State Forests and Forestry Projects|Section 2-10-3 - State forestry fund.

§ 2-10-3. State forestry fund.Whenever appropriate receipts, monetary gifts, or securities are received, the director of environmental management shall give the funds to the general treasurer until he or she desires to use the funds for forest demonstration and experimentation purposes and the general treasurer shall keep those funds in a special account known as the state forestry fund, and he or she shall invest and reinvest the funds in those securities that by law the sinking fund commission is authorized to invest in. Whenever the director desires to convert any of those investments into cash to be used to promote the science and practice of forestry in this state, the director shall notify the general treasurer in writing who shall forthwith proceed to carry out his or her request. The state controller is authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment from those investments of any of those sums upon receipt by him or her of proper vouchers approved by the director.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 280, § 8; P.L. 1931, ch. 1764, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 223, § 5; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, §§ 65, 200; G.L. 1956, § 2-10-3; P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 23, § 1.
RI Gen L § 2-10-3.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-10 - State Forests and Forestry Projects|Section 2-10-3.1 - Assessment of fees for forestry services.

§ 2-10-3.1. Assessment of fees for forestry services.The director of the department of environmental management shall promulgate regulations for the purposes of assessing fees for services provided by the division of forest environment as outlined in chapters 15 and 19 of this title, as well as for services provided by the division of forest environment for the protection, enhancement, and management of this state's forest resources and these funds shall be deposited within the state forestry fund as provided for in § 2-10-3.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 23, § 2.
RI Gen L § 2-10-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-10 - State Forests and Forestry Projects|Section 2-10-5 - Acquisition of property - Acceptance of grants and gifts.

§ 2-10-5. Acquisition of property — Acceptance of grants and gifts.(a) The director of environmental management, with the approval of the governor, is authorized and empowered, subject to the provisions of chapter 6 of title 37, to acquire by rental, lease or purchase any property which in the judgment of the director and the governor is suitable for use in the establishment and maintenance of camp sites in connection with the work of any public agency engaged in conservation projects or in the establishment and maintenance of forest areas for any purposes that may be required by law.(b) The director may also accept any allotment or grant of money from the United States government for the purchase and development of property for the uses stated.(c) (1) The director may accept gifts of money as provided in § 2-10-1.(2) All sums of money accepted in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall be turned over to the general treasurer and placed in a special fund known as the state forestry fund.(d) The director, from the funds received under the provisions of this chapter, may expend sums of money for the purchase of forest lands and for the purpose of development of the property acquired for forest stewardship programs and for the maintenance of state forests.(e) All deeds, contracts and other documents in connection with the transfer of property shall be approved as to form by the attorney general.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 280, § 10; P.L. 1935, ch. 2218, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 223, § 7; impl. am. P.L. 1952, ch. 3105, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 2-10-5; P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 23, § 1.
RI Gen L § 2-10-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-10 - State Forests and Forestry Projects|Section 2-10-6 - Deposit of forest revenues.

§ 2-10-6. Deposit of forest revenues.The director of environmental management shall deposit with the general treasurer in the state forestry fund as provided for in § 2-10-3 all moneys received from the sale of forest products cut in the state forests, state forest parks or other reservations within the state, and receipts from the sale of land belonging to the state and used for forest purposes.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 223, § 8; P.L. 1940, ch. 914, § 2; P.L. 1944, ch. 1443, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 2-10-6; P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 23, § 1.
RI Gen L § 2-10-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-10 - State Forests and Forestry Projects|Section 2-10-7 - Repealed.

§ 2-10-7. Repealed.History of Section.G.L. 1956, ch. 223, § 9; P.L. 1940, ch. 914, § 2; 1944, ch. 1443, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1966, ch. 224, § 1.
RI Gen L § 2-10-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-10 - State Forests and Forestry Projects|Section 2-10-8 - Receipt of federal grants.

§ 2-10-8. Receipt of federal grants.The general treasurer is authorized to receive any moneys that may be placed at the disposal of the state by the United States government, or any department of the United States, under the provisions of any law, cooperative agreement or otherwise, for the purpose of protecting, preserving or developing the woodlands and forestry in this state.History of Section.P.L. 1909, ch. 451, § 15; P.L. 1922, ch. 2166, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 281, § 15; G.L. 1938, ch. 224, § 15; P.L. 1944, ch. 1444, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 2-10-8.
RI Gen L § 2-10-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-10 - State Forests and Forestry Projects|Section 2-10-9 - Receipts from land condemned by United States.

§ 2-10-9. Receipts from land condemned by United States.Any sums received by the state as the proceeds resulting from the condemnation by the federal government, or any agency or agent of the federal government, of any lands, under the jurisdiction of the department of environmental management shall be deposited in the general fund.History of Section.P.L. 1944, ch. 1492, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1952, ch. 2973, §§ 1, 3; G.L. 1956, § 2-10-9; P.L. 1959, ch. 134, § 1.
RI Gen L § 2-10-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-10 - State Forests and Forestry Projects|Section 2-10-10 - [Obsolete.]

§ 2-10-10. [Obsolete.]
RI Gen L § 2-10-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-10 - State Forests and Forestry Projects|Section 2-10-11 - Purchase and sale of seedlings.

§ 2-10-11. Purchase and sale of seedlings.For the purpose of encouraging reforestation, the director of environmental management is authorized and empowered to purchase, and resell at cost to the owners of any farm or woodlands in this state, tree seedlings to be planted on those farms or land. Nothing in this section authorizes the director to incur any obligation for the payment of any sum by the state nor to charge any fee or profit for his or her services under this section.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 280, § 5; P.L. 1928, ch. 1136, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 223, § 2; impl. am. P.L. 1952, ch. 2973, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 2-10-11.
RI Gen L § 2-10-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry|Chapter 2-10 - State Forests and Forestry Projects|Section 2-10-12 - Operation of nurseries.

§ 2-10-12. Operation of nurseries.The state is authorized to establish, operate and maintain nurseries for the production of forest seedlings. Those trees may be used to reforest any land owned by the state, or may be used for planting on other public lands any such terms deemed to be for the public benefit. Any surplus may be supplied to owners of private land, at a price not exceeding the cost of production, for reforestation purposes upon rural land which has an assessed value of not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) per acre. Trees so purchased by owners of private land for reforestation of rural land shall not be removed from the premises of the rural landowner with the roots attached.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 280, § 11; P.L. 1938, ch. 2609, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 223, § 9; G.L., ch. 223, § 12, as redesignated by P.L. 1940, ch. 914, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 2-10-12.