Title 2, Title 2 and Forestry

The Providence surveyor shall, before entering on the duties of his or her office, give bond with two (2) sureties to the city treasurer, in the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000), for the faithful discharge of his or her duties.

The Providence surveyor may appoint, subject to the approval of the city council of the city, a number of deputy surveyors, not less than six (6), that he or she judges sufficient, for whose official conduct he or she shall be answerable.

The Providence surveyor shall take bonds from his or her deputies for the faithful discharge of their duties, in the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) each, with surety, and the deputies shall be sworn faithfully to perform their duties, and shall be removable by the surveyor fo…

The Providence surveyor shall make return to the city council of the city of Providence, on the first Monday in February annually, of all lumber surveyed by himself or herself or his or her deputies, specifying the various kinds and qualities and by whom surveyed, and the amount …

The council of the city of Newport shall annually, in the month of February, elect one or more surveyors and measurers of boards, planks, timber, joist and scantling, removable at the pleasure of the city council, who shall each give bond, with surety, in the sum of one thousand …

Every surveyor and measurer shall keep a true and faithful record of all surveys of lumber made by him or her, together with all figures made by him in taking an account of those surveys, and that record shall be open to the inspection of all persons.

This chapter shall be known as the “Rhode Island agricultural liming materials law”.

Any person convicted of violating any provision of this chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter is subject to a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) to be enforced by a summary proceeding i…

The director, after reasonable notice and a hearing, is empowered to promulgate and enforce rules and regulations for the administration of this chapter and to grant exemptions from specific requirements of this chapter as, from time to time, may be deemed necessary.

This chapter shall be administered by the director of the department of environmental management, referred to as the director.

When used in this chapter: (1) “Agricultural liming materials” means a product whose calcium and magnesium compounds are capable of neutralizing soil acidity. (2) “Brand” means the term, designation, trademark, product name or other specific designation under which individual agr…

(a) Agricultural liming materials sold, offered or exposed for sale in the state shall have affixed to each package in a conspicuous manner on their outside, a plainly printed, stamped or otherwise marked label, tag or statement, or in the case of bulk sales, a delivery slip, set…

(a) No agricultural liming material shall be sold or offered for sale in this state unless it complies with provisions of this chapter or regulations. (b) No agricultural liming material shall be sold or offered for sale in this state which contains toxic materials in quantities …

(a) Each separately identified product shall be registered before being distributed in this state. The application for registration shall be submitted to the director on forms furnished by the director and shall be accompanied by a fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) per product. Upon…

(a) Within thirty (30) days following the expiration of registration, each registrant shall submit on forms furnished by the director an annual statement under oath for the twelve-month (12) period ending the calendar year, setting forth the number of net tons of each agricultura…

(a) It is the duty of the director, who may act through his or her authorized agent, to sample, inspect, make analyses, and test agricultural liming materials distributed within this state as he or she deems necessary to determine whether those agricultural liming materials are i…

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 agricultural liming materials and to hold at a designated place when the director finds that the agricultural liming material is being offered or expos…

This chapter shall be known as the “Rhode Island soil amendment law”.

(a) Any person convicted of violating any provision of this chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter is subject to a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars ($100). The penalty shall not be greater than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or in addition…

The director of environmental management is authorized pursuant to publication and notice to adopt and enforce rules and regulations relating to sampling, analytical methods, form, minimum percentages, soil amending ingredients, exempted materials, investigational allowances, def…

No person shall distribute an adulterated soil amendment. A soil amendment is deemed to be adulterated if: (1) It contains any deleterious or harmful agent in sufficient amount to render it injurious to beneficial plant, animal, or aquatic life when applied in accordance with dir…

The director of environmental management is authorized and empowered to refuse registration of any brand of soil amendment if he or she finds the brand of soil amendment violates any section of this chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter. The director…

If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this chapter is for any reason judged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, that judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this chapter but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, …

The registrant is required to submit an annual report of sales to the director. The composter shall submit payment to the director as follows: (1) Eight cents ($.08) per ton for class 1 general use; (2) Fifteen cents ($.15) per ton for class 2 use; (3) Twenty cents ($.20) per ton…

All funds received by the department under this chapter shall be deposited into the feed and fertilizer quality testing fund established under § 2-7-6(a) and used for the express purpose of testing and assuring the soil amendment.

This chapter shall be administered by the director of the department of environmental management, referred to as the director.

As used in this chapter: (1) “Brand” means the term, designation, trade mark, product name or other specific designation under which individual soil amendments are offered for sale. (2) “Bulk” means in nonpackaged form. (3) “Compost” means a soil amending material resulting from …

(a) Soil amendment labels — the following information shall appear on the face or display side in a readable and conspicuous form, and is considered the label: (1) Net weight (2) Brand Name (3) Guaranteed analysis (4) Purpose of product (5) Direction for application (6) Name and …

(a) Each separately identified product shall be registered before being distributed in this state. The application for registration shall be submitted to the director of environmental management on forms furnished or approved by the director and be accompanied by a fee of fifty d…

(a) It is the duty of the director of environmental management, who may act through his or her authorized agent, to sample, inspect, make analyses, and test soil amendments distributed within the state at any time and place and to any extent he or she may deem necessary to determ…

(a) If the analysis shows that any soil amendment falls short of the guaranteed analysis in any one soil amending ingredient or in total soil amending ingredients, a penalty shall be assessed in favor of the department in accordance with the following provisions: (1) A penalty of…

No person shall distribute a misbranded soil amendment. A soil amendment is deemed to be misbranded if: (a) Its labeling is false or misleading in any particular; (b) It is distributed under the name of another soil amendment; (c) It is not labeled as required in §§ 2-22-4 and 2-…

The director of environmental management may issue and enforce a written or printed stop sale, use, or removal order to the owner or custodian of any lot of soil amendment and to hold at a designated place when the director finds the soil amendment is being offered or exposed for…

This chapter shall be known as “The Rhode Island Right to Farm Act”.

The general assembly finds: (1) That agricultural operations are valuable to the state’s economy and the general welfare of the state’s people; (2) That agricultural operations are adversely affected by the random encroachment of urban land uses throughout rural areas of the stat…

The general assembly declares that it is the policy of the state to promote an environment in which agricultural operations are safeguarded against nuisance actions arising out of conflicts between agricultural operations and urban land uses.

(a) As used in this chapter, “agricultural operations” includes any commercial enterprise that has as its primary purpose horticulture, viticulture, viniculture, floriculture, forestry, stabling of horses, dairy farming, or aquaculture, or the raising of livestock, including for …

(a) No agricultural operation, as defined in this chapter is found to be a public or private nuisance, due to alleged objectionable: (1) Odor from livestock, manure, fertilizer, or feed, occasioned by generally accepted farming procedures; (2) Noise from livestock or farm equipme…

The provisions of this chapter do not apply to agricultural operations conducted in a malicious or negligent manner, or to agricultural operations conducted in violation of federal or state law controlling the use of pesticides, rodenticides, insecticides, herbicides, or fungicid…

If any provision of this chapter, or determination made under this chapter, or application of this chapter to any person, agency, or circumstances is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this chapter and its application to any person, agency, or cir…

The governor having entered on behalf of this state into a compact, substantially in the following form, with one or more of the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Virginia and with any o…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “The Rhode Island Local Agriculture and Seafood Act.”

The general assembly hereby finds and declares: (1) A viable agricultural and seafood sector in Rhode Island represents part of a secure regional food supply, which in turn lends itself to energy and economic efficiencies; (2) The federal government and regional entities have est…

The general assembly intends: (1) To support and develop more robust and self-sustaining agricultural and seafood sectors that also promotes emerging agricultural industries; (2) That policies and programs of the state will support and promote the Rhode Island agriculture and sea…

When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) “Director” means the director of the department of environmental management or his or her duly authorized agent or agents. (2) “Fund” means the local agriculture and seafood small grants and tec…

The department of environmental management shall establish the local agriculture and seafood small grants and technical assistance program. Through the program the department shall: (1) Assist in the marketing of Rhode Island grown agricultural products and local seafood for the …