§ 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 on any public land under the jurisdiction of the tree warden, or the department of transportation, the department of environmental management, or the park commission of any town or city.
History of Section.P.L. 1931, ch. 1763, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 225, § 11; impl. am. P.L. 1952, ch. 2973, §§ 2, 4; G.L. 1956, § 2-15-10.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry
Chapter 2-15 - Protection of Trees and Plants Generally
Section 2-15-1. - Registration of wood cutting operations.
Section 2-15-2. - Reports to department — Suspensions.
Section 2-15-4. - Exemptions from §§ 2-15-1 — 2-15-3.
Section 2-15-5. - Removal of injurious plants.
Section 2-15-6. - Injuries to trees and shrubs prohibited.
Section 2-15-7. - Throwing of debris prohibited.
Section 2-15-9. - Control of injurious gases.
Section 2-15-10. - Control of injurious liquids.
Section 2-15-11. - Penalty for violations of §§ 2-15-6, 2-15-8, 2-15-9, and 2-15-10.
Section 2-15-12. - Plants for taking of which permits are required.
Section 2-15-13. - Transportation of contraband plants.
Section 2-15-14. - Plants as prima facie evidence of violations.
Section 2-15-15. - Arrest and prosecution of violators.
Section 2-15-16. - Penalty for violations of §§ 2-15-12 — 2-15-17.
Section 2-15-17. - Powers of department of environmental management preserved.