§ 2-17-8. Willful transportation of infestation.
Any person willfully importing into this state, or willfully transporting from place to place within this state, any imagos, eggs, caterpillars, or pupae of the moths shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) and be imprisoned for not more than one year.
History of Section.P.L. 1908, ch. 1529, § 8; G.L. 1909, ch. 242, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 285, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 228, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 2-17-8.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry
Chapter 2-17 - Diseases and Parasites
Part 1 - Gypsy and Brown-Tail Moths
Section 2-17-2. - Chief entomologist.
Section 2-17-3. - Powers of director.
Section 2-17-4. - Appropriations and expenses.
Section 2-17-5. - Importation or transportation of infestation.
Section 2-17-6. - Local appropriations.