§ 2-17-9. Nuisance.
The white pine blister rust, a disease of five (5) needle pines and the species of the genus ribes, is declared to be a public nuisance, and its suppression is authorized and required. No owner or occupant of an estate infested with that nuisance is by reason of that infestation liable to an action, civil or criminal, except to the extent and in the manner and form set forth in this part 2.
History of Section.P.L. 1917, ch. 1540, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 286, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 229, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 2-17-9.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry
Chapter 2-17 - Diseases and Parasites
Part 2 - White Pine Blister Rust
Section 2-17-10. - Powers of director.
Section 2-17-11. - Rules as to transportation and planting.
Section 2-17-12. - Destruction of uninfected plants.
Section 2-17-13. - Local appropriations.
Section 2-17-14. - Unlawful importation or transportation.