New Hampshire Revised Statutes 227-K:17 – Prohibitions; Penalty
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I. The following actions are prohibited:
(a) Violating any provisions of a quarantine issued under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 227-K:2, III.
(b) Violating any order or failing to obtain a permit issued under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 227-K:15.
(c) Selling, offering for sale, giving away, moving or shipping any tree, timber, log, wood, pole, underwood, or bark, or the products thereof into this state, or within this state, knowing or having reason to believe that they may be harboring a forest pest declared as a dangerous insect or disease, or have been exposed to any such pest. This authority shall not extend to agricultural crops, nurseries, or nursery stock as regulated under RSA 433.
II. Any person, or employee or agent of that person, who violates any provision of this section or rule adopted under this chapter shall be guilty of a violation. For any subsequent offense, a person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.
(a) Violating any provisions of a quarantine issued under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 227-K:2, III.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 227-K:17
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
- Quarantine: means a legal restriction duly imposed or enacted as a means for preventing or delaying the spread of a forest pest. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 227-G:2
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
(b) Violating any order or failing to obtain a permit issued under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 227-K:15.
(c) Selling, offering for sale, giving away, moving or shipping any tree, timber, log, wood, pole, underwood, or bark, or the products thereof into this state, or within this state, knowing or having reason to believe that they may be harboring a forest pest declared as a dangerous insect or disease, or have been exposed to any such pest. This authority shall not extend to agricultural crops, nurseries, or nursery stock as regulated under RSA 433.
II. Any person, or employee or agent of that person, who violates any provision of this section or rule adopted under this chapter shall be guilty of a violation. For any subsequent offense, a person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.