Rhode Island General Laws 2-18.1-10. Dealer’s license
Every dealer, before offering nursery stock for sale or distribution or soliciting orders for nursery stock in Rhode Island, shall obtain a dealer’s license for each place of business from the department. The license expires on March 31 of each year, and application for renewal of a license shall be made annually prior to that date. A dealer’s license is nontransferable. Applications for license or renewal of a license shall be in writing on a form prescribed by the department, and be accompanied by a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00). Each applicant for a license certifies that he or she will buy and distribute only nursery stock which has been officially inspected and certified, and that he or she will maintain with the department a list of all sources from which he or she secures nursery stock and all places of business which he or she maintains.
History of Section.
G.L. 1956, § 2-18.1-10, as assigned, P.L. 1962, ch. 132, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 22, § 4.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 2-18.1-10
- Dealer: means any person, not a grower or an original producer of nursery stock in this state, and who is independent of the control of any nursery worker or other dealer, who sells, offers to sell, solicits orders for or otherwise traffics in nursery stock from a supply at hand or which is obtained from a nursery or another dealer. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-18.1-2
- Department: means the department of environmental management of the state of Rhode Island. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-18.1-2
- in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
- Nursery: means any grounds or premises on or in which nursery stock is propagated, grown, or cultivated, or from which nursery stock is collected for sale purposes. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-18.1-2
- Nursery stock: means all hardy, deciduous and evergreen trees, shrubs, vines and other plants having a persistent woody stem, whether wild or cultivated, and plant parts, for and capable of propagation. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-18.1-2
- Place of business: means each separate store, stand, sales ground, lot, truck, railway car, or other vehicle or any other place at or from which nursery stock is being sold or offered for sale where one or more sales persons are in attendance. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-18.1-2