Rhode Island General Laws 20-37-1. Statement of policy
It is the policy of this state to contribute to the maintenance of a high-quality environment within the state and elsewhere for the benefit of the safety, health, and welfare of its citizens by forbidding the importation, sale, offering for sale, transportation, storage, traffic, ownership, or other possession or use of any dead or live animal or plant or any part of the skin, other tissues, or body, whether raw, manufactured, processed, or preserved, of any species of animal or plant considered by the United States Secretaries of the Interior or Commerce to be under the provisions of the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973, 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq.
History of Section.
P.L. 1973, ch. 26, § 1; P.L. 1977, ch. 173, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 20-37-1
- plant: means any living or dead organism, or organisms, other than bacteria, or viruses or any part of such organism regardless of its age, condition, location, or proximity to other parts or tissues of the same or similar organisms;
(2) "Director" means the director of the Rhode Island department of environmental management;
(3) "Endangered species" means any animal or plant so declared by the United States Secretaries of the Interior or Commerce under the provisions of the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973, Rhode Island General Laws 20-37-2
- possession: means the exercise of dominion or control over cultured crops commencing at the time that a decision is made not to return the crops to the lease or facility from which they were taken. See Rhode Island General Laws 20-1-3
- United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8