Rhode Island § 2-16-10 § 2-16-10. Hearing on quarantine or embargo.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 2-16-10 — § 2-16-10. Hearing on quarantine or embargo.

Rhode Island § 2-16-10

Title 2Agriculture and Forestry

Ch. 2-16General Plant Pest Act

This text of Rhode Island § 2-16-10 (§ 2-16-10. Hearing on quarantine or embargo.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Rhode Island primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 2-16-10 (2026).

Text

§ 2-16-10. Hearing on quarantine or embargo.
Quarantines or embargoes provided for in subdivisions (4) and (5) of § 2-16-3 shall be established by the director only after a public hearing. Timely announcement
            of the hearing shall be given to interested persons by mail or by two (2) announcements
            in newspapers serving the area affected. When in any case, in the opinion of the director,
            the delay necessary for the holding of the hearing is likely to cause serious harm
            or would in any way seriously handicap a control program, the director may establish
            a temporary quarantine, effective immediately and remaining effective for a period
            not to exceed thir

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

§ 2-16-10. Hearing on quarantine or embargo.

Quarantines or embargoes provided for in subdivisions (4) and (5) of § 2-16-3 shall be established by the director only after a public hearing. Timely announcement of the hearing shall be given to interested persons by mail or by two (2) announcements in newspapers serving the area affected. When in any case, in the opinion of the director, the delay necessary for the holding of the hearing is likely to cause serious harm or would in any way seriously handicap a control program, the director may establish a temporary quarantine, effective immediately and remaining effective for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days, during which thirty (30) day period a hearing shall be announced and held as stated above, and the continuation and maintenance of this quarantine or embargo beyond the thirty (30) day period shall be dependent on the hearing.