§ 20-6-24 - License for shellfish buyers – Suspension or revocation. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 20-6-24

   § 20-6-24  License for shellfish buyers– Suspension or revocation. – (a) No person, partnership, firm, association, or corporation shall barter ortrade in shellfish taken by persons licensed under this chapter unless alicense so to do has been obtained from the director of environmentalmanagement.

   (b) Any licensee operating under the provisions of thissection shall purchase shellfish from licensed persons only and shall purchaseor possess only those shellfish legally taken or possessed.

   (c) The director shall issue and enforce rules andregulations and orders governing bartering and trading in shellfish by licensedfishers of shellfish, licensed shellfish buyers and other persons,partnerships, firms, associations, or corporations.

   (d) The director may suspend, revoke, or deny the license ofa shellfish buyer or fisher of shellfish for the violation of any provision ofthis title or the rules, regulations, or orders adopted or issued pursuant tothis title.

   (e) Any person aggrieved by the decision of the director mayappeal the decision pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative ProceduresAct, chapter 35 of title 42.

   (f) The director of the department of environmentalmanagement and the director's agents are authorized to enter and inspect thebusiness premises, appurtenant structures, vehicles, or vessels of anyshellfish buyer and to inspect records maintained by a shellfish buyer for thepurpose of determining compliance with the provisions of this section and anyrules, regulations, or orders issued under this section, and no person shallinterfere with or obstruct the entrance or inspection of the director or thedirector's agents of those business premises, appurtenant structures, vehicles,or vessels.

   (g) Any violation of the provisions of this section or anyrule, regulation, or order adopted under this section shall be subject to thepenalties prescribed in § 20-1-16.