{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-2-17-6","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 2-17-6","heading":"Local appropriations.","body":"Any town or city may make any appropriation that it deems necessary for the suppression of the nuisances within its limits, and may appoint an official, with any powers and limitations that it shall prescribe, to expend the appropriation in cooperation with the chief entomologist appointed by the director of environmental management.","path":["Title 2 Agriculture and Forestry","Chapter 17 Diseases and Parasites","Part 1 Gypsy and Brown-Tail Moths"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE2/2-17/2-1/2-17-6.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T14:17:58Z","sha256":"391864d3b504723116508879d7ba56ead12ea53cb4b5bdbd64722404db6b0891","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-2-17-5","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-2-17-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}