If any commercial fertilizer in the possession of the consumer is found by the director to be short in weight, the registrant of that commercial fertilizer shall within thirty (30) days after official notice from the director pay to the consumer a penalty equal to four (4) times the value of the actual shortage.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 2-7-14
Short weight
Known as the Rhode Island Commercial Fertilizer Law
The act spans §§ 2–2 (32 sections).
P.L. 1977, ch. 168, § 2.
Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.