§ 20-4-1.1 - Finfish dealers license – License for finfish buyers – Suspension or revocation.
SECTION 20-4-1.1
§ 20-4-1.1 Finfish dealers license –License for finfish buyers – Suspension or revocation. – (a) No person, partnership, firm, association, or corporation shall barter ortrade in finfish taken by persons licensed under this chapter unless a licenseso to do has been obtained from the director of environmental management.
(b) Any licensee operating under the provisions of thissection shall purchase finfish from licensed persons only and shall purchase orpossess only those finfish legally taken or possessed.
(c) The director shall issue and enforce rules andregulations and orders governing bartering and trading in finfish by licensedfishers of finfish and licensed finfish buyers and other persons, partnerships,firms, associations, or corporations.
(d) The director may suspend, revoke, or deny the license ofa finfish buyer or fisher of finfish for the violation of any provision of thistitle or the rules, regulations, or orders adopted or issued pursuant to thistitle.
(e) Any person aggrieved by the decisions 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 any finfishbuyer and to inspect the records maintained by a finfish buyer for the purposeof determining compliance with the provisions of this section and any rules,regulations, or orders issued under this section, and no person shall interferewith, obstruct the entrance, or inspection of the director or the director'sagents 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 topenalties prescribed in § 20-1-16.