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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5251
January Session, 2019
AN ACT PROHIBITING THE POSSESSION AND TR ADE OF SHARK
FINS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) Any person who 1
possesses, sells, offers for sale, trades or distributes any shark fin that 2
was removed from a shark in violation of federal law shall be fined not 3
more than two thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one 4
year, or both. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to 5
apply to any smooth-hound shark or spiny dogfish. 6
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 New section
ENV Joint Favorable Subst.
JUD Joint Favorable