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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- H 5089 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC000323 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- HUNTING AND HUNTING SAFETY |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Representatives Bennett, Edwards, Solomon, and Chippendale |
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| 17 | 17 | | Date Introduced: January 12, 2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Referred To: House Environment and Natural Resources |
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| 21 | 21 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. Section 20-13-12 of the General Laws in Chapter 20-13 entitled "Hunting 1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | and Hunting Safety" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 20-13-12. Reports of hunting injuries. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Whenever any Every person causing causes an injury to a human being by gunfire firearm, 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | archery, or crossbow while hunting;, or inflicting inflicts an injury upon himself or herself with 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | firearms, archery, or crossbows while hunting; or inflicting an injury upon himself or herself while 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | trapping trapping, which injury requires medical assistance, the initial responding entity or 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | authority providing medical assistance shall make a report to the department of environmental 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | management within seventy-two (72) hours after the injury, unless that person is physically 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | incapable of making the required report, in which event it is the duty of that person to designate 10 |
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| 32 | 32 | | some other person to file the report within the specified time. immediately upon rendering that 11 |
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| 33 | 33 | | assistance, or as soon thereafter as is practical. 12 |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | LC000323 |
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| 40 | 40 | | LC000323 - Page 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 42 | 42 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 43 | 43 | | OF |
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| 44 | 44 | | A N A C T |
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| 45 | 45 | | RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- HUNTING AND HUNTING SAFETY |
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| 46 | 46 | | *** |
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| 47 | 47 | | This act would provide that whenever any person causes an injury to a human being by 1 |
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| 48 | 48 | | firearm, archery, or crossbow while hunting or trapping, and the injury requires medical assistance, 2 |
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| 49 | 49 | | the initial responding entity or authority providing medical assistance shall make a report to the 3 |
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| 50 | 50 | | department of environmental management immediately, or as soon thereafter as is practical. 4 |
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| 51 | 51 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 5 |
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| 53 | 53 | | LC000323 |
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