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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- H 5742 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC001542 |
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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 -- FURBEARING ANIMALS |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Representatives Noret, Chippendale, Corvese, and Casey |
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| 17 | 17 | | Date Introduced: February 21, 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 20-16-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 20-16 entitled "Furbearing 1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Animals" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 20-16-1. Furbearers protected. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (a) No person shall hunt, pursue, shoot, or trap, or attempt so to do, the following furbearing 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | mammals in this state, except in accordance with rules and regulations governing seasons, bag 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | limits, and methods of taking adopted by the director pursuant to § 20-1-12. 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (b) For the purposes of this chapter, “furbearers” shall be considered to include: 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) Carnivores (Order Carnivora): 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (i) Family Canidae, genus Canis (coyote); genus Urocyon (gray fox); genus Vulpes (red 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | fox). 10 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (ii) Family Procyonidae, genus Procyon (raccoon). 11 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (iii) Family Mustelidae, genus Martes (fisher); genus Mustela, M. erminea (ermine)(short-12 |
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| 34 | 34 | | tailed weasel), M. frenata (longtailed weasel), M. genus Neovision, N., vison (mink), genus 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Mephitis (striped skunk), genus Lutra genus Lontra (river otter). 14 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (iv) Family Mephitidae, genus Mephitis (striped skunk). 15 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (iv)(v) Family Felidae, genus Lynx (bobcat). 16 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (vi) Family Ursidae, genus Ursus (black bear). 17 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (2) Rodents (Order Rodentia): 18 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (i) Family Castoridae, genus Castor (beaver). 19 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (ii) Family Sciuridae, genus Sciurus (gray squirrel), genus tamiascurus (red squirrel). 1 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (iii) Family Cricetidae, genus Ondatra (muskrat). 2 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (iv) Family Erethizontidae, genus Erethizon (porcupine). 3 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (3) Marsupials (Order Marsupialia): Family Didelphidae, genus Didelphis (opossum). 4 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (4) Rabbits and hares (Order Lagomorpha): Family Leporidae, genus Sylvilagus (Eastern 5 |
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| 49 | 49 | | and New England cottontail), genus Lepus (snowshoe hare). 6 |
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| 50 | 50 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 7 |
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| 57 | 57 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 58 | 58 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 59 | 59 | | OF |
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| 60 | 60 | | A N A C T |
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| 61 | 61 | | RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- FURBEARING ANIMALS |
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| 62 | 62 | | *** |
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| 63 | 63 | | This act would add additional species to the prohibition of hunting, shooting or trapping 1 |
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| 64 | 64 | | except in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the department of environmental 2 |
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| 65 | 65 | | management governing hunting seasons and limits. 3 |
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| 66 | 66 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 4 |
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