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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- S 0192 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC001530 |
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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 -- BIRDS |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Senators Rogers, de la Cruz, DeLuca, and Paolino |
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| 17 | 17 | | Date Introduced: February 16, 2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Referred To: Senate Environment & Agriculture |
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| 21 | 21 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. Section 20-14-7 of the General Laws in Chapter 20-14 entitled "Birds" is 1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 20-14-7. Prohibited methods of taking. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (a) No person shall hunt, pursue, take, or attempt to take, upland or migratory game birds 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | over any area that has been baited. For the purposes of this section a “baited area” is that on which 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | salt, corn, wheat, or other grains have been scattered to lure, attract, or entice those birds to, on, or 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | over, where hunters are attempting to take them and shall not be construed to include areas where 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | corn, wheat, or other grains are scattered as the result of normal agricultural operations. 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (b) No person shall hunt, pursue, take, or attempt to take migratory game birds by the use 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | or aid of live birds as decoys. 10 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (c) No person shall hunt, pursue, take, or attempt to take wild birds by the use of an 11 |
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| 33 | 33 | | electronically amplified recording of bird calls or sounds. However, this provision does not apply 12 |
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| 34 | 34 | | to crows. 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (d) No person shall take, kill, or destroy any wild bird by means of any trap, snare, net, 14 |
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| 36 | 36 | | spring, crossbow, rifle, pistol, fishhook, poison, drug, explosive, or stupefying substance, nor shall 15 |
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| 37 | 37 | | any person construct, set, maintain, or repair any of these devices for the purpose of taking, killing, 16 |
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| 38 | 38 | | or destroying wild birds. 17 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (e) No person shall shoot, or attempt to shoot, migratory game birds by means other than a 18 |
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| 40 | 40 | | shotgun of size ten (10) gauge or smaller, capable of holding three (3) or fewer shells, or a long 19 |
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| 43 | 43 | | LC001530 - Page 2 of 3 |
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| 44 | 44 | | bow (straight limb, reflex, recurve, crossbow, and compound bow) and arrow. 1 |
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| 45 | 45 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 2 |
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| 51 | 51 | | LC001530 - Page 3 of 3 |
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| 52 | 52 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 53 | 53 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 54 | 54 | | OF |
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| 55 | 55 | | A N A C T |
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| 56 | 56 | | RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- BIRDS |
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| 57 | 57 | | *** |
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| 58 | 58 | | This act would allow the taking of any wild bird by using a crossbow in addition to the 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | weapons spelled out in this section. 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 3 |
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