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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- S 0198 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC001547 |
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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 -- AQUACULTURE |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Senators DiPalma, and Felag |
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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. Chapter 20-10 of the General Laws entitled "Aquaculture" is hereby amended 1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | by adding thereto the following section: 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 20-10-6.1. Sakonnet River area leases - Pilot program. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (a) Beginning on July 1, 2023, and for a period of two (2) years, all leases related to the 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Sakonnet River area granted pursuant to the provisions of ยง 20-10-6 shall be sited not less than one 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | thousand feet (1,000'.) from the median high tide line. For purposes of this section, the Sakonnet 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | River area shall be described as that river that extends northward from Rhode Island Sound to 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Mount Hope Bay, passing along the east side of Aquidneck Island. The coastal resources 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | management council (CRMC) shall promulgate rules which delineate and define the exact 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | boundaries of the Sakonnet River area. 10 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (b) On July 1, 2023, any oyster farm operation in existence and located within the one 11 |
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| 33 | 33 | | thousand-foot (1,000') area shall be exempt from the restrictions contained in subsection (a) of this 12 |
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| 34 | 34 | | section. 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (c) Unless renewed by the general assembly, the provisions of this section shall sunset and 14 |
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| 36 | 36 | | expire on July 1, 2025. 15 |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | LC001547 |
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| 43 | 43 | | LC001547 - Page 2 of 2 |
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| 44 | 44 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 45 | 45 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 46 | 46 | | OF |
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| 47 | 47 | | A N A C T |
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| 48 | 48 | | RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- AQUACULTURE |
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| 49 | 49 | | *** |
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| 50 | 50 | | This act would require all aquaculture leases in the Sakonnet river area, granted by the 1 |
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| 51 | 51 | | coastal resources management council (CRMC), to be located at least one thousand feet (1000') 2 |
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| 52 | 52 | | from the median high tide line. Oyster farms in operation within the one thousand-foot (1,000') area 3 |
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| 53 | 53 | | on July 1, 2023, would be exempt. This restriction would expire on July 1, 2025, unless renewed 4 |
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| 54 | 54 | | by the general assembly. 5 |
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| 55 | 55 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 6 |
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| 57 | 57 | | LC001547 |
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