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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO ANIMAL AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - PSITTACINE BIRDS | |
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Introduced By: Representative K. Joseph Shekarchi | |
Date Introduced: January 12, 2018 | |
Referred To: House Health, Education & Welfare | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Sections 4-11-4 and 4-11-5 of the General Laws in Chapter 4-11 entitled |
2 | "Psittacine Birds" are hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 4-11-4. Banding of birds imported, sold, or given. |
4 | All psittacine birds imported, purchased, sold, exchanged, bartered, or given away must |
5 | be closed metal seamless banded with a band identifying the breeder by whom they were bred. A |
6 | microchip may be used in lieu of an identifying band. |
7 | 4-11-5. Banding of breeding stock. |
8 | All psittacine breeding stock must be closed metal seamless banded by January 1, 1960. |
9 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO ANIMAL AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - PSITTACINE BIRDS | |
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1 | This act would remove the requirement of using metal seamless bands to allow flexibility |
2 | in using modern, safer methods of identifying and tracking psittacine birds within the state. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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