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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 ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMALS AT LARGE

     

     Introduced By: Representative John G. Edwards

     Date Introduced: February 15, 2018

     Referred To: House Municipal Government

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 4-15-5 of the General Laws in Chapter 4-15 entitled "Animals at

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Large" is hereby repealed.

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     4-15-5. Animals in private ways in Newport.

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     Horses, neat-cattle, sheep, and hogs are deemed to be at large within the meaning of this

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chapter within the limits of any private way in the city of Newport, without the consent of the

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owners of the fee in that private way, and that private way, for the purpose of authorizing the

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taking up and impounding of those animals, is deemed a common within the meaning of this

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chapter.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMALS AT LARGE

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     This act would repeal the section of the law authorizing the impoundment of at large

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animals in private ways in Newport.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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