Chapter
074
2008 -- S 2369 SUBSTITUTE B
Enacted 06/25/08
A N A C T
RELATING TO FISH AND
WILDLIFE - - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Introduced By: Senators P Fogarty, Sosnowski, Breene, Raptakis, and Tassoni
Date Introduced: February 12, 2008
It is enacted
by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION
1. Chapter 20-1 of the General Laws entitled "General Provisions" is
hereby
amended
by adding thereto the following section:
20-1-26.
Freshwater invasive aquatic plants - Prohibition on importation and
possession.
– (a) No person shall import,
transport, disperse, distribute, introduce, sell, purchase,
or
possess in the state any species of non-native (exotic) freshwater invasive
aquatic plants, as
defined
by the director. The director shall promulgate rules and regulations governing
the
prohibition
and its applicability. The prohibition and its enforcement shall not become
effective
until
the rules and regulations governing the prohibition and its applicability take
effect.
(b)
Violations of this section shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not
more
than
five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment for up to ninety (90) days, or
both.
SECTION
2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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