Chapter 188
2012 -- H 7697 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 06/11/12
A N A C T
RELATING TO FISH
AND WILDLIFE – GENERAL PROVISIONS
Introduced
By: Representatives Keable, Lally, Petrarca, Walsh, and
Date Introduced: February 16, 2012
It is enacted by the
General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 20-1-26 of the General Laws in Chapter
20-1 entitled "General
Provisions" is hereby
amended to read as follows:
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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