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LC001653 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE –- FIELD TRIALS AND SHOOTING PRESERVES | |
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Introduced By: Senators DiMario, Archambault, Valverde, Euer, DiPalma, Sosnowski, | |
Date Introduced: February 25, 2021 | |
Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 20-19 of the General Laws entitled "Field Trials and Shooting |
2 | Preserves" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 20-19-5. Captive hunting prohibited. |
4 | (a) As used in this section, the term "captive hunting" refers to a hunt that occurs within a |
5 | structure designed to restrict the free movement of animals created by the use of fences, manmade |
6 | structures and/or natural barriers, including, but not limited to, private lands set up as hunting or |
7 | shooting preserves or game ranches, wherein the animal is restricted from escaping or fleeing from |
8 | the confined area during the hunt. |
9 | (b) No species of animal whether domestic or wild, whether exotic to the state or naturally |
10 | occurring in the state may be imported into the state or released on any property within the state |
11 | for purposes of conducting captive hunting. |
12 | (c) No native or domestic species of the state shall be intentionally or unintentionally |
13 | captured or restricted of free movement by the use of fences, manmade structures and/or natural |
14 | barriers for the purpose of conducting captive hunting. |
15 | (d) The term captive hunting shall not apply to the release of domestic game birds on public |
16 | property, or on private property properly licensed by the department of environmental management |
17 | as a shooting preserve, for the purpose of hunting. |
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1 | 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 FISH AND WILDLIFE –- FIELD TRIALS AND SHOOTING PRESERVES | |
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1 | This act would define captive hunting as a hunt that occurs within a structure designed to |
2 | restrict the free movement of animals and prevents the animal from escaping and would prohibit |
3 | captive hunting within the state of Rhode Island. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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