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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- FURBEARING ANIMALS | |
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Introduced By: Senators Tikoian, Raptakis, Quezada, Ciccone, F. Lombardi, Britto, | |
Date Introduced: February 12, 2024 | |
Referred To: Senate Environment & Agriculture | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 20-16-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 20-16 entitled "Furbearing |
2 | Animals" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 20-16-1. Furbearers protected. |
4 | (a) No person shall hunt, pursue, shoot, or trap, or attempt so to do, the following furbearing |
5 | mammals in this state, except in accordance with rules and regulations governing seasons, bag |
6 | limits, and methods of taking adopted by the director pursuant to § 20-1-12. |
7 | (b) For the purposes of this chapter, “furbearers” shall be considered to include: |
8 | (1) Carnivores (Order Carnivora): |
9 | (i) Family Canidae, genus Canis (coyote); genus Urocyon (gray fox); genus Vulpes |
10 | (red fox). |
11 | (ii) Family Procyonidae, genus Procyon (raccoon). |
12 | (iii) Family Mustelidae, genus Martes (fisher); genus Mustela, M. erminea (ermine), |
13 | M. frenata (longtailed weasel), M. vison (mink), genus Mephitis (striped skunk), genus Lutra |
14 | (river otter). |
15 | (iv) Family Felidae, genus Lynx (bobcat). |
16 | (2) Rodents (Order Rodentia): |
17 | (i) Family Castoridae, genus Castor (beaver). |
18 | (ii) Family Sciuridae, genus Sciurus (gray squirrel). |
19 | (iii) Family Cricetidae, genus Ondatra (muskrat). |
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1 | (3) Marsupials (Order Marsupialia): Family Didelphidae, genus Didelphis (opossum). |
2 | (4) Rabbits and hares (Order Lagomorpha): Family Leporidae, genus Sylvilagus |
3 | (Eastern and New England cottontail), genus Lepus (snowshoe hare). |
4 | (b) The department of environmental management shall promulgate, by rule, a list of |
5 | "furbearers" for the purpose of this chapter. |
6 | 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 -- FURBEARING ANIMALS | |
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1 | This act would delete subsection (b) of this section which lists the furbearing mammals in |
2 | the state. It would require the DEM to promulgate by rule, a list of "furbearers" for this chapter. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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