It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 20-2-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 20-2 entitled "Licensing" is hereby amended to read as follows:

{ADD 20-2-1. General. -- ADD} The director may issue such licenses as required under this title for hunting, fishing, and the taking of fish, game, birds, shellfish, lobsters, or other wild animals within this state and its territorial waters, pursuant to such regulations as he or she shall deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. The director may, in his or her discretion, appoint responsible citizens or corporations of the state {ADD , or of adjoining states, ADD} engaged in operating sporting goods stores to act as his or her agents with authority to issue licenses in the manner and under the conditions as set forth below. {ADD Before such appointment shall occur, that citizen or corporation of the state or of adjoining states shall deliver to the director a bond with a surety company authorized to do business in the state of Rhode Island. The requirements and conditions of such bond shall be established by regulation. ADD}

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.