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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE | |
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Introduced By: Senators Miller, Lynch, and Metts | |
Date Introduced: January 29, 2014 | |
Referred To: Senate Environment & Agriculture | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 20-14 of the General Laws entitled "Birds" is hereby amended by |
2 | adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 20-14-8.2. West shore of the Providence River. – No person shall take, kill, destroy, or |
4 | pursue or in any manner molest any wild bird in that part of the cities of Warwick and Cranston |
5 | on the west shore of that portion of upper Narragansett Bay, which is also known as the |
6 | Providence River, from Gaspee Point to Fields Point or within one thousand feet (1,000') of the |
7 | west shore or banks of the Providence River from Gaspee Point to Fields Point. |
8 | 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 | |
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1 | This act would prohibit the taking, killing, destroying, pursuing or molesting of any wild |
2 | bird along the west shore of the Providence River from Gaspee Point to Fields Point. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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