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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE - HUNTING AND HUNTING SAFETY

     Introduced By: Representatives Bennett, Kazarian, Hull, Lombardi, and Amore

     Date Introduced: March 01, 2017

     Referred To: House Environment and Natural Resources

     (Dept. of Environmental Management)

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 20-13-12 of the General Laws in Chapter 20-13 entitled "Hunting

and Hunting Safety" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     20-13-12. Reports of hunting injuries.

     Every person causing who sustains an injury to themselves or causes injury to another a

human being by gunfire while hunting or trapping or inflicting an injury upon himself or herself

with firearms while hunting or inflicting an injury upon himself or herself while trapping shall

make a report to the department of environmental management immediately within seventy-two

(72) hours after the injury, unless that person is physically incapable of making the required

report, in which event it is the duty of that person to designate some other person to file the report

within the specified time.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE - HUNTING AND HUNTING SAFETY

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     This act would require any person who sustains an injury to themselves or causes an

injury to another while hunting or trapping to report the injury to the department of environmental

management immediately.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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