2018 -- H 7170 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- HUNTING AND HUNTING SAFETY | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Bennett, Marshall, Hull, Vella-Wilkinson, and Ajello | |
Date Introduced: January 12, 2018 | |
Referred To: House Environment and Natural Resources | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 20-13-12 of the General Laws in Chapter 20-13 entitled "Hunting |
2 | and Hunting Safety" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 20-13-12. Reports of hunting injuries. |
4 | Every person causing who sustains an injury to themselves or causes injury to another a |
5 | human being by gunfire while hunting or trapping ; or inflicting an injury upon himself or herself |
6 | with firearms while hunting; or inflicting an injury upon himself or herself while trapping shall |
7 | make a report to the department of environmental management immediately within seventy-two |
8 | (72) hours after the injury, unless that person is physically incapable of making the required |
9 | report, in which event it is the duty of that person to designate some other person to file the report |
10 | within the specified time. |
11 | 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 -- HUNTING AND HUNTING SAFETY | |
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1 | This act would require any person who sustains an injury to themselves or causes an |
2 | injury to another while hunting or trapping to report the injury to the department of environmental |
3 | management immediately. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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