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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 ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMALS AT LARGE | |
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Introduced By: Representative John G. Edwards | |
Date Introduced: February 15, 2018 | |
Referred To: House Municipal Government | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 4-15-5 of the General Laws in Chapter 4-15 entitled "Animals at |
2 | Large" is hereby repealed. |
3 | 4-15-5. Animals in private ways in Newport. |
4 | Horses, neat-cattle, sheep, and hogs are deemed to be at large within the meaning of this |
5 | chapter within the limits of any private way in the city of Newport, without the consent of the |
6 | owners of the fee in that private way, and that private way, for the purpose of authorizing the |
7 | taking up and impounding of those animals, is deemed a common within the meaning of this |
8 | chapter. |
9 | 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 ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMALS AT LARGE | |
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1 | This act would repeal the section of the law authorizing the impoundment of at large |
2 | animals in private ways in Newport. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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