2020 -- H 7610 | |
======== | |
LC004608 | |
======== | |
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020 | |
____________ | |
A N A C T | |
RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- GENERAL PROVISIONS | |
| |
Introduced By: Representatives Canario, Solomon, Bennett, Edwards, and Vella- | |
Date Introduced: February 14, 2020 | |
Referred To: House Environment and Natural Resources | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 20-1-26 of the General Laws in Chapter 20-1 entitled "General |
2 | Provisions" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 20-1-26. Freshwater invasive aquatic plants -- Prohibition on importation and |
4 | possession Invasive plants -- Prohibition on importation and possession. |
5 | (a) No person shall import, transport, disperse, distribute, introduce, sell, purchase, or |
6 | possess in the state any species of non-native (exotic) freshwater invasive aquatic plants, as defined |
7 | by the director. The director shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the prohibition and |
8 | its applicability. The prohibition and its enforcement shall not become effective until the rules and |
9 | regulations governing the prohibition and its applicability take effect. |
10 | (b) Violations of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred |
11 | dollars ($500). |
12 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
======== | |
LC004608 | |
======== | |
| |
EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
OF | |
A N A C T | |
RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- GENERAL PROVISIONS | |
*** | |
1 | This act would prohibit the importation, transportation, disbursement, distribution, sale, |
2 | purchase, or possession of any species of non-native (exotic) invasive plants. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
======== | |
LC004608 | |
======== | |
| LC004608 - Page 2 of 2 |