Chapter 197
2008 -- S 2630
SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 07/02/08
A N A C T
RELATING
TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- BIRDS
Introduced By:
Senator Kevin A. Breene
Date
Introduced: February 26, 2008
It is enacted by the General Assembly as
follows:
SECTION 1.
Sections 20-14-1 and 20-14-1.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 20-14
entitled "Birds" are hereby amended to
read as follows:
20-14-1.
Birds protected. -- (a) No person shall pursue, hunt with intent to
kill, take,
destroy, or have in his or her possession any
wild bird or birds at any season of the year unless
harvested or taken in accordance with rules and
regulations promulgated by the director. except
during the established open seasons. Possession of any bird
during the time when the taking of
birds is prohibited shall be evidence that the
bird was taken in violation of this section, and each
bird possessed in violation of this section
shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
(b) This section
shall not be construed to apply to any species of birds for which: (1) a
federal depredation permit/order or a control
permit/order has been issued in accordance with
applicable federal law; or (2) a state
depredation permit has been issued in accordance with
section 20-14-1.1.
20-14-1.1. Bird
depredation permits Bird depredation and control permits and
orders. -- (a) A person may petition and be issued
a depredation permit/order or control
permit/order from the director or his or her
designee, in accordance with applicable federal law,
for the taking of birds when found committing
depredations upon agricultural crops, livestock, or
wildlife, or when concentrated in such numbers
and manner as to constitute a health or public
safety hazard or other nuisance.
(b) Before any
state depredation permits/orders or control permits/orders are issued,
the
director shall promulgate rules and regulations,
in accordance with applicable federal law,
establishing standards governing the issuance of
the permits/orders and other measures necessary
for the control of birds causing depredation or
constituting a health or public safety hazard or
other nuisance.
SECTION 2. This
act shall take effect upon passage.
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