46 chapters · 361 sections in this title.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 20-39-1. Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact
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The Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact is entered with all states legally joining the compact, in the form substantially as follows: (a) The participating states find that: (1) Wildlife resources are managed in trust by the respective states for the benefit of all residents and…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 20-39-2. Department authorization to effect purposes of compact
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(a) The department of environmental management shall enforce the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact and shall do all things within the department’s jurisdiction that are appropriate in order to effectuate the purposes and the intent of the compact. (b) The department is authori…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 20-39-3. Reciprocal recognition of license suspensions — Suspension of privileges for conviction in participating state — Penalty
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(a) When the department of environmental management receives notice of the suspension of a person’s hunting, trapping, or fishing privileges by a participating state, the department shall determine whether the violation leading to the suspension could have led to the forfeiture o…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 20-39-4. Suspension of privileges for failure to comply with citation issued in participating state — Penalty
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(a) The department of environmental management may suspend the hunting, trapping, or fishing privileges of any resident of this state, upon notification from the licensing authority of an issuing state, that the resident has failed to comply with the terms of a citation issued fo…