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SECTION 20-7-7.1

   § 20-7-7.1  Administrativesuspension/revocation of licenses – Penalties – Appeal. – (a) If a person licensed under this chapter is found, pursuant to §42-17.1-2, to have violated any of the following offenses, his or her licenseshall be suspended for the following periods:

   (1) Possession of ten (10) or more undersize lobsters but notmore than nineteen (19) in violation of § 20-7-10, one month;

   (2) Possession of twenty (20) or more undersize lobsters, inviolation of § 20-7-10, one year;

   (3) Possession of mutilated lobsters or lobster meat inviolation of § 20-7-14, one year;

   (4) Possession of one or more brushed female berried lobstersin violation of § 20-7-10, one year;

   (5) Possession of ten (10) or more egg-bearing femalelobsters in violation of § 20-7-10, one year;

   (6) Unauthorized raising of another's lobster pots inviolation of § 20-4-8, one year;

   (7) Use or possession of a lobster pot from which themarkings or branded numbers have been removed, altered, or obliterated inviolation of § 20-7-12, one year; and

   (8) Failure to file reports of lobsters taken as required by§ 20-7-9, one year.

   (b) Any person whose license is so suspended shall not engagein the lobster fishery in this state during the specified period of suspension.Any person who is found, pursuant to § 42-17.1-2, to have engaged in thelobster fishery during the specified period of suspension shall pay anadministrative penalty of five thousand dollars ($5,000).

   (c) The license of any person found, pursuant to §42-17.1-2, to have violated any of the offenses set forth in subsection (a) asecond time shall be revoked for three (3) years and the person whose licenseis revoked shall not engage in the lobster fishery of this state in any waywhile the revocation is in force, and in addition shall pay an administrativepenalty of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each violation.

   (d) In addition to any other sanctions provided by law, anyperson found, pursuant to § 42-17.1-2, to have violated any of theprovisions of this chapter shall pay an administrative penalty of not less thanfifty dollars ($50.00), nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), for eachlobster taken or possessed in violation of the provisions of this chapter.

   (e) Any person aggrieved by a final decision under thissection may appeal the decision in accordance with the provisions of theAdministrative Procedures Act, chapter 35 of title 42.

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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-20 > Chapter-20-7 > 20-7-7-1

SECTION 20-7-7.1

   § 20-7-7.1  Administrativesuspension/revocation of licenses – Penalties – Appeal. – (a) If a person licensed under this chapter is found, pursuant to §42-17.1-2, to have violated any of the following offenses, his or her licenseshall be suspended for the following periods:

   (1) Possession of ten (10) or more undersize lobsters but notmore than nineteen (19) in violation of § 20-7-10, one month;

   (2) Possession of twenty (20) or more undersize lobsters, inviolation of § 20-7-10, one year;

   (3) Possession of mutilated lobsters or lobster meat inviolation of § 20-7-14, one year;

   (4) Possession of one or more brushed female berried lobstersin violation of § 20-7-10, one year;

   (5) Possession of ten (10) or more egg-bearing femalelobsters in violation of § 20-7-10, one year;

   (6) Unauthorized raising of another's lobster pots inviolation of § 20-4-8, one year;

   (7) Use or possession of a lobster pot from which themarkings or branded numbers have been removed, altered, or obliterated inviolation of § 20-7-12, one year; and

   (8) Failure to file reports of lobsters taken as required by§ 20-7-9, one year.

   (b) Any person whose license is so suspended shall not engagein the lobster fishery in this state during the specified period of suspension.Any person who is found, pursuant to § 42-17.1-2, to have engaged in thelobster fishery during the specified period of suspension shall pay anadministrative penalty of five thousand dollars ($5,000).

   (c) The license of any person found, pursuant to §42-17.1-2, to have violated any of the offenses set forth in subsection (a) asecond time shall be revoked for three (3) years and the person whose licenseis revoked shall not engage in the lobster fishery of this state in any waywhile the revocation is in force, and in addition shall pay an administrativepenalty of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each violation.

   (d) In addition to any other sanctions provided by law, anyperson found, pursuant to § 42-17.1-2, to have violated any of theprovisions of this chapter shall pay an administrative penalty of not less thanfifty dollars ($50.00), nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), for eachlobster taken or possessed in violation of the provisions of this chapter.

   (e) Any person aggrieved by a final decision under thissection may appeal the decision in accordance with the provisions of theAdministrative Procedures Act, chapter 35 of title 42.


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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-20 > Chapter-20-7 > 20-7-7-1

SECTION 20-7-7.1

   § 20-7-7.1  Administrativesuspension/revocation of licenses – Penalties – Appeal. – (a) If a person licensed under this chapter is found, pursuant to §42-17.1-2, to have violated any of the following offenses, his or her licenseshall be suspended for the following periods:

   (1) Possession of ten (10) or more undersize lobsters but notmore than nineteen (19) in violation of § 20-7-10, one month;

   (2) Possession of twenty (20) or more undersize lobsters, inviolation of § 20-7-10, one year;

   (3) Possession of mutilated lobsters or lobster meat inviolation of § 20-7-14, one year;

   (4) Possession of one or more brushed female berried lobstersin violation of § 20-7-10, one year;

   (5) Possession of ten (10) or more egg-bearing femalelobsters in violation of § 20-7-10, one year;

   (6) Unauthorized raising of another's lobster pots inviolation of § 20-4-8, one year;

   (7) Use or possession of a lobster pot from which themarkings or branded numbers have been removed, altered, or obliterated inviolation of § 20-7-12, one year; and

   (8) Failure to file reports of lobsters taken as required by§ 20-7-9, one year.

   (b) Any person whose license is so suspended shall not engagein the lobster fishery in this state during the specified period of suspension.Any person who is found, pursuant to § 42-17.1-2, to have engaged in thelobster fishery during the specified period of suspension shall pay anadministrative penalty of five thousand dollars ($5,000).

   (c) The license of any person found, pursuant to §42-17.1-2, to have violated any of the offenses set forth in subsection (a) asecond time shall be revoked for three (3) years and the person whose licenseis revoked shall not engage in the lobster fishery of this state in any waywhile the revocation is in force, and in addition shall pay an administrativepenalty of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each violation.

   (d) In addition to any other sanctions provided by law, anyperson found, pursuant to § 42-17.1-2, to have violated any of theprovisions of this chapter shall pay an administrative penalty of not less thanfifty dollars ($50.00), nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), for eachlobster taken or possessed in violation of the provisions of this chapter.

   (e) Any person aggrieved by a final decision under thissection may appeal the decision in accordance with the provisions of theAdministrative Procedures Act, chapter 35 of title 42.