§ 20-2-18.1 - Wild turkey permits. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 20-2-18.1

   § 20-2-18.1  Wild turkey permits. –No person shall attempt to take any wild turkey without first obtaining aregular hunting license and a turkey permit for the current year. Permits shallbe sold at the direction of the director for a fee of seven dollars and fiftycents ($7.50) for residents and twenty dollars ($20.00) for non-residents. Theissuing agent may retain a fee of fifty cents ($.50) for each permit and shallremit seven dollars ($7.00) for resident permits and nineteen dollars and fiftycents ($19.50) for non-resident permits to the department. A wild turkey permitshall be good only for the season in which it is issued. All monies derivedfrom the sale of wild turkey permits shall be expended for turkey habitatacquisition in Rhode Island and wild turkey restoration management and research.