§ 20-9-3 - Assent to fish restoration and management projects. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 20-9-3

   § 20-9-3  Assent to fish restoration andmanagement projects. – The state of Rhode Island assents to the provisions of the act of congress,entitled "An Act to Provide that the United States Shall Aid the States in FishRestoration and Management Projects, and for Other Purposes", 16 U.S.C. §777 et seq., and the division of fish and wildlife, with the approval of thedirector of environmental management, is hereby authorized, empowered, anddirected to perform any acts as may be necessary to the conduct andestablishment of fish restoration and management projects, as defined in thatact of congress, in compliance with that act and with rules and regulationspromulgated by the secretary of the interior under that act, and no fundsaccruing to the state from license fees or interest from license fee accountspaid by fishers shall be diverted for any other purpose than the administrationof the division of fish and wildlife of the department of environmentalmanagement.