§ 20-5-8. Preference of prior occupants in permitting.
The director of environmental management shall, where there are two (2) or more applicants for permits for the same location or for locations that are less than three thousand feet (3,000′) apart, determine which applicant has continuously during the fishing season occupied the location for the longer period of years; and the applicant who shall establish a priority of location shall, if otherwise properly qualified, be entitled to receive a permit for the location.
History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3; P.L. 2004, ch. 8, § 4; P.L. 2004, ch. 16, § 4.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Section 20-5-1. - Fish traps — Permit required.
Section 20-5-2. - Persons to whom permits issuable.
Section 20-5-3. - Application for permit.
Section 20-5-4. - Distance between traps — Length of trap leader.
Section 20-5-5. - Restricted locations off Rhode Island and Sakonnet River.
Section 20-5-6. - Continuity of traps.
Section 20-5-7. - Hook-backs in leaders.
Section 20-5-8. - Preference of prior occupants in permitting.
Section 20-5-9. - Expiration and renewal of permits.
Section 20-5-10. - Exclusive right of permittee — Assignment of permit.
Section 20-5-11. - Inspection of traps.
Section 20-5-12. - Suspension or revocation of permit.
Section 20-5-15. - Seizure of abandoned or unlawful traps — Destruction or sale.
Section 20-5-16. - Rules and regulations.
Section 20-5-17. - Judicial enforcement of chapter and orders.
Section 20-5-18. - Willful injury to traps.
Section 20-5-19. - Penalty for violations generally — Prosecution.
Section 20-5-20. - Appropriations and disbursements.
Section 20-5-21. - Fish traps near Conanicut Island unlawful.