§ 20-7-6. Use of license by agent or employee.
If any person to whom a seller’s or a commercial lobster license is granted becomes incapacitated for any reason from using that license, that person may permit his or her agent or employee, if a citizen or legal resident of the United States, to perform those duties under the license that may be necessary during the period of the licensee’s incapacity; provided that the incapacitated licensee has notified the director of environmental management prior to the transfer of those duties.
History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3; P.L. 1996, ch. 164, § 7.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 20-7 - Lobsters and Other Crustaceans
Section 20-7-1. - License required for taking of lobsters.
Section 20-7-2. - Taking of lobsters by commercial fishing vessels.
Section 20-7-3. - Noncommercial lobster licenses.
Section 20-7-4. - Diver’s lobster license.
Section 20-7-5. - Seller’s license.
Section 20-7-5.1. - [Repealed.]
Section 20-7-6. - Use of license by agent or employee.
Section 20-7-7. - Suspension and revocation of licenses.
Section 20-7-7.1. - Administrative suspension/revocation of licenses — Penalties — Appeal.
Section 20-7-8. - Exhibition of certificate.
Section 20-7-9. - Report of lobsters taken.
Section 20-7-10. - Minimum size of lobsters taken — Egg-bearing females.
Section 20-7-11. - Buoying of pots — Escape vents.
Section 20-7-11.1. - Lobster pots — Tagging — Advisory committee.
Section 20-7-12. - Removal of branded numbers from lobster pots.
Section 20-7-12.1. - Unauthorized possession and/or transfer of pots and traps.
Section 20-7-13. - Raising pots at night.
Section 20-7-14. - Mutilation of uncooked lobsters.
Section 20-7-15. - Methods of taking blue crabs — Nonresidents.