H8133 • 2026

AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- LICENSING (Assesses a fee of one cent ($0.01) per every ten thousand (10,000) gallons of wastewater treatment facility effluent discharge.)

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Solomon
Last action: 2026-03-31
Official status: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Effective date: Not listed

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AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- LICENSING (Assesses a fee of one cent ($0.01) per every ten thousand (10,000) gallons of wastewater treatment facility effluent discharge.)

What This Bill Does

AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- LICENSING (Assesses a fee of one cent ($0.01) per every ten thousand (10,000) gallons of wastewater treatment facility effluent discharge.)

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Bill History

2026-03-31 Committee
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
2026-03-27 Rhode Island General Assembly
Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/31/2026)
2026-02-27 Rhode Island General Assembly
Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources

Official Summary Text

AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- LICENSING (Assesses a fee of one cent ($0.01) per every ten thousand (10,000) gallons of wastewater treatment facility effluent discharge.)

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H8133

2026 -- H 8133
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026
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A N A C T
RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- LICENSING

Introduced By:
Representative Joseph J. Solomon

Date Introduced:
February 27, 2026

Referred To:
House Environment and Natural Resources
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
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SECTION 1. Section 20-2-44 of the General Laws in Chapter 20-2 entitled "Licensing" is
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hereby amended to read as follows:
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20-2-44. Shellfish transplant program.
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(a)
In addition to any appropriation made pursuant to § 20-2-28.2, the general assembly
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shall appropriate from the general fund to the division of marine fisheries the amount it deems
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necessary for the purpose of maintaining a shellfish transplant program for the fiscal year ending
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June 30, 2000, and thereafter, the division of marine fisheries shall develop a sustainable shellfish
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management plan.
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(b) On and after July 1, 2026, there shall be assessed and collected against all wastewater
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treatment facilities, as defined in § 42-17.4-4, a fee of one cent ($0.01) per every ten thousand
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(10,000) gallons of wastewater treatment facility effluent discharge from that facility. The fees
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collected under this section shall be used to support the shellfish transplant program. Provided, the
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provisions of this subsection shall apply both to public and privately-owned wastewater treatment
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facilities.
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF
A N A C T
RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- LICENSING
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This act would provide that on and after July 1, 2026, there would be assessed and collected
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a fee of one cent ($0.01) per every ten thousand (10,000) gallons of wastewater treatment facility
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effluent discharge. The fees collected under this section shall be used to support the shellfish
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transplant program.
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This act would take effect upon passage.
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