Session Laws

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Section 44 of chapter 130 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1988 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the second paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-

Until January first, nineteen hundred and eighty-eight, the minimum size shall be three and three-sixteenths inches. Thereafter, except as otherwise provided in this section, the minimum size shall be as follows: Beginning on January first, nineteen hundred and eighty-eight, three and seven-thirty-seconds inches; beginning on January first, nineteen hundred and eighty-nine, three and eight-thirty-seconds inches. Beginning January first, nineteen hundred and ninety and continuing until January first, nineteen hundred and ninety-two, there shall be no further minimum size increases. Beginning January first, nineteen hundred and ninety-two, the director may, by regulation approved by the marine fisheries advisory commission, increase the minimum size if he determines that such increase would not cause the minimum size to exceed the minimum size in effect in Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire or Rhode Island.