HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2102        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 792

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act regarding the Care of Wildlife by Nonprofit Organizations..

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

Section 4 of Chapter 131 of the Massachusetts General Laws, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection 13 the following:

Allow nonprofit organizations that are licensed by the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife to provide wildlife medicine and/or rehabilitation, charge a reasonable fee or to require a minimum donation from individuals or organization seeking medical care and/or rehabilitation of wild animals brought to said facility.