HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2417        FILED ON: 2/18/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3271

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Thomas A. Golden, Jr.

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to certain exotic pets.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Thomas A. Golden, Jr.

16th Middlesex

1/20/2011


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2417        FILED ON: 2/18/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3271

By Mr. Golden of Lowell, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3271) of Thomas  A. Golden, Jr., relative to the classification of sugar glider marsupial possums as exotic pets. Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act relative to certain exotic pets.

 

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

SECTION 1.  The director of the division of fisheries and wildlife is hereby directed to  provide that sugar gliders are a species which are exempt from the licensing provisions of section 23 of chapter 131 of the General Laws and may be imported, possessed, maintained, propagated, bought, sold, exchanged or offered for sale without a license or permit from the division.