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July 17, 2024 Clouds | 88°F
The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  1. General Laws
  2. Part I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
  3. Title XIX AGRICULTURE AND CONSERVATION
  4. Chapter 131B INTERSTATE WILDLIFE VIOLATOR COMPACT
  5. Section 1 Entry of the commonwealth into the compact; violations

Section 1

Section 1: Entry of the commonwealth into the compact; violations

Section 1. The commissioner of fish and game, in consultation with and through written agreement with the director of fisheries and wildlife and the director of marine fisheries, shall enter into an interstate wildlife violator compact on behalf of the commonwealth with any other jurisdiction legally joining the compact in a form substantially set forth in sections 2 to 11, inclusive.

Notwithstanding any general or special law or provision of the compact manual to the contrary, upon entry of the commonwealth into the compact, a violation resulting in a citation, conviction or suspension within another participating jurisdiction shall also constitute a violation of section 90A of chapter 131 or chapter 131A, as determined by the director of fisheries and wildlife, or a violation of chapter 130, as determined by the director of marine fisheries, in order for the applicable division to take a reciprocal action in the commonwealth to suspend, deny or deny renewal of a license pursuant to section 5.