(a)(1)   Resident: twenty-one dollars ($21.00); commencing July 1, 2025, twenty-four dollars ($24.00); commencing July 1, 2028, twenty-seven dollars ($27.00).

(2)   Nonresident: thirty-eight dollars ($38.00); commencing July 1, 2025, forty-one dollars ($41.00); commencing July 1, 2028, forty-four dollars ($44.00).

(3)   Nonresident tourist: eighteen dollars ($18.00); commencing July 1, 2025, twenty dollars ($20.00); commencing July 1, 2028, twenty-two dollars ($22.00). This license shall entitle the licensee to fish in Rhode Island for three (3) consecutive days including the day of issue.

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(b)  Freshwater fishing licenses shall expire on the last day of February of each year.

History of Section.
P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3; P.L. 1986, ch. 549, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 288, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 65, art. 13, § 16; P.L. 2021, ch. 162, art. 7, § 2, effective July 1, 2021.