§ 45-36.1-1. Legislative purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to provide a voluntary mechanism for cities and towns to use to dedicate a park, or other conservation land that it owns, as public trust land in perpetuity in order to ensure preservation of the natural environment and public access to the land for outdoor […]
§ 45-36.1-2. Power to declare municipal land as public trust land. Pursuant to the proper delegation of powers vested in the general assembly by R.I. Const., Art. I, § 17, cities and towns may formally dedicate any property they hold that was donated to the city or town, or acquired by the city or town […]
§ 45-36.1-3. Process for municipal declaration of municipal land as public trust land. Cities and towns may formally dedicate any property they hold for use as a park or for other conservation purposes as a public trust land, to be perpetually protected from conversion to a use other than the use for which it was […]
§ 45-36.1-4. Restrictions applicable to municipal public trust land. Once a city or town dedicates property it holds as a public trust land, the land shall be perpetually protected from conversion to a use other than the use for which it was originally obtained and development that is inconsistent with its primary purpose as a […]
