Section 46-5-12. – Rules and regulations — Penalty for violation.
§ 46-5-12. Rules and regulations — Penalty for violation. (a) The director shall establish and enforce such proper rules and regulations for the government and proper care of all the property acquired under this chapter, whether improved or unimproved, as the director shall deem best, and shall furnish a copy of the rules and regulations […]
Section 46-5-13. – Disposition of revenues.
§ 46-5-13. Disposition of revenues. All moneys paid for the wharfage, cranage, or dockage of vessels, all rents and other moneys paid to the state, from whatever source, on account of the use of any of the property, improved or unimproved, acquired in the name of and on behalf of the state by the department, […]
Section 46-5-14. – Operation of facilities for public use.
§ 46-5-14. Operation of facilities for public use. When any of the wharves, piers, bulkheads, slips, docks, basins, and other property, or any part thereof built, constructed, improved, or acquired by the department, shall have been completed and shall be ready for use, the director may, in his or her discretion, open the wharves, piers, […]
Section 46-5-15. – Disposition of lands no longer needed.
§ 46-5-15. Disposition of lands no longer needed. The director of the department of environmental management, when he or she shall deem any land or interests in land acquired or taken under the provisions of this chapter to be no longer required for the purposes of this chapter, may: (1) With the consent of the […]
Section 46-5-16. – Yacht and boat moorings.
§ 46-5-16. Yacht and boat moorings. (a) The director of the department of environmental management shall expend such funds as are annually appropriated in purchasing, installing, and maintaining yacht and boat moorings in such harbors in Rhode Island waters as he or she may deem advisable and suitable. (b) The sum of five hundred dollars […]
Section 46-5-11. – Control and management of public facilities.
§ 46-5-11. Control and management of public facilities. The director shall retain under his or her own control and management and in his or her own possession, for use by the public for the transient needs and purposes of such vessels as shall from time to time come to the port of Providence, a portion […]
Section 46-5-1.2. – State ownership of tidal lands — Grants of title by the General Assembly — Approval to fill required — General Assembly to set policy — Harborlines repealed.
§ 46-5-1.2. State ownership of tidal lands — Grants of title by the General Assembly — Approval to fill required — General Assembly to set policy — Harborlines repealed. (a) The state of Rhode Island, pursuant to the public trust doctrine long recognized in federal and Rhode Island state case law, and to Article 1, […]
Section 46-5-2. – Filing of description, plat, and statement as to land to be condemned.
§ 46-5-2. Filing of description, plat, and statement as to land to be condemned. Whenever the department of environmental management has decided to take by condemnation such land or any estate or interest in land, and the phrase “such land” as used in §§ 46-5-2 — 46-5-8 shall be deemed to describe and apply to […]
Section 46-5-3. – Vesting of title to land taken.
§ 46-5-3. Vesting of title to land taken. Upon the filing of the description, plat, and statement, the title to and immediate right of possession of such land shall vest in the state of Rhode Island in fee simple unless a lesser estate or interest therein is specified in the statement as taken by the […]
Section 46-5-4. – Service and publication of notice of taking of land.
§ 46-5-4. Service and publication of notice of taking of land. After the filing of the description, plat, and statement, notice of the taking of such land shall be served upon the owner of or persons having an estate and interest in such land by the sheriff or any deputy sheriff for the county in […]