Section 46-5-10. – Lease of facilities.
§ 46-5-10. Lease of facilities. The director may from time to time, in the name of the state of Rhode Island, lease any property, whether improved or unimproved, acquired by purchase or by the process of law, and storage facilities, wharves, piers, bulkheads, docks, sheds, warehouses, and industrial locations within the director’s charge, for such […]
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— Grants of title by the General Assembly — Approval to fill required — General Assembly to set policy — Harborlines repealed.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— Grants of title by the General Assembly — Approval to fill required — General Assembly to set policy — Harborlines repealed.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 […]
Section 46-5-5. – Payment of agreed price.
§ 46-5-5. Payment of agreed price. If any party shall agree with the department of environmental management to the price for his or her estate or interest in any such land, that price shall be paid to him or her forthwith out of the funds appropriated and available thereof. History of Section.P.L. 1910, ch. 568, […]
Section 46-5-1. – Power to acquire land along tidewater.
§ 46-5-1. Power to acquire land along tidewater. The department of environmental management is authorized to acquire in fee simple from the state as authorized in § 46-5-1.1 or in the name of the state for the use and benefit of the public, by purchase or condemnation or by lease from time to time, any […]
Section 46-5-1.1. – Permission to conduct filling activity distinguished from grants of rights and property interest in the filled area.
§ 46-5-1.1. Permission to conduct filling activity distinguished from grants of rights and property interest in the filled area. (a) It is the policy of the state of Rhode Island that the state’s permission to fill tidelands is separate and distinct from the state’s granting of a right, title, or interest in and to the […]