Rhode Island § 46-5-1 § 46-5-1. Power to acquire land along tidewater.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 46-5-1 — § 46-5-1. Power to acquire land along tidewater.

Rhode Island § 46-5-1

Title 46Waters and Navigation

Ch. 46-5Construction of Port Facilities

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 46-5-1 (2026).

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§ 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 portion of real property, tide-flowed
            lands, plats, terms, easements, privileges, foreshore, riparian, and littoral rights
            of the owner or owners of them, bordering on tidewater in the state and as much of
            the uplands adjacent to the tide lands as the director of the department of environmental
            management deems expedient.
         

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§ 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 portion of real property, tide-flowed lands, plats, terms, easements, privileges, foreshore, riparian, and littoral rights of the owner or owners of them, bordering on tidewater in the state and as much of the uplands adjacent to the tide lands as the director of the department of environmental management deems expedient.

Legislative History

P.L. 1910, ch. 568, § 4; P.L. 1910, ch. 643, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 149, § 28; G.L. 1938, ch. 112, § 27; P.L. 1945, ch. 1650, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 46-5-1; P.L. 2000, ch. 314, § 1.