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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- TRESPASS AND VANDALISM

     Introduced By: Senators Paolino, Pearson, and Lynch Prata

     Date Introduced: February 13, 2019

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Sections 11-44-16, 11-44-17 and 11-44-18 of the General Laws in Chapter

11-44 entitled "Trespass and Vandalism" are hereby repealed.

     11-44-16. Removal of gravel from or deposit of debris on Easton's Beach.

     Every person who shall remove any sand or any gravel from any part of Easton's Beach,

as defined in § 11-44-18, shall be fined twenty dollars ($20.00) for every offense. Every person

who shall deposit or leave on the beach any dead animal, offal, filth, rubbish, or refuse matter,

shall be fined twenty dollars ($20.00) for every offense.

     11-44-17. Enforcement of § 11-44-16.

     Any police constable of Newport or of Middletown, viewing any offense committed in

violation of § 11-44-16, shall immediately arrest the offender, whether in Newport or in

Middletown, and cause him or her to be prosecuted for the offense as soon as may be possible

before the district court.

     11-44-18. Bounds of Easton's Beach.

     Easton's Beach, for the purposes of §§ 11-44-16 and 11-44-17, shall embrace all the lands

bounded and described as follows: a tract of land in Newport, bounded northerly on land now or

formerly of George H. Norman, easterly on the division line between the town of Middletown

and the city of Newport, southerly on the ocean at low-water mark, and westerly on land now or

formerly of the Gibbs Land Company to the Bath Road, and along and across that road to and

along the cliffs at land now or formerly of J. W. Chandler; and a tract of land in Middletown,

bounded northerly on the northern side of a road which runs from the foot of Bath Road in

Newport, easterly through the above bounded beach or land, and then onward over the lands

between Easton's Beach and Sachuest Beach, easterly on the line of the old fence or wall which

has hitherto separated the upland of the Benjamin Easton Farm from Easton's Beach and the

sandy tract adjoining it, southerly on the ocean at low-water mark, and westerly on the division

line between Newport and Middletown.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- TRESPASS AND VANDALISM

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     This act would repeal the prohibition of the general laws regarding the removal of gravel

or the deposit of debris from Easton's Beach, the enforcement provisions thereto, and the bounds

of Easton's Beach.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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