2019 -- S 0649

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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 WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- SHIPWRECKS

     

     Introduced By: Senator Dennis L. Algiere

     Date Introduced: March 21, 2019

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

     (by request)

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 46-10-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 46-10 entitled

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"Shipwrecks" is hereby repealed.

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     46-10-1. Appointment of town commissioners of wrecks and shipwrecked goods --

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Bond.

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     The town council of every town, the territorial limits of which extend to the seashore,

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except the town of New Shoreham, shall annually appoint a commissioner of wrecks and

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shipwrecked goods, with power to appoint one or more deputies. Every commissioner of wrecks

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and shipwrecked goods shall give bond with sufficient surety or sureties to the town treasurer of

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the town wherein the commissioner shall be appointed, in the sum of five thousand dollars

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($5,000) for the faithful performance of the duties of the commissioner's office.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

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RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- SHIPWRECKS

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     This act would repeal the requirement that the town council of every town shall annually

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appoint a commissioner of wrecks and shipwrecked goods.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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