2020 -- H 7946 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY BY | |
EMINENT DOMAIN | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Amore, Serodio, Kazarian, and Cassar | |
Date Introduced: February 27, 2020 | |
Referred To: House Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Sections 46-25-11 and 46-25-13 of the General Laws in Chapter 46-25 |
2 | entitled "Narragansett Bay Commission" are hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 46-25-11. Power to acquire land. |
4 | For any purposes of this chapter, the commission may, at any time and from time to time, |
5 | take by eminent domain or acquire by purchase or otherwise, such land, water rights, easements, |
6 | and other property or interests in property, public and private, as it may determine necessary or |
7 | desirable for the purposes of this chapter; provided, however, that the commission may not exercise |
8 | this power in connection with any property located within the area designated by the city of East |
9 | Providence as the East Providence Waterfront Special Development District, without first receiving |
10 | written approval by the East Providence Waterfront Commission and from the mayor of East |
11 | Providence. |
12 | 46-25-13. Eminent domain procedure. |
13 | In the exercise of its power of eminent domain under this chapter, the commission shall be |
14 | subject to the provisions of chapter 6 of title 37 and section 11 of chapter 25 of title 46. |
15 | 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 WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY BY | |
EMINENT DOMAIN | |
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1 | This act would provide that the Narragansett Bay Commission may not exercise its power |
2 | to acquire land located within the area designated by the city of East Providence as the East |
3 | Providence Waterfront Special Development District, without first receiving written approval by |
4 | the East Providence Waterfront Commission and from the mayor of East Providence |
5 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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