Introduced By: Senators Algiere and Walsh
Date Introduced :March 25, 1998
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 46-4 of the General Laws entitled "Harbors and Harbor Lines" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:
{ADD 46-4-6.17. Town of Westerly -- Powers conferred. -- ADD} {ADD The provisions of section 46-22-14, or any other provisions of the general laws notwithstanding, and in addition to any authority and powers conferred upon the town council of the town of Westerly, authority shall also be granted to the town council of the town of Westerly to authorize for the appointment of a harbor master and by ordinance grant such authority as the town council may deem necessary to the harbor master for the enforcement and supervision of any ordinances, rules, and regulations governing the public waters within its jurisdiction, to regulate by ordinance the speed, management, and control of all vessels, both wind and power, and the number, size, type, location, and use of all anchorages and moorings within the public waters within the confines of the town including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the authority and power to prohibit water-skiing on any of the public waters, to provide for the regulation of skin diving and scuba diving, to designate upon a map of the public waters within the towns the places where permanent or temporary moorings or anchorages may be maintained, to assign moorings, to remove moorings, to set and collect a fee for the use of moorings, to provide for minimum mooring specifications, to provide regulations for houseboats that are not self-propelled, to provided regulations for regattas, races, marine parades, tournaments, and exhibitions, to provide for the removal of wrecks or derelict or abandoned boats or docks, and to impose penalties for violation of the ordinances, not exceeding in amount one hundred dollars ($100) or imprisonment not exceeding ten (10) days in some jail or house of correction, for any one (1) offense, the fines to be recovered to the use of said town. No powers or duties granted herein shall be construed to abrogate the powers or duties granted to the coastal resources management council as provided in chapter 23 of this title. ADD}
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
