Title 45
Towns and Cities

Chapter 29
Eminent Domain for Housing Authority Projects

R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-29-3

§ 45-29-3. Resolution of necessity of acquisition — Statement of compensation estimated as just.

The necessity for an acquisition as described in § 45-29-2 shall be conclusively presumed upon the adoption by the housing authority of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the land, or interest in it, described in the resolution is in the public interest and necessary for the public use, and that the land, or interest in it, is included in an approved project under the housing authority law. Within six (6) months, the authority shall cause to be filed in the land evidence records of the city, a copy of the resolution of the authority, together with a plat of the land, or interest in it described, and a statement, signed by the chairperson of the authority, that the land, or interest in it, is taken pursuant to the provisions of §§ 45-29-1 — 45-29-12. Thereupon, the authority shall file in the superior court in and for the county in which the land, or interest in it lies, a statement of the sum of money estimated by the authority to be just compensation for the land taken.

History of Section.
P.L. 1941, ch. 1030, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 45-29-3.