Title 46
Waters and Navigation

Chapter 15.1
Water Supply Facilities

R.I. Gen. Laws § 46-15.1-1

§ 46-15.1-1. Legislative declaration — Water resources board (corporate) — Applicable sections.

The findings and declarations made by § 46-15-1 are hereby made applicable to this chapter.

The water resources board (corporate) under this chapter constitutes a body politic and corporate and a public instrumentality of the state having a distinct legal existence from the state and not constituting a department of state government.

The following sections also apply to the water resources board, the state agency: §§ 46-15.1-2(a), 46-15.1-2.2, 46-15.2-3, 46-15.1-2.4, 46-15.1-4.1, 46-15.1-5(15) — (25), 46-15.1-20 and 46-15.1-21.

History of Section.
P.L. 1970, ch. 304, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 461, § 2; P.L. 2006, ch. 104, § 2; P.L. 2006, ch. 126, § 2; P.L. 2009, ch. 288, § 7; P.L. 2009, ch. 341, § 7.