§ 46-23-16 Length of permits, licenses,
and easements. –
The council is authorized to grant permits, licenses, and easements for any
term of years or in perpetuity. Permits, licenses, or easements which are
issued by the council for the filling of the submerged or submersible lands of
the state of Rhode Island remain subject to the public trust, and no title is
conveyed by such documents. All such permits, licenses, and easements shall
clearly state that no title is being conveyed. Permits, licenses or easements
issued by the council are valid only with the conditions and stipulation under
which they are granted and imply no guarantee of renewal. The initial
application or an application for renewal may be subject to denial or
modification. If an application is granted, said permit, license and easement
may be subject to revocation and/or modification for failure to comply with the
conditions and stipulations under which the same was issued or for other good
cause. The division of coastal resources of the department of environmental
management shall transfer all of the records and files of the former division
of harbours and rivers to the council.
(P.L. 1973, ch. 197, § 3; P.L. 1976, ch. 329, § 3; P.L. 1991, ch. 42,
§ 2; P.L. 1998, ch. 358, § 1.)