§ 46-31-12.1 Bays, Rivers and Watersheds Fund. – (a) There is hereby established a restricted receipt account within the Department of Environmental Management to be called the Bays, Rivers and Watersheds Fund;
(b) The fund shall consist of any funds which the state may from time to time appropriate, as well as money received as gifts, grants, bequests, donations or other funds from any public or private sources, as well as all fees collected pursuant to § 46-23-1(f)(2) for the leasing of submerged lands for transatlantic cables, and all fees collected pursuant to chapter 46-12.11 for the disposal of septage;
(c) All funds, monies, and fees collected pursuant to this
section shall be deposited in the Bays, Rivers and Watersheds Fund, and shall
be disbursed by the Rhode Island Bays, Rivers, and Watersheds Coordination Team
consistent with the purposes and duties of the team as set forth in chapter
46-31. All expenditures from the fund shall be subject to appropriation by the
general assembly.
(P.L. 2007, ch. 73, art. 30, § 2.)