Rhode Island § 32-3-8 - Town Forests, Parks, and Recreation Systems
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§ 32-3-8. Town Forests, Parks, and Recreation Systems
R.I. Gen. Laws § 32-3-8
§ 32-3-8. Town forests.
Towns may appropriate sums of money for the purpose of acquiring certain lands to be set apart as town forests and may expend money for developing and planting those town forests and for the necessary nursery stock required for planting purposes, provided, that the expenditures shall be authorized by the town at a legal town meeting in accordance with law. Towns may also acquire, by gift or bequest, lands for town forests and may reclaim and plant those lands.
History of Section.
G.L. 1956, ch. 47, § 27; P.L. 1929, ch. 1389, § 1; P.L. 1930, ch. 1617, § 2; G.L.
1938, ch. 329, § 34; G.L. 1956, § 32-3-8.
Source: official Rhode Island text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 32-3-8 ("Town Forests, Parks, and Recreation Systems") is part of the Rhode Island General Laws, the codified statutory law of Rhode Island. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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