Rhode Island § 46-5-14 - Construction of Port Facilities
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§ 46-5-14. Construction of Port Facilities
R.I. Gen. Laws § 46-5-14
§ 46-5-14. Operation of facilities for public use.
When any of the wharves, piers, bulkheads, slips, docks, basins, and other property, or any part thereof built, constructed, improved, or acquired by the department, shall have been completed and shall be ready for use, the director may, in his or her discretion, open the wharves, piers, bulkheads, slips, docks, basins, and other property, or any part thereof, to public use, and the director may employ such engineers, assistants, agents, clerks, and other persons as the director may deem necessary for the care, management, and maintenance of the wharves, piers, bulkheads, slips, docks, basins, and other property, and for the promotion and development of the public use thereof, and the general assembly shall annually appropriate such sum as it may deem necessary for the purposes enumerated in this section.
History of Section.
P.L. 1910, ch. 568, § 12; P.L. 1915, ch. 1223, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 149, § 34; P.L.
1925, ch. 574, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 112, § 33; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 100;
G.L. 1956, § 46-5-14.
Source: official Rhode Island text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 46-5-14 ("Construction of Port Facilities") 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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