Chapter
350
2005 -- S 0797 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 07/19/05
A N A C T
RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- HARBOR AND HARBOR LINES
Introduced By: Senators Damiani, Polisena, and Sosnowski
Date
Introduced: February 17, 2005
It is enacted
by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION
1. Section 46-4-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 46-4 entitled "Harbors
and
Harbor
Lines" is hereby amended to read as follows:
46-4-2.
City and town control of harbors -- Harbormasters -- Extension of
Providence
jurisdiction. -- The council of
any city or town is hereby authorized and empowered
to
appoint a harbormaster
for the harbors within the confines of the city or town, and to ordain
and
establish such bylaws and ordinances and establish such fees and compensation
as the city
council
or town council may deem necessary and expedient for carrying out the
provisions of this
section;
provided, that the jurisdiction, powers, and duties of the harbormaster of the city
of
Providence
shall include all the public waters westerly of the easterly sides of the ship
channels in
Seekonk
River, Providence River and Harbor and Narragansett Bay from the Pawtucket-
Providence
city line southerly to the point of intersection of the ship-channel side with
a straight
line
drawn from Rumstick Point on the east shore to Rocky Point on the west shore,
excluding
that
area subject to jurisdiction of the city of Cranston, pursuant to the
provisions of section 46-4-
5.1, and
all acts of the general assembly and ordinances of the city of Providence, now
or
hereafter
passed, relative to the harbor of the city of Providence, shall apply to and be
in force
relative
to the public waters. The council of the town of Little Compton is hereby
authorized and
empowered
to enact ordinances to regulate or ban the setting of lobster pots, fish nets,
or cribs,
within
the harbor at Little Compton to prevent interference with the use of moorings
or
navigation
therein; provided, further, that all harbormasters shall receive education and training
in first
aid and CPR from any entity which is authorized or licensed to conduct the
training or
education;
provided, further, that all harbormasters shall attend The Rhode Island
Harbormaster
Training Academy.
SECTION 2. This act
shall take effect upon passage.
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