| Chapter 441 |
| 2024 -- S 2415 SUBSTITUTE A Enacted 06/29/2024 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO PARKS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS |
Introduced By: Senators DiPalma, and Felag |
| Date Introduced: February 12, 2024 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Chapter 32-1 of the General Laws entitled "General Provisions" is hereby |
| amended by adding thereto the following section: |
| 32-1-5.2. Sapowet Marsh Management Area -- Prohibition of development. |
| (a) The department of environmental management is authorized to allow and promote |
| passive outdoor recreation within the boundaries of the land of Sapowet Marsh Management Area |
| and to enter into leases for the agricultural use of any portion of the land of the management area. |
| (b) Sapowet Cove, an area of water that runs from Sapowet Point easterly to the bridge and |
| then southerly, perpendicular to Sapowet Avenue, shall not at any time be commercially developed |
| or in any way modified from its current undeveloped state. The water at the mouth of the marsh, |
| for a distance of two thousand feet (2,000') from the bridge to Sapowet Point, measured in a |
| southerly direction from the shoreline, shall not be used for any purpose other than passive outdoor |
| recreation. |
| (c) For purposes of this section, "passive outdoor recreation" means the use of land and |
| water for the restorations, conservation, and management of fish and wildlife and their habitats and |
| wildlife-associated recreation such as hunting and fishing. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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