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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE – AQUACULTURE | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Edwards, McGaw, Cortvriend, and Abney | |
Date Introduced: May 12, 2022 | |
Referred To: House Corporations | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 20-10-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 20-10 entitled "Aquaculture" |
2 | is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 20-10-6. Leases. |
4 | (a) The CRMC, in accordance with chapter 6 of title 37, is authorized and empowered, |
5 | when it shall serve the purposes of this chapter, to lease the land submerged under the coastal waters |
6 | of the state, including any coastal ponds or estuaries to coastal rivers, and the water column above |
7 | those submerged lands, to an applicant who has been granted an aquaculture permit pursuant to the |
8 | provisions of this chapter; provided, that the CRMC finds that a lease giving the applicant exclusive |
9 | use of the submerged lands and water column, including the surface of the water, is necessary to |
10 | the effective conduct of the permitted aquaculture activities. |
11 | (1) All leases granted under this section shall be sited not less than one thousand feet |
12 | (1,000') from the median high tide line. |
13 | (b) Those leases shall be granted for a term concurrent with the term of the aquaculture |
14 | permit and may be renewed from time to time upon renewal of the aquaculture permits. |
15 | (c) Those leases shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the aquaculture permit, and |
16 | any renewal of the permit, and the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations adopted |
17 | under this chapter. Failure to comply with the terms and conditions of the permit or renewal, or the |
18 | provisions of this chapter, or the rules and regulations adopted under this chapter, shall be grounds |
19 | for termination of the lease at the discretion of the CRMC. |
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1 | (d) Any assignment or sublease of the whole or any part of the area subject to lease shall |
2 | constitute a breach of the lease and constitute cause for the termination of the lease, unless that |
3 | assignment or subletting has received the prior approval of the CRMC. |
4 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE – AQUACULTURE | |
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1 | This act would require all aquaculture leases granted by the coastal resources management |
2 | council (CRMC) to be located at least one thousand feet (1,000') from the median high tide line. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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