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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Naughton, Keable, Costa, Walsh, and Shekarchi | |
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Date Introduced: June 12, 2013 | |
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Referred To: House Corporations | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Section 2-23-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 2-23 entitled "Right to |
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Farm" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
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2-23-4. "Agricultural operations" defined. -- (a) As used in this chapter, "agricultural |
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operations" includes any commercial enterprise which has as its primary purpose horticulture, |
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viticulture, viniculture, floriculture, forestry, stabling of horses, dairy farming, or aquaculture, or |
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the raising of livestock, including for the production of fiber, furbearing animals, poultry, or bees, |
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and all such other operations, uses, and activities as the director, in consultation with the chief of |
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division of agriculture, may determine to be agriculture, or an agricultural activity, use or |
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operation. The mixed-use of farms and farmlands for other forms of enterprise including, but not |
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limited to, the display of antique vehicles and equipment, retail sales, tours, classes, petting, |
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feeding and viewing of animals, hay rides, crop mazes, festivals and other special events are |
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hereby recognized as a valuable and viable means of contributing to the preservation of |
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agriculture. |
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(b) Nothing herein shall be deemed to restrict, limit or prohibit nonagricultural |
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operations from being undertaken on a farm except as otherwise restricted, regulated, limited or |
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prohibited by law, regulation or ordinance or to affect the rights of persons to engage in other |
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lawful nonagricultural enterprises on farms, provided, however, that the protections and rights |
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established by this chapter shall not apply to such nonagricultural activities, uses or operations. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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This act would define various farm enterprise uses that are recognized as a valuable and |
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viable means of contributing to the preservation of agricultural operations. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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