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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- DAM PERMITS | |
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Introduced By: Senators Raptakis, Rogers, DiMario, F. Lombardi, LaMountain, Murray, | |
Date Introduced: February 12, 2024 | |
Referred To: Senate Housing & Municipal Government | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. The title of Chapter 46-19.1 of the General Laws entitled "Dam Permits" is |
2 | hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | CHAPTER 46-19.1 |
4 | Dam Permits |
5 | CHAPTER 46-19.1 |
6 | MAINTENANCE OF PONDS, DAMS AND DOCKS |
7 | SECTION 2. Chapter 46-19.1 of the General Laws entitled "Dam Permits" is hereby |
8 | amended by adding thereto the following section: |
9 | 46-19.1-2. Pond maintenance in the town of Coventry. |
10 | (a) In the event that a property owner of property on littoral land or land adjacent to a pond |
11 | with a capacity greater than one thousand four hundred (1,400) normal storage acre feet of water |
12 | in the town of Coventry seeks to alter, repair, modify or replace a dock on a pond, the property |
13 | owner shall only need approval from the department of environmental management ("department"). |
14 | All docks existing within a pond with a capacity greater than one thousand four hundred (1,400) |
15 | normal storage acre feet of water in the town of Coventry, as of the date of the enactment of this |
16 | section are deemed to be acceptable as "existing docks" by the department. For purposes of this |
17 | subsection "pond" has the same meaning as defined in § 2-1-20. Ponds owned by the State of Rhode |
18 | Island and its governmental subdivisions in the town of Coventry, and their governmental |
19 | subdivisions or by any quasi-public entity or utility shall not be subject to this section. |
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1 | (b) A property owner that owns property subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of this |
2 | section that extends beyond the water line into Johnson’s pond, by virtue of the legal description |
3 | or other conveyancing language contained in the property owner's deed, then the property owner |
4 | does not need to get authorization from the owner of Johnson’s pond before commencing |
5 | waterfront improvements to include docks. |
6 | SECTION 3. 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 WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- DAM PERMITS | |
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1 | This act would rename chapter 46-19.1 as "Maintenance of Ponds, Dams and Docks." |
2 | Additionally, this act would permit property owners on ponds in Coventry with a capacity in excess |
3 | of one thousand four hundred (1,400) normal storage acre feet of water, to alter, repair, modify, or |
4 | replace a dock on the pond by seeking approval only from the department of environmental |
5 | management. Also, this act would allow a property owner that owns property that extends beyond |
6 | the water line on Johnson’s pond in the town of Coventry, to commence water front work without |
7 | authorization from the owner of Johnson's pond. |
8 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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