2024 -- S 2773

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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 PROPERTY -- BY POSSESSION AND PRESCRIPTION

     

     Introduced By: Senators LaMountain, and Miller

     Date Introduced: March 08, 2024

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 34-7-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 34-7 entitled "By Possession

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and Prescription" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     34-7-4. Right of footway denied.

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     No right of footway, except within one hundred (100) yards of the Pawtuxet River in the

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cities of Warwick and Cranston or claimed in connection with a right to pass with carriages, shall

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be acquired by prescription or adverse use for any length of time.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO PROPERTY -- BY POSSESSION AND PRESCRIPTION

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     This act would deny the right of footway, except within one hundred (100) yards of the

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Pawtuxet River in the cities of Warwick and Cranston and except in connection with a right to pass

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with carriages to be acquired by prescription or adverse use.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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