§ 46-5-14. Operation of facilities for public use.
When any of the wharves, piers, bulkheads, slips, docks, basins, and other property, or any part thereof built, constructed, improved, or acquired by the department, shall have been completed and shall be ready for use, the director may, in his or her discretion, open the wharves, piers, bulkheads, slips, docks, basins, and other property, or any part thereof, to public use, and the director may employ such engineers, assistants, agents, clerks, and other persons as the director may deem necessary for the care, management, and maintenance of the wharves, piers, bulkheads, slips, docks, basins, and other property, and for the promotion and development of the public use thereof, and the general assembly shall annually appropriate such sum as it may deem necessary for the purposes enumerated in this section.
History of Section.P.L. 1910, ch. 568, § 12; P.L. 1915, ch. 1223, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 149, § 34; P.L. 1925, ch. 574, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 112, § 33; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 100; G.L. 1956, § 46-5-14.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 46 - Waters and Navigation
Chapter 46-5 - Construction of Port Facilities
Section 46-5-1. - Power to acquire land along tidewater.
Section 46-5-2. - Filing of description, plat, and statement as to land to be condemned.
Section 46-5-3. - Vesting of title to land taken.
Section 46-5-4. - Service and publication of notice of taking of land.
Section 46-5-5. - Payment of agreed price.
Section 46-5-6. - Jury assessment of damages — Consolidation of claims for trial.
Section 46-5-7. - Late filing of petition for jury trial.
Section 46-5-8. - Representation of infants and incompetents.
Section 46-5-9. - Construction of port facilities — Rates for services.
Section 46-5-10. - Lease of facilities.
Section 46-5-11. - Control and management of public facilities.
Section 46-5-12. - Rules and regulations — Penalty for violation.
Section 46-5-13. - Disposition of revenues.
Section 46-5-14. - Operation of facilities for public use.