§ 2-1-19 - Public policy on swamps, marshes, and fresh water wetlands. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 2-1-19

   § 2-1-19  Public policy on swamps, marshes,and fresh water wetlands. – It is the public policy of the state to preserve the purity and integrity ofthe swamps, marshes, and other fresh water wetlands of this state. The health,welfare, and general well being of the populace and the protection of life andproperty require that the state restrict the uses of wetlands and, in theexercise of the police power those wetlands are to be regulated hereunder.