§ 32-4-2 - Legislative declaration. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 32-4-2

   § 32-4-2  Legislative declaration. –The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:

   (1) Providing land for public recreation and the conservationof natural resources promotes the public health, prosperity, and generalwelfare, and is a proper responsibility of government;

   (2) The lands now provided for those purposes will not beadequate to meet the needs of the expanding population in years to come;

   (3) The expansion of population, while increasing the needfor those lands, will continually diminish the supply thereof and will tend toincrease the cost to the public of acquiring lands suitable and appropriate forthose purposes; and

   (4) The state should act now to acquire and to assist localgovernments to acquire substantial quantities of those lands now available sothat they may be used and preserved for future use for those purposes.