§ 37-6-5 - Power of department and agency heads to acquire property for public use. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 37-6-5

   § 37-6-5  Power of department and agencyheads to acquire property for public use. – (a) Whenever in the opinion of the head of any department, board, bureau,commission, or agency of the state government, hereinafter referred to as theacquiring authority, the acquisition of land or other real property or anyinterest, estate, or right therein is necessary or advantageous to theestablishment, acquisition, construction, development, betterment, ormaintenance of any governmental facility, public work, or public improvement,the acquiring authority shall be and hereby is authorized and empowered, withinthe limits of the appropriations that are available or that shall be madeavailable, with the approval of the state properties committee, and in the caseof purchases by or gifts or devises to the state, subject to the approval ofthe governor, to take in fee simple or otherwise in the name and for thebenefit of the state of Rhode Island, by purchase, lease, gift, or devise landsand other real property and rights, interests, estates, easements, andprivileges therein, and foreshore, riparian, and littoral rights thereto forthe public use within the state of Rhode Island.

   (b) No acquiring authority shall relinquish riparian rightsof Colt State Park or Poppasquash Road, Bristol to any entity for private use.