§ 46-6-14 - Commissioner of wrecks not liable for cost – Application of property held. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 46-6-14

   § 46-6-14  Commissioner of wrecks notliable for cost – Application of property held. – A commissioner of wrecks and shipwrecked goods shall not be liable to theprovisions of this chapter by reason of anything done by the commissioner indischarge of his or her office as the commissioner; but he or she shall, uponnotice and request by the director of the department of environmentalmanagement, retain and apply so much of the property in his or her possessionappertaining to a wrecked vessel, or of the proceeds thereof, as may benecessary to provide for the removal of the vessel so that the vessel shall notbe an obstruction in tidewaters.