Title 37, Title 37 Property and Works

Any group home purchased or built by the state of Rhode Island and licensed pursuant to § 40.1-24-3, which is no longer used to house persons with disabilities and is vacant for a period of one year, must be offered for sale on the private housing market forthwith and shall there…

Any alteration on state owned land, or any alteration funded by the state which requires the alteration of topsoil shall require the use of “compost amended soil” which meets the United States Department of Agriculture classification criteria of silt loam, sandy loam, loamy sand,…

(a) Total annual proceeds from the sale of any land and the buildings and improvements thereon, and other real property, title to which is vested in the state of Rhode Island or title to which will be vested in the state upon completion of any condemnation or other proceedings, e…

Whenever any clay, gravel, sand, rock, earth, mineral, or other natural resource obtained from the soil or water of state owned real property, or any outgrowth, harvest, crop, agricultural, fishery, or forestry product, or any other produce found in, produced from, or grown in th…

Whenever in the opinion of the acquiring authority any land or other real property or interest therein taken by condemnation is no longer required for the purpose for which it was taken, the acquiring authority, with the approval of the state properties committee, may, with the c…

Whenever land is taken for the establishing, laying out, widening, extending, or relocating of public highways, streets, places, parks, or parkways, the acquiring authority may take more land and property than is needed for actual construction; provided, however, that the additio…

(a) The acquiring authority, with the approval of the state properties committee, is authorized and empowered to rent or lease for a period not exceeding ten (10) years with an option for one renewal for a further period of ten (10) years any land or other real property acquired …

Whenever the state leases, sells, or conveys property, real, personal, or mixed to the refunding bond authority under the provisions of chapter 14 of this title, in connection with a project authorized under the provisions of chapter 14 of this title, all money received by the st…

The governor, upon the request in writing of any interested general officer or the head of any department, board, bureau, commission, or agency of the state government, may execute a certificate transferring custody, control, and supervision over any land, and all buildings and i…

(a) Every fire district shall have the power and authority to purchase and/or receive gratuitously any tangible personal property state surplus property made available for sale or gift by the state. (b) Any state chartered fire district whose electors have been authorized to asse…

The governor shall file the certificate referred to in § 37-7-6 with the secretary of state who shall place the certificate on file and who shall cause a true copy of the certificate to be published at least once in a newspaper published in the county in which the land or propert…

Whenever, in the opinion of the acquiring authority, an easement or right of way may be granted in land owned or held by the state without thereby jeopardizing the interests of the state, and the granting of the easement or right of way will be for the public good, the acquiring …

(a) The acquiring authority, with the approval of the state properties committee, is authorized and empowered, when it shall serve the public purpose, to grant concessions in or to lease or license any land or building or structure, a part or portion of any governmental facility,…