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R.I. Gen. Laws § 46-23.1-1. Findings and purpose
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Coastal and estuarine habitat such as coastal wetlands, anadromous fish runs, and eelgrass beds are threatened, damaged, or have been destroyed by historic pollution, oil spills, incompatible development, and other factors. The coastal and estuarine habitats of Rhode Island’s wat…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 46-23.1-2. Definitions
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For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Council” means the coastal resources management council, its director or designee; (2) “Degraded habitat” means a habitat that has been negatively affected by human impacts, resulting in the loss or imp…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 46-23.1-3. The Rhode Island coastal and estuarine habitat restoration trust fund
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(a) Establishment. There is established within the coastal resources management council a Rhode Island coastal and estuarine habitat restoration trust fund (the “trust”). On July 1, 2002, July 1, 2004 and each July 1st thereafter, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000)…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 46-23.1-4. Allocation of the trust
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Funds from the trust shall be used to carry out the purposes of this chapter as follows: (1) The administrative, personnel and equipment expenses required to carry out the activities of the program as described in this chapter. The council shall be responsible for submitting annu…