Title 32, Title 32 and Recreational Areas

The state overlook at Mohegan Bluffs, in the town of New Shoreham, shall hereafter be named the Edward S. Payne Overlook.

The state boat landing presently under the control of the department of environmental management, located in the village of Alton, shall hereafter be named the Nathaniel S. Lewis Memorial Boat Landing.

The hiking trail encircling Watchaug Pond in Burlingame state park shall hereafter be known as the Vin Gormley Trail.

The causeway at the Beach Pond Area in Exeter at the Connecticut border shall hereafter be named the Sri Chinmoy Oneness — Home Peace Run Causeway, and shall be marked by a plaque provided by the Rhode Island Sri Chinmoy centre.

The quartermaster’s docks located at Fort Adams state park shall hereafter be named in honor of Dr. Fred R. Alofsin and the mule barn located in the park shall be named the Dr. Fred R. Alofsin Sailing and Event Building.

The bike path tunnel on the East Bay Bike Path at the Bridge Street underpass in the town of Warren shall hereafter be named the Lester DiRiso Bike Path Tunnel.

The section of the East Bay Bike Path located in the city of East Providence shall hereafter be named the Leo C. Sullivan Memorial East Bay Bike Path.

The state park located in the Town of Lincoln on Lonsdale Avenue and Route 123 which the Blackstone River Bike Path will run through shall hereafter be named the “Senator John H. Chafee Memorial Park”.

The recreation area development fund shall be expended under the direction and supervision of the director of the department of environmental management for the development of state-owned beaches, parks, and recreation areas, and the director is vested with all power and authorit…

The director is authorized for and on behalf of the state, with the approval of the governor, to apply for and accept from the federal government or any department or agency thereof assistance that may become available for the purposes of §§ 32-1-11 — 32-1-13, whether it be in th…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of the general laws, one-half (½) the daily cash parking fees collected on Saturday, Sunday, and holidays at Misquamicut state beach shall be paid to the town of Westerly until a total of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) has been paid.

Any person, firm, or corporation requesting use of a state park for concerts, shows, exhibitions, or other similar gatherings shall first obtain the written permission to use the park from the licensing authority of the town or city where said park is located. The department of e…

Residents of Rhode Island who have a disability shall be given preference in the use of campsites and other recreational facilities over nonresidents who apply for permission to use those facilities.

No fee shall be charged any person with a disability regardless of age, or to automobiles transporting a non-driver with a disability, at any recreational facility owned and operated by the state; provided, however, proper identification is presented as prescribed by the departme…

No entrance fee shall be charged to any person who is sixty-five (65) years of age or older and who is eligible to participate in the Rhode Island pharmaceutical assistance to the elderly program, and an entrance fee not exceeding one-half (½) of the established and posted rates …

No person shall stop, stand, or park any vehicle within the Ten Mile River state park between the hours of eleven p.m. (11:00 p.m.) and six a.m. (6:00 a.m.), nor shall any person enter or remain upon the premises of the Ten Mile River state park during those hours. No person shal…

Wherever in any general or public law there is assigned to the division of forests, parks, and parkways within the department of agriculture and conservation authority for the establishment, maintenance, or development of parks and recreation areas, this authority shall be transf…

Any veteran who is a resident of the state, and who shall be determined under applicable federal law by the federal department of veterans’ affairs to be totally disabled through a service-connected disability, shall be exempt from paying any fee to play golf at the Goddard park …

The park in the town of Johnston, known as Snake Den Park, shall not be used as a water park, as herein defined, or for an amusement park. “Water park” shall, for the purposes of this section, mean any man-made swimming pool, pond, lake, or water-supplied area designed and/or use…

No entrance fee shall be charged to any person who is a Gold Star family member at any recreational facility owned and operated exclusively by the state, except for docking slips; provided, however, proper identification is presented as prescribed by the department of environment…

To more effectually carry out the purposes of this chapter and chapter 2 of this title, the department of environmental management may acquire by purchase, gift, devise, or condemnation, lands, easements, rights, and interests in land for a park, recreation ground, or bathing bea…

For the purpose of acquiring by condemnation any of the lands, estates, and interests therein authorized to be taken by § 32-1-3, the director of the department of environmental management shall have the powers conferred, and be subject to the duties imposed, upon towns taking pr…

The department may let, rent, or lease such parts of the parks or reservations under its control or any building thereon and may grant any concessions on or about those parks and reservations, as in the opinion of the director of the department may deem necessary or advisable, bu…

John L. Curran state park, comprised of two hundred sixty three (263) acres, more or less, located within the city of Cranston, shall not at any time be commercially developed or in any way modified from its current undeveloped state; nor shall the land be used for any purpose ot…

(a) The department of environmental management is authorized to allow and promote passive outdoor recreation within the boundaries of the land of Sapowet Marsh Management Area and to enter into leases for the agricultural use of any portion of the land of the management area. (b)…

There shall be power vested in the director of environmental management, and all park police officers, sergeants, lieutenants, and captains commissioned in accordance with the provisions of § 32-2-10, to issue and to sign complaints for any persons apprehended within the limits o…

The monument erected by the state in the city of Providence in memory of Stephen Hopkins, and the lot, the monument erected by the state in the town of Charlestown in memory of Hon. Joseph Stanton, Jr., and the lot, the monuments erected by the state on the Fort Neck lot and Indi…

The director of environmental management shall have charge of monuments erected by the state in various locations as noted in § 32-1-7, and, in addition thereto, the monument erected in memory of Oliver Hazard Perry in Island cemetery, and for that purpose shall expend such sums …

The general assembly shall annually appropriate such sums as it may deem necessary for the purposes of this chapter and chapter 2 of this title; and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of the …

The jurisdiction and powers of the director of environmental management, insofar as the jurisdiction and powers relate to metropolitan parks, shall extend to, and may be exercised in, the cities of Providence, Pawtucket, Cranston, Warwick, and Central Falls; the towns of East Pro…

The director of the department of environmental management may, from time to time, appoint one or more persons who may act at the expense of the funds to the credit of the director of environmental management, in the hands of the general treasurer, as police officers upon the pre…

All full-time park policemen assigned to the division of enforcement within the department of environmental management, including the chief of the division and the chief of the metropolitan park police, shall have and may exercise, on any property under the jurisdiction of the de…

The director of the department of environmental management is authorized to recruit, train, and organize a park police auxiliary force to serve on a seasonal or part-time basis and possessing such qualifications as he or she shall determine. The park police auxiliary force shall …

Members of the park police auxiliary force shall be equipped with uniforms prescribed by the chief of the division of enforcement and delegated specific police powers and specific police duties. They may bear and use firearms only when specifically authorized by the chief and onl…

No fee shall be charged to any person who is sixty-five (65) years of age or older and who is eligible to participate in the Rhode Island pharmaceutical assistance to the elderly program and an entrance fee not exceeding one half (½) of the established and posted rates shall be c…

All members of local city and town police departments shall have, and may exercise, all powers and authority of police officers on any property under the jurisdiction of the department of environmental management and within the territory of the respective city or town with regard…

The department of environmental management shall have the power to acquire, maintain, and make available to the inhabitants of the metropolitan park district, and to the public generally, open spaces for exercise and recreation, and for intercommunication between them and adjacen…

If any person shall agree in writing with the director for the price of his or her land or for his or her interest, right, or estate therein, so taken, the amount thus agreed upon shall be paid to him or her forthwith upon the delivery by him or her of a good and sufficient warra…

(a) The director of the department of environmental management may make rules and regulations for the control, government, and use of all the public properties and highways under his or her care. A person violating the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this section sh…

To meet the expenses incurred under the foregoing provisions of this chapter, the state controller is hereby authorized and directed, upon receipt of vouchers properly authenticated by the director of environmental management, to draw his or her orders on the general treasurer fo…

The general treasurer is hereby directed, authorized, and empowered, with the approval of the governor, to receive, take title to, and hold in trust for the state, exempt from taxation, any gift, grant, or devise, of lands or interests, estates or rights therein, and any gift or …

Any city or town within the metropolitan park district is hereby authorized and empowered to transfer the care and control of any open space owned or controlled by it to the department of environmental management, upon such terms and conditions and for such period as may be mutua…

(a) The superior court shall, on the application of the director of environmental management, and after notice to each of the cities and towns hereinbefore designated, appoint three (3) commissioners who shall not be residents of those cities and towns, who shall, after the notic…

The amount of money required each year from each city and town of the metropolitan park district to meet the interest, sinking fund requirements, and expenses for each year, and the deficiency, if any, shall be estimated by the general treasurer in accordance with the proportion …

Town councils and city councils may pass such ordinances, bylaws, and regulations as they may think proper in relation to the care, management, and use of the public parks, squares, or grounds within the limits of their respective towns or cities, and may prescribe punishment for…

A town forest and park commission shall have supervision and control of all the forests acquired by that town under the provisions of § 32-3-8, or which may be otherwise acquired, and of the public parks of that town. The commission shall, from time to time, make such recommendat…