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RI Gen L § 32-2-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 32 - Parks and Recreational Areas|Chapter 32-2 - Metropolitan Park District|Section 32-2-14 - Use of state owned golf courses.

§ 32-2-14. Use of state owned golf courses.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 charged any other person sixty-five (65) years of age and older for the playing of golf on any golf course owned and operated by the state.History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 32-2-14; P.L. 1959, ch. 63, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 138, art. 14, § 2.
RI Gen L § 32-2-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 32 - Parks and Recreational Areas|Chapter 32-2 - Metropolitan Park District|Section 32-2-15 - Local police authority.

§ 32-2-15. Local police authority.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 to the enforcement of the criminal laws and all rules and regulations of the department of environmental management.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 190, § 1.
RI Gen L § 32-3-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 32 - Parks and Recreational Areas|Chapter 32-3 - Town Forests, Parks, and Recreation Systems|Section 32-3-1 - Local regulations - Prosecution of violations.

§ 32-3-1. Local regulations — Prosecution of violations.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 the violation thereof by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00) or by imprisonment not exceeding ten (10) days for each offense. Every deputy sheriff, town sergeant, town constable, or police officer, or any officer authorized to serve criminal process, may arrest, without a warrant, any person who does any criminal act or willfully violates any of those ordinances, bylaws, or regulations in any of those public parks, squares, or grounds, and may detain that person until a complaint can be made against him or her, and he or she can be taken upon a warrant issued upon that complaint; provided, that the arrest and detention without a warrant shall not continue longer than the space of six (6) hours when the arrest is made between the hours of 4 o'clock in the morning (4:00 a.m.) and 8 o'clock in the evening (8:00 p.m.), and when made at any other hour, the person arrested shall not be detained after 10 o'clock in the morning (10:00 a.m.) of the following day.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 40, § 24; G.L. 1909, ch. 50, § 25; P.L. 1913, ch. 950, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 51, § 25; G.L. 1938, ch. 333, § 25; G.L. 1956, § 32-3-1; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 62; P.L. 2015, ch. 260, § 33; P.L. 2015, ch. 275, § 33.
RI Gen L § 32-3-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 32 - Parks and Recreational Areas|Chapter 32-3 - Town Forests, Parks, and Recreation Systems|Section 32-3-2 - Establishment of public recreation systems.

§ 32-3-2. Establishment of public recreation systems.The city council of any city or the town council of any town may vote to establish a system of public recreation and may, by ordinance or resolution, vest in the school committee, the board in control of public parks, a board of recreation established as provided for in this chapter, the authority to establish, construct, equip, control, and maintain public playgrounds, athletic fields, swimming pools, bathing places, and other community recreation centers, and to conduct and promote recreation, play, sport, and physical training for which admission or other fees may be charged.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 47, § 24; P.L. 1924, ch. 553, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 329, § 29; G.L. 1956, § 32-3-2.
RI Gen L § 32-3-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 32 - Parks and Recreational Areas|Chapter 32-3 - Town Forests, Parks, and Recreation Systems|Section 32-3-3 - Powers of agency in charge of system.

§ 32-3-3. Powers of agency in charge of system.The board or committee that may be authorized pursuant to § 32-3-2 to exercise those powers stated therein may conduct its activities on land and in buildings, adapted or adaptable for those purposes, owned by the city or town, with the consent of the committee or board in control of that property, or on land or in buildings that may hereafter be acquired for those purposes by gift, purchase, or lease; and may also in its discretion take charge of and use any place or places that any person or persons may offer the use of for purposes herein enumerated. The board or committee may employ a superintendent of recreation, teachers, and other officers and may fix their compensation. The board or committee may authorize the use of such property as may be under its control for any other municipal purpose, or by any person, society, or other organization for such other public, recreational, social, or educational purposes as the board or committee may deem proper.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 47, § 24; P.L. 1924, ch. 553, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 329, § 29; G.L. 1956, § 32-3-3; P.L. 2016, ch. 511, art. 2, § 53.
RI Gen L § 32-3-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 32 - Parks and Recreational Areas|Chapter 32-3 - Town Forests, Parks, and Recreation Systems|Section 32-3-4 - Board of recreation.

§ 32-3-4. Board of recreation.If a city council or town council shall vote to establish a board of recreation, the city council or town council shall, by ordinance or resolution, specify the number of members on the board of recreation, the manner of their appointment, and the term for which they are chosen, and may provide that a member of the school committee, the city council, or town council, and the board in control of public parks in that city or town shall be ex officio members of the board of recreation.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 47, § 24; P.L. 1924, ch. 553, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 329, § 29; G.L. 1956, § 32-3-4.
RI Gen L § 32-3-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 32 - Parks and Recreational Areas|Chapter 32-3 - Town Forests, Parks, and Recreation Systems|Section 32-3-5 - Joint recreational committees.

§ 32-3-5. Joint recreational committees.The respective boards or committees of two (2) or more towns or cities, exercising the powers conferred by §§ 32-3-2 — 32-3-6, may vote to unite as a joint committee for the purpose of employing a superintendent of recreation, teachers, supervisors, and other officers; may fix their compensation; and shall apportion the amount to be paid by each of the towns on the basis of the next preceding federal census. The joint committee shall be the agent of each town represented thereon.History of Section.G.L. 1956, ch. 47, § 24; P.L. 1924, ch. 553, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 329, § 29; G.L. 1956, § 32-3-5.
RI Gen L § 32-3-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 32 - Parks and Recreational Areas|Chapter 32-3 - Town Forests, Parks, and Recreation Systems|Section 32-3-6 - Appropriations for recreation systems.

§ 32-3-6. Appropriations for recreation systems.Any city or town may appropriate money for:(1) The acquisition by lease or purchase, or for the equipment, of land or buildings for the purposes enumerated in §§ 32-3-2 — 32-3-5;(2) The operation of playgrounds and recreation places; and(3) The carrying on of recreation activities.History of Section.G.L. 1956, ch. 47, § 24; P.L. 1924, ch. 553, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 329, § 29; G.L. 1956, § 32-3-6.
RI Gen L § 32-3-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 32 - Parks and Recreational Areas|Chapter 32-3 - Town Forests, Parks, and Recreation Systems|Section 32-3-7 - Special laws unaffected.

§ 32-3-7. Special laws unaffected.The provisions of §§ 32-3-2 — 32-3-6 shall not affect the provisions of any special law respecting any particular city or town, none of which are repealed hereby.History of Section.P.L. 1924, ch. 553, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 329, § 30; G.L. 1956, § 32-3-7.
RI Gen L § 32-3-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 32 - Parks and Recreational Areas|Chapter 32-3 - Town Forests, Parks, and Recreation Systems|Section 32-3-8 - Town forests.

§ 32-3-8. Town forests.Towns may appropriate sums of money for the purpose of acquiring certain lands to be set apart as town forests and may expend money for developing and planting those town forests and for the necessary nursery stock required for planting purposes, provided, that the expenditures shall be authorized by the town at a legal town meeting in accordance with law. Towns may also acquire, by gift or bequest, lands for town forests and may reclaim and plant those lands.History of Section.G.L. 1956, ch. 47, § 27; P.L. 1929, ch. 1389, § 1; P.L. 1930, ch. 1617, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 329, § 34; G.L. 1956, § 32-3-8.
RI Gen L § 32-3-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 32 - Parks and Recreational Areas|Chapter 32-3 - Town Forests, Parks, and Recreation Systems|Section 32-3-9 - Town forest and park commissions.

§ 32-3-9. Town forest and park commissions.The town council of any town is hereby authorized to appoint five (5) persons who shall constitute the forest and park commission of that town, to serve for a term of one, two (2), three (3), four (4), and five (5) years, respectively. Annually thereafter, at the meeting held for the purpose of appointments of town officers, any town council shall appoint one member of the commission to replace the member whose term shall next expire and who shall serve for a term of five (5) years and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. In case of vacancy in the commission, the town council shall fill the vacancy forthwith by appointment for the unexpired term.History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3349, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 32-3-9.
RI Gen L § 32-3-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 32 - Parks and Recreational Areas|Chapter 32-3 - Town Forests, Parks, and Recreation Systems|Section 32-3-10 - Supervision of parks and forests - Plans and recommendations.

§ 32-3-10. Supervision of parks and forests — Plans and recommendations.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 recommendations and submit such plans to the town council of the town as to the commission shall seem proper relative to the improvement and beautifying of the public parks and places in the town, to the preservation of objects and places of especial interest therein, whether owing to their natural attractiveness, their historical associations, or otherwise, and relative to the general development and enhancement of the natural beauties of the town, its surroundings and approaches, and shall annually make a written report of its administration to the financial town meeting.History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3349, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 32-3-10.
RI Gen L § 32-3-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 32 - Parks and Recreational Areas|Chapter 32-3 - Town Forests, Parks, and Recreation Systems|Section 32-3-11 - Reforestation projects.

§ 32-3-11. Reforestation projects.A town forest and park commission shall also have jurisdiction over forest management projects and the reforestation of any land owned by that town and shall provide for that reforestation and may cooperate with the state in reforestation of any rural lands within that town under such terms as may be deemed to be for the public benefit of that town and with the approval of the town council.History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3349, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 32-3-11.
RI Gen L § 32-3-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 32 - Parks and Recreational Areas|Chapter 32-3 - Town Forests, Parks, and Recreation Systems|Section 32-3-12 - Expenses and appropriations for commissions.

§ 32-3-12. Expenses and appropriations for commissions.The members of any town forest and park commission shall serve without compensation. They shall have no authority to spend any money or to contract any indebtedness for, or on account of, the town, other than such moneys as shall be appropriated and placed at their disposal for the purposes aforesaid, or such indebtedness as they may be especially authorized to incur by the town at some regularly called meeting of the electors thereof who are entitled to vote upon any proposition to impose a tax.History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3349, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 32-3-12.
RI Gen L § 32-4-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 32 - Parks and Recreational Areas|Chapter 32-4 - Green Acres Land Acquisition|Section 32-4-1 - Short title.

§ 32-4-1. Short title.This chapter may be cited as the "Green Acres Land Acquisition Act of 1964".History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 32-4-1; P.L. 1964, ch. 174, § 1.
RI Gen L § 32-4-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 32 - Parks and Recreational Areas|Chapter 32-4 - Green Acres Land Acquisition|Section 32-4-2 - Legislative declaration.

§ 32-4-2. Legislative declaration.The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:(1) Providing land for public recreation and the conservation of natural resources promotes the public health, prosperity, and general welfare and is a proper responsibility of government;(2) The lands now provided for those purposes will not be adequate to meet the needs of the expanding population in years to come;(3) The expansion of population, while increasing the need for those lands, will continually diminish the supply thereof and will tend to increase the cost to the public of acquiring lands suitable and appropriate for those purposes; and(4) The state should act now to acquire and to assist local governments to acquire substantial quantities of those lands now available so that they may be used and preserved for future use for those purposes.History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 32-4-2; P.L. 1964, ch. 174, § 1.
RI Gen L § 32-4-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 32 - Parks and Recreational Areas|Chapter 32-4 - Green Acres Land Acquisition|Section 32-4-3 - Definitions.

§ 32-4-3. Definitions.As used in this chapter, unless the context shall otherwise require:(1) "Director" means the director of administration or his or her designated representative;(2) "Land" or "lands" means and includes real property, and improvements thereon, rights of way, water, riparian and other rights and easements, conservation easements, scenic easements, privileges, present and future estates, and interests of every kind and description in real property;(3) "Local unit" means a city or town or any agency thereof; and(4) "Recreation and conservation purposes" means and includes use of lands for agriculture, parks, natural areas, forests, camping, fishing, wetlands and marsh lands preservation, wildlife habitat, hunting, golfing, boating, winter sports, scenic preservation, and similar uses for public outdoor recreation and conservation of natural resources.History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 32-4-3; P.L. 1964, ch. 174, § 1.
RI Gen L § 32-4-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 32 - Parks and Recreational Areas|Chapter 32-4 - Green Acres Land Acquisition|Section 32-4-4 - Application of funds.

§ 32-4-4. Application of funds.(a) The director shall use the sum appropriated by this chapter, and such other sums as may be appropriated or as may otherwise be available from time to time, for the purposes herein set forth, to acquire lands for recreation and conservation purposes and to make grants to assist local units to acquire lands for those purposes, subject to the conditions and limitations prescribed by this chapter.(b) 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 this chapter, whether it be in the form of a loan or grant or otherwise; to accept the provisions of any federal legislation or regulations therefor; to enter into contracts in connection therewith; and to act as agent for the federal government in connection therewith or to designate a subordinate so to act. To obtain federal assistance, the director is authorized to comply with any federal law, or rules and regulations thereunder, and to meet such federal requirements as may be made conditions precedent to receiving federal assistance.History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 32-4-4; P.L. 1964, ch. 174, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 511, art. 2, § 54.
RI Gen L § 32-4-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 32 - Parks and Recreational Areas|Chapter 32-4 - Green Acres Land Acquisition|Section 32-4-5 - Duties of director.

§ 32-4-5. Duties of director.In acquiring lands and making grants to assist local units to acquire lands, the director shall:(1) Seek to achieve a reasonable balance among all areas of the state in consideration of the relative adequacy of area recreation and conservation facilities at the time and the relative anticipated future needs for additional recreation and conservation facilities;(2) Give due consideration to the special park requirement needs of urban areas;(3) Give due consideration to acquiring unusual or unique natural areas;(4) Insofar as practicable, and except as provided in subdivision (3) of this section, limit acquisition to predominately open and natural land in order to minimize the cost of acquisition and the expense of rendering land suitable for recreation and conservation purposes;(5) Wherever possible, select land for acquisition that is suitable for multiple recreation and conservation purposes and contains an area sufficiently large to make practical its use for those purposes;(6) Give due consideration to coordination with the plans of other departments of state government with respect to land use or acquisition. For this purpose, the director is authorized to use the facilities of the department of economic development and any agency, commission, or interdepartmental committee; and(7) Encourage contiguous local units to develop joint plans with respect to land use or acquisition for recreation and conservation purposes.History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 32-4-5; P.L. 1964, ch. 174, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 511, art. 2, § 54.
RI Gen L § 32-4-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 32 - Parks and Recreational Areas|Chapter 32-4 - Green Acres Land Acquisition|Section 32-4-6 - Acquisition of lands.

§ 32-4-6. Acquisition of lands.Lands acquired under this chapter by the state shall be acquired by the director with the approval of the governor by purchase, gift, devise, or otherwise on such terms and conditions as the director shall determine, or by the exercise of eminent domain, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 6 of title 37, insofar as those provisions are consistent with the provisions of this chapter. This power of acquisition shall extend to lands held by any local unit.History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 32-4-6; P.L. 1964, ch. 174, § 1.
RI Gen L § 32-4-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 32 - Parks and Recreational Areas|Chapter 32-4 - Green Acres Land Acquisition|Section 32-4-7 - Rules and regulations.

§ 32-4-7. Rules and regulations.The director shall prescribe rules and regulations governing the administration, operation, and use of lands acquired by the state under this chapter to effect the purpose of this chapter.History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 32-4-7; P.L. 1964, ch. 174, § 1.
RI Gen L § 32-4-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 32 - Parks and Recreational Areas|Chapter 32-4 - Green Acres Land Acquisition|Section 32-4-8 - Acquisition of lands by local units.

§ 32-4-8. Acquisition of lands by local units.Local units are hereby authorized and empowered to acquire lands for the conservation and recreation purposes of this chapter. If the director approves the acquisition of lands by a local unit with state assistance, the lands may be acquired in the name of the local unit in any manner the local unit is authorized by law to acquire real property; provided, however, that if the acquisition is by eminent domain, it shall conform with the provisions of chapter 1 of title 24, insofar as they are consistent with the provisions of this chapter. In acquiring land for the conservation and recreation purposes of this chapter, the local unit may deal directly with the federal government or any department or agency thereof.History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 32-4-8; P.L. 1964, ch. 174, § 1.
RI Gen L § 32-4-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 32 - Parks and Recreational Areas|Chapter 32-4 - Green Acres Land Acquisition|Section 32-4-9 - State grants - Application.

§ 32-4-9. State grants — Application.A state grant to assist a local unit to acquire lands for recreation and conservation purposes shall not be made under this chapter until:(1) The local unit has applied to the director on forms prescribed by the director:(i) Describing the lands for the acquisition of which the grant is sought;(ii) Stating the recreation and/or conservation purpose or purposes to which the lands will be devoted, and the facts that give rise to the need for the lands for that purpose;(iii) Setting forth a comprehensive plan for the development of the lands approved by the governing body of the local unit; and(iv) Stating such other matters as the director shall prescribe;(2) The director shall have prescribed the terms and conditions under which the grant applied for will be made; and(3) The local unit shall have filed with the director its acceptance of the terms and conditions and has otherwise complied with the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 32-4-9; P.L. 1964, ch. 174, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 511, art. 2, § 54.
RI Gen L § 32-4-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 32 - Parks and Recreational Areas|Chapter 32-4 - Green Acres Land Acquisition|Section 32-4-10 - Regulation of lands.

§ 32-4-10. Regulation of lands.A state grant shall not be made under this chapter until the local unit has adopted regulations governing the administration, use, and development of the lands in question and until the director shall have approved them. No regulation may be altered thereafter without the approval of the director.History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 32-4-10; P.L. 1964, ch. 174, § 1.
RI Gen L § 32-4-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 32 - Parks and Recreational Areas|Chapter 32-4 - Green Acres Land Acquisition|Section 32-4-11 - Percentage of state grants.

§ 32-4-11. Percentage of state grants.Grants under this chapter shall be made by the director. In the case of a single, local unit, the grant shall be in an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the nonfederal share of the cost of the lands, and in the case of two (2) or more contiguous local units that shall join together to present a joint comprehensive plan for the development of those units approved by their respective governing bodies, the grant shall be in an amount equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of the nonfederal share of the cost of the lands.History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 32-4-11; P.L. 1964, ch. 174, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 511, art. 2, § 54.