It shall be the duty of the department of environmental management to make application in behalf of the state for the reimbursement of any sums expended under this chapter, which in the opinion of the director of the department of environmental management might properly be paid by the United States.

History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 118, § 27; G.L. 1909, ch. 144, § 27; G.L. 1923, ch. 149, § 26; G.L. 1938, ch. 112, § 25; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 100; G.L. 1956, § 46-6-16.