§ 46-3-1 Short title
§ 46-3-2 Declaration of purpose
§ 46-3-3 “Municipality” defined
§ 46-3-4 Cooperation with federal government – Prevention of erosion
§ 46-3-5 Beach areas classed as exposed – Extent of areas
§ 46-3-6 State payments toward acquisition of exposed beach areas
§ 46-3-7 Designation of exposed areas – Protective works
§ 46-3-8 Application for state aid
§ 46-3-9 Cooperative agreements with municipalities
§ 46-3-10 Condemnation of property
§ 46-3-11 Municipal bonds authorized
§ 46-3-12 Assessments against property benefited authorized
§ 46-3-13 Property subject to assessment – Costs included
§ 46-3-14 Apportionment of assessments
§ 46-3-15 Application of assessment proceeds
§ 46-3-16 Technical advice – Acquisition and supervision expense
§ 46-3-17 Title to land acquired – Municipal contributions
§ 46-3-18 Transfer of land to municipality
§ 46-3-19 Cost of construction – Federal assistance
§ 46-3-20 Authority of director – Federal assistance

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 46-3 - Shore Development

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Public debt: Cumulative amounts borrowed by the Treasury Department or the Federal Financing Bank from the public or from another fund or account. The public debt does not include agency debt (amounts borrowed by other agencies of the Federal Government). The total public debt is subject to a statutory limit.
  • real estate: may be construed to include lands, tenements, and hereditaments and rights thereto and interests therein. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-10
  • seal: shall be construed to include an impression of the seal made with or without the use of wax or wafer on the paper. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-15
  • town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9
  • town council: include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9