The director of the department of environmental management shall have control and supervision of all the harbors and tidewaters of the state, for the preservation, development, and improvement thereof and the promotion of the interests of the state therein.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 46-1-1
General duties of director
P.L. 1918, ch. 1669, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 149, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 112, § 7; impl. am
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