{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-45-36.1-3","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-36.1-3","heading":"Process for municipal declaration of municipal land as public trust land.","body":"Cities and towns may formally dedicate any property they hold for use as a park or for other conservation purposes as a public trust land, to be perpetually protected from conversion to a use other than the use for which it was originally obtained and development that is inconsistent with its primary purpose as a recreation, open space, and/or natural resource land of the state and as a natural environment for the people of the state through a duly approved resolution of a city or town council or through any other legally sufficient municipal process. The resolution or other municipal approval shall be recorded in the municipal land evidence records.","path":["Title 45 Towns and Cities","Chapter 36.1 Municipal Public Trust Dedication"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE45/45-36.1/45-36.1-3.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:00:54Z","sha256":"6b401faf862bf996791fd6cb387fb1f87b728b52d55ecff2aa3dc64ba8d07041","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-45-36.1-2","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-45-36.1-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}