Section 46-28-3 Definitions.

RI Gen L § 46-28-3 (2019) (N/A)
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§ 46-28-3. Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings unless the context shall indicate another or different meaning:

(1) "Council" means the Rhode Island rivers council.

(2) "River" means a flowing body of water or estuary or a section, portion, or tributary thereof, including streams, creeks, brooks, ponds, and small lakes.

(3) "Watershed" means a land area which because of its topography, soil type, and drainage patterns acts as a collector of raw waters which regorge or replenish rivers and existing or planned public water supplies.

History of Section. (P.L. 1991, ch. 198, § 1.)