R.I. Gen. Laws § 2-23-2
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§ 2-23-2. Legislative findings.
Official statutory text
The general assembly finds:
(1) That agricultural operations are valuable to the states economy and the general welfare of the states people;
(2) That agricultural operations are adversely affected by the random encroachment of urban land uses throughout rural areas of the state;
(3) That, as one result of this random encroachment, conflicts have arisen between traditional agricultural land uses and urban land uses; and
(4) That conflicts between agricultural and urban land uses threaten to force the abandonment of agricultural operations and the conversion of agricultural resources to non-agricultural land uses, whereby these resources are permanently lost to the economy and the human and physical environments of the state.
(1) That agricultural operations are valuable to the states economy and the general welfare of the states people;
(2) That agricultural operations are adversely affected by the random encroachment of urban land uses throughout rural areas of the state;
(3) That, as one result of this random encroachment, conflicts have arisen between traditional agricultural land uses and urban land uses; and
(4) That conflicts between agricultural and urban land uses threaten to force the abandonment of agricultural operations and the conversion of agricultural resources to non-agricultural land uses, whereby these resources are permanently lost to the economy and the human and physical environments of the state.
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