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SECTION 46-5-1

§ 46-5-1 Power to acquire land alongtidewater. – The department of environmental management is authorized to acquire in feesimple from the state as authorized in § 46-5-1.1 or in the name of thestate for the use and benefit of the public, by purchase or condemnation or bylease from time to time, any portion of real property, tide-flowed lands,plats, terms, easements, privileges, foreshore, riparian, and littoral rightsof the owner or owners of them, bordering on tidewater in the state and as muchof the uplands adjacent to the tide lands as the director of the department ofenvironmental management deems expedient.

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SECTION 46-5-1

§ 46-5-1 Power to acquire land alongtidewater. – The department of environmental management is authorized to acquire in feesimple from the state as authorized in § 46-5-1.1 or in the name of thestate for the use and benefit of the public, by purchase or condemnation or bylease from time to time, any portion of real property, tide-flowed lands,plats, terms, easements, privileges, foreshore, riparian, and littoral rightsof the owner or owners of them, bordering on tidewater in the state and as muchof the uplands adjacent to the tide lands as the director of the department ofenvironmental management deems expedient.

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SECTION 46-5-1

§ 46-5-1 Power to acquire land alongtidewater. – The department of environmental management is authorized to acquire in feesimple from the state as authorized in § 46-5-1.1 or in the name of thestate for the use and benefit of the public, by purchase or condemnation or bylease from time to time, any portion of real property, tide-flowed lands,plats, terms, easements, privileges, foreshore, riparian, and littoral rightsof the owner or owners of them, bordering on tidewater in the state and as muchof the uplands adjacent to the tide lands as the director of the department ofenvironmental management deems expedient.