250 R.I. Code R. 250-RICR-80-00-1.14
The Department of Environmental Management may make rules for the uniform marking of the water areas in this state through the placement of aids to navigation and regulatory markers prescribed by the U. S. Coast Guard. No city, county, or person shall mark or obstruct the waters of this state in any manner so as to endanger the operation of watercraft or conflict with the marking system prescribed by the Department of Environmental Management.
It shall be unlawful for a person to operate a vessel on the waters of this state in a manner other than that prescribed or permitted by the aid to navigation and/or the regulatory marker as referenced in § 1.14(A) of this Part.
No person shall moor or fasten a vessel to or willfully damage, tamper, remove, obstruct, or interfere with any aid to navigation or regulatory marker prescribed or permitted pursuant to § 1.14(A) of this Part.
250 R.I. Code R. 250-RICR-80-00-1.14