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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF | |
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TIVERTON | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Edwards, Guthrie, and Reilly | |
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Date Introduced: January 05, 2012 | |
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Referred To: House Municipal Government | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. In all respects in which the amendments to the home rule charter of the |
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Town of Tiverton which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the Town of |
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Tiverton on November 8, 2011, may require ratification, confirmation, validation, or enactment |
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by the General Assembly, but in no other respects, the provisions of said amendments to the |
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home rule charter of the Town of Tiverton are hereby ratified, confirmed, validated, and enacted. |
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It is the express intention of the General Assembly, by the passage of this act, to give effect to, |
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ratify, confirm, validate, and enact those provisions of the said amendments to the home rule |
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charter of the Town of Tiverton which require ratification, confirmation, validation, or enactment |
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and, by the passage of this act, the legislature does hereby ratify, confirm, validate, and enact |
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said provisions, but nothing in this act shall be construed to abrogate or impair the powers now or |
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hereafter granted to towns by the home rule amendment and other applicable laws of the state of |
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Rhode Island or those rights retained by said Town of Tiverton in its home rule charter. |
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SECTION 2. If any provision of this act, or the application thereof to the Town of |
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Tiverton or to any person or circumstances, is deemed invalid for any reason, the remainder of |
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this act, or the application of such provision to said town or other persons or circumstances, shall |
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not be affected thereby and, to this end, the provisions of this act are declared to be severable. |
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SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF | |
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This act would ratify the amendments to the home rule charter of the Town of Tiverton |
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adopted on November 8, 2011. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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