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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF | |
THE TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN | |
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     Introduced By: Senator Louis P. DiPalma | |
     Date Introduced: January 16, 2013 | |
     Referred To: Senate Housing & Municipal Government | |
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 Middletown, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town |
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of Middletown on November 6, 2012, may require ratification, confirmation, validation, or |
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enactment by the general assembly, but in no other respects, the provisions of said amendments to |
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the Home Rule Charter of the town of Middletown are hereby ratified, confirmed, validated and |
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enacted. It is the express intention of the general assembly, by the passage of this act, to give |
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effect to, ratify, confirm, validate and enact those provisions of the said amendments to the Home |
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Rule Charter of the town of Middletown which require ratification, confirmation, validation or |
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enactment and by the passage of this act, the legislature does hereby ratify, confirm, validate and |
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enact said provisions, but nothing in this act shall be construed to abrogate or impair the powers |
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now or hereafter granted to cities and towns by the Home Rule amendment and other applicable |
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laws of the State of Rhode Island or those rights retained by said town of Middletown in its Home |
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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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Middletown or to any person or circumstance 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 | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF | |
THE TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN | |
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     This act would validate and ratify amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of |
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Middletown, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of |
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Middletown on November 6, 2012. |
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     This act would take effect upon passage. |
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