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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 HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE | |
TOWN OF NORTH KINGSTOWN | |
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     Introduced By: Senators Sheehan, Cote, Sosnowski, and Hodgson | |
     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. Validation of amendments. In all respects in which the amendments to the |
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Home Rule Charter of the town of North Kingstown, which amendments were adopted and |
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approved by the electors of the town of North Kingstown on November 6, 2012, may require |
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ratification, confirmation, validation or enactment by the general assembly, but in no other |
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respects, the provisions of said amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of North |
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Kingstown are hereby ratified, confirmed, validated and enacted. It is the express intention of the |
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general assembly, by passage of this act, to give effect to, ratify, confirm validate and enact those |
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provisions of the said amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of North Kingstown |
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which require ratification, confirmation, validation or enactment and by the passage of this act, |
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the legislature does hereby ratify, confirm, validate and enact said provisions, but nothing in this |
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act shall be construed to abrogate or impair the powers now or hereafter granted to towns by the |
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Home Rule amendment and other applicable laws of the state of Rhode Island or those rights |
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retained by said town of North Kingstown in its home Rule Charter. |
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     SECTION 2. If any provisions of this act, or application thereof to the town of North |
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Kingstown 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 on passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE | |
TOWN OF NORTH KINGSTOWN | |
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     This act would ratify amendments to the North Kingstown Home Rule Charter as |
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approved by the electors of North Kingstown on November 6, 2012. |
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     This act would take effect upon passage. |
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