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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 AN AMENDMENT TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF | |
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THE TOWN OF JOHNSTON | |
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Introduced By: Senators Lombardo, and Archambault | |
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Date Introduced: February 06, 2013 | |
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Referred To: Senate Housing & 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 amendment to the Home Rule Charter of the |
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town of Johnston, which amendment was adopted and approved by the electors of the city of |
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Johnston on November 6, 2012, and which amendment provides that the length of the term for the |
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office of Mayor is four (4) years and subject to a limit of two (2) four (4) year terms in office, |
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may require ratification, confirmation, validation, or enactment by the general assembly, but in no |
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other respects, the provisions of said amendment to the Home Rule Charter of the town of |
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Johnston are hereby ratified, confirmed, validated, and enacted. It is the express intention of the |
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general assembly, by the passage of this act, to give effect to, ratify, confirm, validate, and enact |
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those provisions of the said amendment to the Home Rule Charter of the town of Johnston which |
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require ratification, confirmation, validation, or enactment and by the passage of this act, the |
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legislature does hereby ratify, confirm, validate, and enact said provisions, but nothing in this act |
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shall be construed to abrogate or impair the powers now or hereafter granted to cities and towns |
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by the Home Rule amendment and other applicable laws of the state of Rhode Island or those |
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rights retained by said town of Johnston 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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Johnston 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 city 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 AN AMENDMENT TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF | |
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THE TOWN OF JOHNSTON | |
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This act would validate and ratify amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of |
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Johnston, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of Johnston |
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on November 6, 2012. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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