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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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A N   A C T

VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF

THE TOWN OF RICHMOND

     Introduced By: Senator Elaine J. Morgan

     Date Introduced: January 22, 2015

     Referred To: Senate Housing & Municipal Government

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. In all respects in which the amendments to the home rule charter of the

Town of Richmond that were adopted and approved by the electors of the Town of Richmond on

November 4, 2014 may require ratification, confirmation, validation, or enactment by the general

assembly, but in no other respects, the provisions of said amendments to the home rule charter of

the Town of Richmond are hereby ratified, confirmed, validated, and enacted. It is the express

intention of the general assembly, by the passage of this act, to give effect to, ratify, confirm,

validate, and enact those provisions of the said amendments to the home to the home rule charter

of the Town of Richmond that require ratification, confirmation, validation, or enactment and, by

the passage of this act, the legislature does hereby ratify, confirm, validate, and enact said

provisions, but nothing in the act shall be construed to abrogate or impair the powers now or

hereafter granted to towns by the home rule amendment and other applicable laws of the state of

Rhode Island or those rights retained by said Town of Richmond in its home rule charter.

     SECTION 2. If any provision of this act, or the application thereof to the Town of

Richmond or to any person or circumstances, is deemed invalid for any reason, the remainder of

this act, or the application of such provision to said town or other persons or circumstances, shall

not be affected thereby and, to this end, the provisions of this act are declared to be severable.

     SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF

THE TOWN OF RICHMOND

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     This act would ratify the amendments to the Richmond town charter passed on November

4, 2014, to the extent such ratification is needed.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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