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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 HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE

TOWN OF BARRINGTON

     Introduced By: Senators Coyne, Cote, and Conley

     Date Introduced: February 05, 2015

     Referred To: Senate Housing & Municipal Government

     (by request)

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 Barrington, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of

Barrington 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 Barrington 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 Rule Charter

of the town of Barrington which 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 this 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 Barrington in its Home Rule Charter.

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

Barrington 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

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A N   A C T

VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE

TOWN OF BARRINGTON

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     This act ratifies and validates the amendments to the Barrington Home Rule Charter

which were approved by the electors of the town of Barrington at the polls on November 4, 2014.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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