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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 EAST GREENWICH

     Introduced By: Senators Gee, and Raptakis

     Date Introduced: March 03, 2015

     Referred To: Senate Housing & Municipal Government

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Validation of amendments. In all respects in which the amendments to the

home rule charter of the Town of East Greenwich that were adopted and approved by the electors

of the Town of East Greenwich on November 2, 2010 and 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 East

Greenwich 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 East Greenwich

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 East Greenwich in its home rule charter.

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

Town of East Greenwich 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 EAST GREENWICH

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     This act would ratify the amendments to the East Greenwich town charter approved on

November 2, 2010 and November 4, 2014, to the extent such ratification is needed.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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