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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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A N   A C T

VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF

THE TOWN OF SOUTH KINGSTOWN

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Fogarty, Tanzi, Filippi, and McEntee

     Date Introduced: January 18, 2017

     Referred To: House Municipal Government

     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 South Kingstown, which amendment was adopted and approved by the electors of the

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town of South Kingstown on November 8, 2016, may require ratification, confirmation,

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validation, or enactment by the general assembly, but in no other respects, the provisions of said

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amendment to the Home Rule Charter of the town of South Kingstown is hereby ratified,

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confirmed, validated, and enacted. It is the express intention of the general assembly, by the

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passage of this act, to give effect to, ratify, confirm, validate, and enact those provisions of the

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said amendment to the Home Rule Charter of the town of South Kingstown which requires

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ratification, confirmation, validation, or enactment and, by the passage of this act, the legislature

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does hereby ratify, confirm, validate, and enact said provisions, but nothing in this act shall be

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construed to abrogate or impair the powers now or hereafter granted to towns by the home rule

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amendment and other applicable laws of the state of Rhode Island or those rights retained by said

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town of South Kingstown 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 South

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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 upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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A N   A C T

VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF

THE TOWN OF SOUTH KINGSTOWN

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     This act would ratify and validate the amendment to the South Kingstown Home Rule

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Charter which was approved by the electors of the town of South Kingstown at the polls on

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November 8, 2016.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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