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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

RELATING TO THE CITY OF WOONSOCKET VALIDATING CERTAIN AMENDMENTS

TO THE CITY OF WOONSOCKET, RHODE ISLAND CODE OF ORDINANCES

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Morin, Phillips, and Casey

     Date Introduced: March 16, 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 Code of Ordinances, chapter

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13, section 2, "fee schedule" of the city of Woonsocket, which amendments were adopted and

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approved by the city council of the city of Woonsocket on or about August 30, 2016, may require

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ratification, confirmation, validation or enactment by the general assembly, but in no other

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respects, the provisions of said amendments to the Code of Ordinances of the city of Woonsocket

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are hereby ratified, confirmed, validated and enacted. It is the express intention of the general

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

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provisions of the said amendments to the Code of Ordinances of the city of Woonsocket 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 by the

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Home Rule amendment and other applicable laws of the state of Rhode Island or those rights

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retained by said city of Woonsocket in its Home Rule Charter.

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

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Woonsocket 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

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO THE CITY OF WOONSOCKET VALIDATING CERTAIN AMENDMENTS

TO THE CITY OF WOONSOCKET, RHODE ISLAND CODE OF ORDINANCES

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     This act would ratify certain amendments made to the Woonsocket Code of Ordinances

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by the city council of the city of Woonsocket on or about August 30, 2016.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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