2017 -- H 6102 | |
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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 CITY OF WOONSOCKET | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Phillips, Morin, and Casey | |
Date Introduced: April 12, 2017 | |
Referred To: House Municipal Government | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. In all respects in which the amendments to the Home Rule charter of the |
2 | city of Woonsocket approved and adopted by the electors of the city of Woonsocket, which |
3 | amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the city of Woonsocket on November |
4 | 8, 2016, may require ratification, confirmation, validation, or enactment by the general assembly, |
5 | but in no other respects, the provisions of said amendment to the Home Rule Charter of the city |
6 | of Woonsocket are hereby ratified, confirmed, validated and enacted. It is the express intention of |
7 | the general assembly, by the passage of this act, to give effect to, ratify, confirm, validate and |
8 | enact those provisions of the said amendment to the Home Rule Charter of the city of |
9 | Woonsocket which require ratification, confirmation, validation or enactment and by the passage |
10 | of this act, the legislature does hereby ratify, confirm, validate and enact said provisions, but |
11 | nothing in this act shall be construed to abrogate or impair the powers now or hereafter granted to |
12 | cities and towns by the Home Rule amendment and other applicable laws of the State of Rhode |
13 | Island or those rights retained by said city of Woonsocket in its Home Rule Charter. |
14 | SECTION 2. If any provision of this act, or the application thereof to the city of |
15 | Woonsocket or to any person or circumstances is deemed invalid for any reason, the remainder of |
16 | this act, or the application of such provision to said town or other persons or circumstances shall |
17 | not be affected thereby, and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable. |
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1 | SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF | |
THE CITY OF WOONSOCKET | |
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1 | This act would validate and ratify amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the city of |
2 | Woonsocket, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the city of |
3 | Woonsocket on November 8, 2016. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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