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	2017 -- S 0157
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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 EAST GREENWICH

	Introduced By: Senators Gee, and Raptakis
	Date Introduced: February 01, 2017
	Referred To: Senate Housing & 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	town of East Greenwich approved and adopted by the electors of the town of East Greenwich in
3	1972, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of East
4	Greenwich on November 8, 2016, may require ratification, confirmation, validation, or enactment
5	by the general assembly, but in no other respects, the provisions of said amendment to the Home
6	Rule Charter of the town of East Greenwich are hereby ratified, confirmed, validated and enacted.
7	It is the express intention of the general assembly, by the passage of this act, to give effect to,
8	ratify, confirm, validate and enact those provisions of the said amendment to the Home Rule
9	Charter of the town of East Greenwich which require ratification, confirmation, validation or
10	enactment and by the passage of this act, the legislature does hereby ratify, confirm, validate and
11	enact said provisions, but nothing in this act shall be construed to abrogate or impair the powers
12	now or hereafter granted to cities and towns by the Home Rule amendment and other applicable
13	laws of the State of Rhode Island or those rights retained by said town of East Greenwich in its
14	Home Rule Charter.
15	SECTION 2. If any provision of this act, or the application thereof to the town of East
16	Greenwich or to any person or circumstances is deemed invalid for any reason, the remainder of
17	this act, or the application of such provision to said town or other persons or circumstances shall
18	not be affected thereby, and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable.

1	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 AN AMENDMENT TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF
	THE TOWN OF EAST GREENWICH
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1	This act would validate and ratify amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of
2	East Greenwich, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of
3	East Greenwich on November 8, 2016.
4	This act would take effect upon passage.
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