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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 JAMESTOWN

     

     Introduced By: Senator M. Teresa Paiva Weed

     Date Introduced: March 02, 2017

     Referred To: Senate Housing & Municipal Government

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. In all respects in which the amendments to the Home Rule charter of the

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town of Jamestown, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of

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Jamestown on November 8, 2016, may require ratification, confirmation, validation, or enactment

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by the general assembly, but in no other respects, the provisions of said amendments to the Home

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Rule Charter of the town of Jamestown are hereby ratified, confirmed, validated and enacted. It is

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the express intention of the general assembly, by the passage of this act, to give effect to, ratify,

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confirm, validate and enact those provisions of the said amendments to the Home Rule Charter of

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the town of Jamestown which require ratification, confirmation, validation or enactment and by

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the passage of this act, the legislature does hereby ratify, confirm, validate and enact said

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provisions, but nothing in this act shall be construed to abrogate or impair the powers now or

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hereafter granted to cities and towns by the Home Rule amendment and other applicable laws of

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the State of Rhode Island or those rights retained by said town of Jamestown in its Home Rule

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Charter.

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

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Jamestown 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 JAMESTOWN

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     This act would validate and ratify amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of

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Jamestown, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of

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Jamestown on November 8, 2016.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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