S0482

	2017 -- S 0482
	========
	LC001959
	========
	STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017
	____________
	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:
1	SECTION 1. In all respects in which the amendments to the Home Rule charter of the
2	town of Jamestown, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of
3	Jamestown on November 8, 2016, may require ratification, confirmation, validation, or enactment
4	by the general assembly, but in no other respects, the provisions of said amendments to the Home
5	Rule Charter of the town of Jamestown are hereby ratified, confirmed, validated and enacted. It is
6	the express intention of the general assembly, by the passage of this act, to give effect to, ratify,
7	confirm, validate and enact those provisions of the said amendments to the Home Rule Charter of
8	the town of Jamestown which require ratification, confirmation, validation or enactment and by
9	the passage of this act, the legislature does hereby ratify, confirm, validate and enact said
10	provisions, but nothing in this act shall be construed to abrogate or impair the powers now or
11	hereafter granted to cities and towns by the Home Rule amendment and other applicable laws of
12	the State of Rhode Island or those rights retained by said town of Jamestown in its Home Rule
13	Charter.
14	SECTION 2. If any provision of this act, or the application thereof to the town of
15	Jamestown 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.

1	SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.
	========
	LC001959
	========
	LC001959 - Page 2 of 3
	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 JAMESTOWN
	***
1	This act would validate and ratify amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of
2	Jamestown, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of
3	Jamestown on November 8, 2016.
4	This act would take effect upon passage.
	========
	LC001959
	========
	LC001959 - Page 3 of 3