2017 -- S 0752

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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

     Introduced By: Senators Cote, and Picard

     Date Introduced: April 12, 2017

     Referred To: Senate Housing & Municipal Government

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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

city of Woonsocket approved and adopted by the electors of the city of Woonsocket, which

amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the city of Woonsocket on November

8, 2016, may require ratification, confirmation, validation, or enactment by the general assembly,

but in no other respects, the provisions of said amendment to the Home Rule Charter of the city

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

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

enact those provisions of the said amendment to the Home Rule Charter of the city of

Woonsocket which require ratification, confirmation, validation or enactment and by the passage

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

nothing in this act shall be construed to abrogate or impair the powers now or hereafter granted to

cities and towns by the Home Rule amendment and other applicable laws of the State of Rhode

Island or those rights retained by said city of Woonsocket in its Home Rule Charter.

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

Woonsocket or to any person or circumstances is deemed invalid for any reason, the remainder of

this act, or the application of such provision to said town or other persons or circumstances shall

not be affected thereby, and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable.

     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 CITY OF WOONSOCKET

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

Woonsocket, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the city of

Woonsocket on November 8, 2016.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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