2017 -- S 0791

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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 AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF

THE TOWN OF WARREN

     Introduced By: Senator Walter S. Felag

     Date Introduced: April 25, 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

town of Warren which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of

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

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

Rule Charter of the town of Warren 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 amendments to the Home Rule Charter

of the town of Warren 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 towns by the home rule amendment and other applicable laws of the state of

Rhode Island or those rights retained by said town of Warren in its Home Rule Charter.

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

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 AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF

THE TOWN OF WARREN

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

which were approved by the electors of the town of Warren at the polls on November 8, 2016.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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