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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

RELATING TO THE TOWN OF WEST WARWICK - RATIFICATION OF CHARTER

AMENDMENTS

     Introduced By: Senators Satchell, and Gallo

     Date Introduced: May 11, 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 West Warwick, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the

town of West Warwick on May 19, 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 West Warwick 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 West Warwick 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 West Warwick in its Home Rule

Charter.

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

Warwick 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

RELATING TO THE TOWN OF WEST WARWICK - RATIFICATION OF CHARTER

AMENDMENTS

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

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

West Warwick on May 19, 2016.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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