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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO THE TOWN OF BARRINGTON - VALIDATING AND RATIFYING

AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER

     

     Introduced By: Senator Cynthia Armour Coyne

     Date Introduced: January 24, 2019

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

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Barrington on November 6, 2018, 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 Barrington 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

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

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

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Rhode Island or those rights retained by said town of Barrington in its Home Rule 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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Barrington 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

RELATING TO THE TOWN OF BARRINGTON - VALIDATING AND RATIFYING

AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER

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     This act ratifies and validates the amendments to the Barrington Home Rule Charter

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which were approved by the electors of the town of Barrington at the polls on November 6, 2018.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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