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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 NORTH SMITHFIELD

     

     Introduced By: Senators Paolino, de la Cruz, and Murray

     Date Introduced: January 31, 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 amendment to the Home Rule Charter of the

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

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town of North Smithfield on November 6, 2018, may require ratification, confirmation, validation

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or enactment by the general assembly, but in no other respects, the provisions of said

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amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of North Smithfield are hereby ratified,

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confirmed, validated and enacted. It is the express intention of the general assembly, by the

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passage of this act, to give effect to, ratify, confirm, validate and enact those provisions of the

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said amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of North Smithfield which require

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ratification, confirmation, validation or enactment and by the passage of this act, the legislature

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does hereby ratify, confirm, validate and enact said provisions, but nothing in this act shall be

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construed to abrogate or impair the powers now or hereafter granted to towns by the Home Rule

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amendment and other applicable laws of the state of Rhode Island or those rights retained by said

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town of North Smithfield 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 North

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Smithfield 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 NORTH SMITHFIELD

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     This act would ratify the Home Rule Charter amendments adopted and approved by the

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electors of North Smithfield on November 6, 2018.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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