2019 -- S 0630

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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

VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF

THE CITY OF CENTRAL FALLS

     Introduced By: Senator Elizabeth A. Crowley

     Date Introduced: March 14, 2019

     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 Central Falls approved and adopted by the electors of the city of Central Falls, which

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

6, 2018, 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 city

of Central Falls 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 city of Central

Falls 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 Central Falls in its Home Rule Charter.

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

Falls 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 city 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

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A N   A C T

VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF

THE CITY OF CENTRAL FALLS

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

Central Falls which were adopted and approved by the electors of the city on November 6, 2018.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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