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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019

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VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENT TO SECTION 2-1 OF THE HOME RULE

CHARTER OF THE CITY OF EAST PROVIDENCE

     

     Introduced By: Senators Conley, Lawson, and Coyne

     Date Introduced: June 20, 2019

     Referred To: Senate Housing & Municipal Government

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     WHEREAS, on November 6, 2012, the voters of the city of East Providence approved an

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amendment to Section 2-1 of the Home Rule Charter of the city of East Providence, establishing

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four (4) year terms for members of the City Council.

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     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:‎

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     SECTION 1. To the extent any amendment to Section 2-1 of the Home Rule Charter of

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the city of ‎East Providence, which charter was approved and adopted by the electors of the city of

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East Providence in September 1954, may require ratification, confirmation, validation, or

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enactment by the general ‎assembly, but in no other respects, such amendment to Section 2-1 of

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the Home Rule Charter of the ‎city of East Providence is hereby ratified, confirmed, validated and

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enacted. It is the express ‎intention of the general assembly, by the passage of this act, to give

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effect to, ratify, confirm, validate ‎and enact those provisions of the said amendment to Section 2-

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1 of the Home Rule Charter of the city of East ‎Providence which require ratification,

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

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ratify, confirm, validate and enact said provision, but nothing in this ‎act shall be construed to

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

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

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city of East Providence in its Home Rule Charter or to abrogate or impair the effectiveness or

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validity of any resolutions, ordinances or votes heretofore taken by the city of East Providence.‎

 

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

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East ‎Providence or to any person or circumstances is deemed invalid for any reason, the

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remainder of this ‎act, or the application of such provision to said city or other persons or

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circumstances shall not be ‎affected thereby, and to this end the provisions of this act are declared

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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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VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENT TO SECTION 2-1 OF THE HOME RULE

CHARTER OF THE CITY OF EAST PROVIDENCE

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     This act ratifies and confirms the amendment to Section 2-1 of the Home Rule Charter of

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the city of East Providence establishing four (4) year terms for members of the city council

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passed by the voters of the city of East Providence on November 6, 2012.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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