S0996

	2019 -- S 0996
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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 AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF
	THE TOWN OF CUMBERLAND

	Introduced By: Senators Pearson, and Picard
	Date Introduced: June 20, 2019
	Referred To: Senate Housing & Municipal Government
	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
1	SECTION 1. In all respects in which the amendments to the Home Rule charter of the
2	town of Cumberland approved and adopted by the electors of the town of Cumberland which
3	amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of Cumberland on November
4	6, 2018, may require ratification, confirmation, validation, or enactment by the general assembly,
5	but in no other respects, the provisions of said amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town
6	of Cumberland are hereby ratified, confirmed, validated and enacted. It is the express intention of
7	the general assembly, by the passage of this act, to give effect to, ratify, confirm, validate and
8	enact those provisions of the said amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of
9	Cumberland which require ratification, confirmation, validation or enactment and by the passage
10	of this act, the legislature does hereby ratify, confirm, validate and enact said provisions, but
11	nothing in this act shall be construed to abrogate or impair the powers now or hereafter granted to
12	cities and towns by the Home Rule amendments and other applicable laws of the state of Rhode
13	Island or those rights retained by said town of Cumberland in its Home Rule Charter.
14	SECTION 2. If any provision of this act, or the application thereof to the town of
15	Cumberland or to any person or circumstances is deemed invalid for any reason, the remainder of
16	this act, or the application of such provision to said city or other persons or circumstances shall
17	not be affected thereby, and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable.

1	SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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	EXPLANATION
	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
	OF
	A N A C T
	VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF
	THE TOWN OF CUMBERLAND
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1	This act would validate and ratify amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of
2	Cumberland, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of
3	Cumberland on November 6, 2018.
4	This act would take effect upon passage.
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