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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023

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A N   A C T

VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF

THE TOWN OF NORTH KINGSTOWN

     Introduced By: Senators Valverde, and DiMario

     Date Introduced: February 16, 2023

     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

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

town of North Kingstown on November 8, 2022, 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 town of North Kingstown 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 town of North Kingstown 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 town of North Kingstown in its

Home Rule Charter.

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

Kingstown 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 town or other persons or circumstance, 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 AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF

THE TOWN OF NORTH KINGSTOWN

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

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

North Kingstown on November 8, 2022.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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