11-LA088

2011 -- S 0878

Enacted 06/06/11

A N A C T

RELATING TO VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET

Introduced By: Senators Doyle, Crowley, Nesselbush, and E O`Neill

Date Introduced: April 14, 2011

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

SECTION 1. In all respects in which amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the City

of Pawtucket, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the City of

Pawtucket on November 2, 2010, 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 Pawtucket are hereby ratified, confirmed, validated and

enacted. It is the express intention of the General Assembly, by 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 Pawtucket, 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 by the Home Rule amendment and other applicable laws of the

State of Rhode Island or those rights retained by said City of Pawtucket in its Home Rule charter.

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

Pawtucket 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 of Pawtucket or other person 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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