Chapter 028
2015 -- S 0237
Enacted 05/08/2015

A N   A C T
VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN

Introduced By: Senator Louis P. DiPalma
Date Introduced: February 11, 2015

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
     SECTION 1. In all respects in which the amendment to the home rule charter of the
Town of Middletown that was adopted and approved by the electors of the Town of Middletown
on November 4, 2014 may require ratification, confirmation, validation, or enactment by the
general assembly, but in no other respects, the provisions of said amendment to the home rule
charter of the Town of Middletown is 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 amendment to the home rule charter of
the Town of Middletown that 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 the act shall be construed to abrogate or impair the powers now or
hereafter granted to towns by the home rule amendment and other applicable laws of the state of
Rhode Island or those rights retained by said Town of Middletown in its home rule charter.
     SECTION 2. If any provision of this act, or the application thereof to the Town of
Middletown 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 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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