Chapter 033
2015 -- H 5751
Enacted 05/08/2015

A N   A C T
VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF EAST GREENWICH

Introduced By: Representative Antonio Giarrusso
Date Introduced: February 26, 2015

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
     SECTION 1. Validation of amendments. In all respects in which the amendments to the
home rule charter of the Town of East Greenwich that were adopted and approved by the electors
of the Town of East Greenwich on November 2, 2010 and November 4, 2014, 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 East
Greenwich 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 East Greenwich
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 East Greenwich in its home rule charter.
     SECTION 2. Severability. If any provision of this act, or the application thereof to the
Town of East Greenwich 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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