LA 113
2017 -- H 6094
Enacted 06/22/2017

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

Introduced By: Representatives Nardolillo, Chippendale, Roberts, Morgan, and Serpa
Date Introduced: April 07, 2017

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 Coventry approved and adopted by the electors of the town of Coventry in 1976, which
amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of Coventry on November 8,
2016, 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 Coventry 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 amendment to the Home Rule Charter of the town of Coventry 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 Coventry in its Home Rule Charter.
     SECTION 2. If any provision of this act, or the application thereof to the town of
Coventry 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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