Chapter 301
2017 -- S 0974
Enacted 07/26/2017

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

Introduced By: Senators Felag, Seveney, and DiPalma
Date Introduced: June 21, 2017

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
     SECTION 1. In all respects in which the amendments to the Hhome Rrule charter of the
town of Tiverton approved and adopted by the electors of the town of Tiverton in 1994, which
amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of Tiverton 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 Hhome Rrule Ccharter of the
town of Tiverton 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 Hhome Rrule Ccharter of the town of
Tiverton which 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 this act shall be construed to abrogate or impair the powers now or hereafter
granted to cities and towns by the Hhome Rrule amendment and other applicable laws of the
Sstate of Rhode Island or those rights retained by said town of Tiverton in its Hhome Rrule
Ccharter.
     SECTION 2. If any provision of this act, or the application thereof, to the town of
Tiverton 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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