LA 120 |
2019 -- S 0996 Enacted 07/19/2019 |
A N A C T |
VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF CUMBERLAND |
Introduced By: Senators Pearson, and Picard |
Date Introduced: June 20, 2019 |
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 Cumberland approved and adopted by the electors of the town of Cumberland which |
amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of Cumberland on November |
6, 2018, 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 Cumberland 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 |
Cumberland 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 amendments and other applicable laws of the state of Rhode |
Island or those rights retained by said town of Cumberland in its Home Rule Charter. |
SECTION 2. If any provision of this act, or the application thereof to the town of |
Cumberland 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 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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