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| 2021 -- H 5821 Enacted 07/01/2021 |
| A N A C T |
| VALIDATING AND RATIFYING THE 2020 AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD |
Introduced By: Representatives Hawkins, Costantino, and Biah |
| Date Introduced: February 24, 2021 |
| 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 Smithfield, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of |
| Smithfield on November 3, 2020, 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 Smithfield 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 said amendments of the Home Rule Charter of the |
| town of Smithfield 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 towns by the Home Rule amendment to the Rhode Island Constitution and other applicable laws |
| of the State of Rhode Island or those rights retained by said town of Smithfield in its Home Rule |
| Charter. |
| SECTION 2. If any provision of this act, or the application thereof to the town of Smithfield |
| 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 of Smithfield 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 provision |
| of this act are declared to be severable. |
| SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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