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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF | |
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THE CITY OF WOONSOCKET | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Baldelli-Hunt, Casey, and Phillips | |
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Date Introduced: January 31, 2013 | |
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Referred To: House Municipal Government | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. In all respects in which the amendment to the Home Rule charter of the city |
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of Woonsocket, which amendment was adopted and approved by the electors of the city of |
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Woonsocket on November 8, 2011, and which amendment provides that candidates for elective |
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public office in the city of Woonsocket be elected at the general state elections to be held on even |
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numbered years commencing in the year 2016, may require ratification, confirmation, validation, |
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or enactment by the general assembly, but in no other respects, the provisions of said amendment |
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to the Home Rule Charter of the city of Woonsocket are hereby ratified, confirmed, validated and |
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enacted. It is the express intention of the general assembly, by the passage of this act, to give |
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effect to, ratify, confirm, validate and enact those provisions of the said amendment to the Home |
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Rule Charter of the city of Woonsocket which require ratification, confirmation, validation or |
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enactment and by the passage of this act, the legislature does hereby ratify, confirm, validate and |
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enact said provisions, but nothing in this act shall be construed to abrogate or impair the powers |
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now or hereafter granted to cities and towns by the Home Rule amendment and other applicable |
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laws of the State of Rhode Island or those rights retained by said city of Woonsocket in its Home |
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Rule Charter. |
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SECTION 2. If any provision of this act, or the application thereof to the city of |
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Woonsocket or to any person or circumstances is deemed invalid for any reason, the remainder of |
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this act, or the application of such provision to said city or other persons or circumstances shall |
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not be affected thereby, and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable. |
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SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF | |
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THE CITY OF WOONSOCKET | |
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This act would validate and ratify amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the city of |
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Woonsocket, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the city of |
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Woonsocket on November 8, 2011. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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