2013 -- H 5933

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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013

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A N A C T

VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF

THE TOWN OF NARRAGANSETT

     

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Lally, and Tanzi

     Date Introduced: March 27, 2013

     Referred To: House Municipal Government

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

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town of Narragansett, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town

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of Narragansett on November 6, 2012, may require ratification, confirmation, validation or

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enactment by the general assembly, but in no other respects, the provisions of said amendments to

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the Home Rule Charter of the town of Narragansett 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 amendments to the Home

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Rule Charter of the town of Narragansett 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 towns by the Home Rule amendment and other applicable laws of the

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State of Rhode Island or those rights retained by said town of Narragansett in its Home Rule

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Charter.

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     SECTION 2. If any provision of this act, or the application thereof to the town of

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Narragansett 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 town 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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