2019 -- H 5132 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO THE TOWN OF NORTH SMITHFIELD | |
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Introduced By: Representative Brian C. Newberry | |
Date Introduced: January 16, 2019 | |
Referred To: House Municipal Government | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. In all respects in which the amendment to the Home Rule Charter of the |
2 | town of North Smithfield, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the |
3 | town of North Smithfield on November 6, 2018, may require ratification, confirmation, validation |
4 | or enactment by the general assembly, but in no other respects, the provisions of said |
5 | amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of North Smithfield are hereby ratified, |
6 | confirmed, validated and enacted. It is the express intention of the general assembly, by the |
7 | passage of this act, to give effect to, ratify, confirm, validate and enact those provisions of the |
8 | said amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of North Smithfield which require |
9 | ratification, confirmation, validation or enactment and by the passage of this act, the legislature |
10 | does hereby ratify, confirm, validate and enact said provisions, but nothing in this act shall be |
11 | construed to abrogate or impair the powers now or hereafter granted to towns by the Home Rule |
12 | amendment and other applicable laws of the state of Rhode Island or those rights retained by said |
13 | town of North Smithfield in its Home Rule Charter. |
14 | SECTION 2. If any provision of this act, or the application thereof to the town of North |
15 | Smithfield or to any person or circumstances is deemed invalid for any reason, the remainder of |
16 | this act, or the application of such provision to said town or other persons or circumstances shall |
17 | not be affected thereby, and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable. |
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1 | SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO THE TOWN OF NORTH SMITHFIELD | |
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1 | This act would ratify the Home Rule Charter amendments adopted and approved by the |
2 | electors of North Smithfield on November 6, 2018. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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