2019 -- H 5187 | |
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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 BARRINGTON - VALIDATING AND RATIFYING | |
AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Cassar, Alzate, Walsh, Knight, and Tanzi | |
Date Introduced: January 24, 2019 | |
Referred To: House Municipal Government | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. In all respects in which the amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the |
2 | town of Barrington, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of |
3 | Barrington on November 6, 2018, may require ratification, confirmation, validation, or enactment |
4 | by the general assembly, but in no other respects, the provisions of said amendments to the Home |
5 | Rule Charter of the town of Barrington are hereby ratified, confirmed, validated, and enacted. It is |
6 | the express intention of the general assembly, by the passage of this act, to give effect to, ratify, |
7 | confirm, validate, and enact those provisions of the said amendments to the Home Rule Charter |
8 | of the town of Barrington which require ratification, confirmation, validation, or enactment and, |
9 | by the passage of this act, the legislature does hereby ratify, confirm, validate, and enact said |
10 | provisions, but nothing in this act shall be construed to abrogate or impair the powers now or |
11 | hereafter granted to towns by the Home Rule amendment and other applicable laws of the State of |
12 | Rhode Island or those rights retained by said town of Barrington in its Home Rule Charter. |
13 | SECTION 2. If any provision of this act, or the application thereof to the town of |
14 | Barrington or to any person or circumstances is deemed invalid for any reason, the remainder of |
15 | this act, or the application of such provision to said town or other persons or circumstances shall |
16 | 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 BARRINGTON - VALIDATING AND RATIFYING | |
AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER | |
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1 | This act ratifies and validates the amendments to the Barrington Home Rule Charter |
2 | which were approved by the electors of the town of Barrington at the polls on November 6, 2018. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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