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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021

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A N   A C T

VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF

THE TOWN OF BRISTOL

     

     Introduced By: Senators Felag, Coyne, and Seveney

     Date Introduced: April 30, 2021

     Referred To: Senate Housing & Municipal Government

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. In all respects in which the amendments to the Home Rule charter of the town

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of Bristol approved and adopted by the electors of the town of Bristol which amendments were

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adopted and approved by the electors of the town of Bristol on November 3, 2020, may require

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ratification, confirmation, validation, or enactment by the general assembly, but in no other

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respects, the provisions of said amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of Bristol are

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hereby ratified, confirmed, validated and enacted. It is the express intention of the general

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assembly, by the passage of this act, to give effect to, ratify, confirm, validate and enact those

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provisions of the said amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of Bristol which require

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ratification, confirmation, validation or enactment and by the passage of this act, the legislature

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does hereby ratify, confirm, validate and enact said provisions, but nothing in this act shall be

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construed to abrogate or impair the powers now or hereafter granted to cities and towns by the

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Home Rule amendment and other applicable laws of the state of Rhode Island or those rights

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retained by said town of Bristol in its Home Rule Charter.

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

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or to any person or circumstances is deemed invalid for any reason, the remainder of this act, or the

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application of such provision to said city or other persons or circumstances shall not be affected

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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

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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A N   A C T

VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF

THE TOWN OF BRISTOL

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     This act would validate and ratify amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of

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

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November 3, 2020.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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