Chapter 009

2007 -- S 0092

Enacted 03/29/07

A N A C T

VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SOUTH KINGSTOWN

Introduced By: Senator V. Susan Sosnowski

Date Introduced: January 23, 2007

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. In all respects in which the amendments to the home rule charter of the

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

town of South Kingstown on November 7, 2006 may require ratification, confirmation,

validation, or enactment by the general assembly, but in no other respects, the provisions of said

amendments to the home rule charter of the town of South Kingstown are hereby ratified,

confirmed, validated, and enacted. It is the express intention of the general assembly, by the

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

said amendments to the home rule charter of the town of South Kingstown which require

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

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

construed to abrogate or impair the powers now or hereafter granted to towns by the home rule

amendment and other applicable laws of the state of Rhode Island or those rights retained by said

town of South Kingstown in its home rule charter.

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

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

this act, or the application of such provision to said town or other persons or circumstances, shall

not be affected thereby and, to this end, the provisions of this act are declared to be severable.

     SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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LC00361

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