Chapter 009

2013 -- H 5346

Enacted 05/13/13

A N A C T

VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WOONSOCKET

Introduced By: Representatives Phillips, Casey, and Baldelli-Hunt

Date Introduced: February 07, 2013

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

SECTION 1. In all respects in which the amendment to the Home Rule charter of the city

of Woonsocket, which amendment was adopted and approved by the electors of the city of

Woonsocket on November 6, 2012, and which amendment provides that the members of the

school committee in the city of Woonsocket be appointed rather than elected may require

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

respects, the provisions of said amendment to the Home Rule Charter of the city of Woonsocket

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 amendment to the Home Rule Charter of the city of Woonsocket 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 cities and towns

by the Home Rule amendment and other applicable laws of the State of Rhode Island or those

rights retained by said city of Woonsocket in its Home Rule Charter.

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

Woonsocket 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 city 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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LC00879

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