Chapter 090

2013 -- S 0881

Enacted 06/17/13

A N A C T

VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CENTRAL FALLS

Introduced By: Senator Elizabeth A. Crowley

Date Introduced: April 25, 2013

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

City of Central Falls, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the City

of Central Falls on November 6, 2012, and which one amendment added a new Section 4-105 to

the Charter, providing that a Mayor shall be subject to recall provided, however that no recall

shall be permitted if the Mayor has served less than six (6) months of a first term, or has less than

six (6) months left to serve in office, and providing requirements for the recall petition, recall

election, and filling the vacancy; a second amendment to Sections 3-200, 3-400, 6-102, and 6-109

providing that regular municipal elections be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in

even-numbered years, commencing with the even-year regular municipal election to be held in

2016, so that mayoral elections will be on the same dates as national presidential elections; and a

third amendment to Section 3-502 providing that if a vacancy occurs on the City Council, then

the City Council may fill the vacancy with the unsuccessful candidate for the office from the last

regular City election who received at least thirty percent (30%) of the votes cast for that office

and if there is no eligible candidate, then there shall be a special City election to fill the vacancy,

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 City of

Central Falls 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 City of Central

Falls 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 of the Rhode Island Constitution and other applicable laws

of the State of Rhode Island or those rights retained by said City of Central Falls in its Home Rule

Charter.

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

Falls 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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