Enacted 06/04/14
A N A C T
VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF WEST GREENWICH
Introduced By: Representatives Tomasso, and Giarrusso
Date Introduced: January 23, 2014
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 West Greenwich, which amendments were
adopted and approved by the electors of the Town of West Greenwich on October
22, 2013, 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 West Greenwich 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 West Greenwich which that 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 nNothing 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 West Greenwich in its home rule
charter.
SECTION 2. If any provision of this act, or the application thereof, to the Town of West Greenwich or to any person or circumstances, is deemed invalid for any reason, the remainder of this act, or the application of such provision, to aid 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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