| Chapter 030 |
| 2015 -- S 0655 Enacted 05/08/2015 |
| A N A C T |
| VALIDATING AND RATIFYING THE 2014 AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD |
| Introduced By: Senator Stephen R. Archambault |
| Date Introduced: March 11, 2015 |
| 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 Smithfield, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of |
| Smithfield on November 4, 2014, 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 Smithfield 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 Smithfield 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 to the Rhode Island Constitution and |
| other applicable laws of the state of Rhode Island or those rights retained by said town of |
| Smithfield in its Home Rule Charter. |
| SECTION 2. If any provision of this act, or the application thereof to the town of |
| Smithfield 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 of Smithfield 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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