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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021

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VALIDATING AND RATIFYING THE 2020 AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE

CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD

     Introduced By: Representatives Hawkins, Costantino, and Biah

     Date Introduced: February 24, 2021

     Referred To: House Municipal Government & Housing

     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 3, 2020, 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 said amendments of 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 provision

of this act are declared to be severable.

     SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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