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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021

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A N   A C T

VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF

THE TOWN OF BRISTOL

     Introduced By: Senators Felag, Coyne, and Seveney

     Date Introduced: April 30, 2021

     Referred To: Senate Housing & Municipal Government

     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 Bristol approved and adopted by the electors of the town of Bristol which amendments were

adopted and approved by the electors of the town of Bristol 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 Bristol 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 Bristol 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 town of Bristol in its Home Rule Charter.

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

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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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF

THE TOWN OF BRISTOL

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     This act would validate and ratify amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of

Bristol, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of Bristol on

November 3, 2020.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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