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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE

CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF TIVERTON

     Introduced By: Senators Felag, and DiPalma

     Date Introduced: February 07, 2025

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

Tiverton on November 5, 2024, 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 Tiverton 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 Tiverton 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 and other applicable laws of the State of Rhode Island or

those rights retained by said town of Tiverton in its Home Rule Charter.

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

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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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE

CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF TIVERTON

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

which were approved by the electors of the town of Tiverton on November 5, 2024.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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