11-LA079

2011 -- S 0949

Enacted 05/25/11

A N A C T

RELATING TO VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF LINCOLN

Introduced By: Senators E O`Neill, and Moura

Date Introduced: May 11, 2011

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

SECTION 1. In all respects in which amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the Town

of Lincoln, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the Town of

Lincoln on November 2, 2010, 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 Lincoln are hereby ratified, confirmed, validated and enacted. It is

the express intention of the General Assembly, by 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 Lincoln, 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 Lincoln in its Home Rule charter.

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

Lincoln 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 Lincoln or other person 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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