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2017 -- H 5133 Enacted 05/19/2017

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VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SOUTH KINGSTOWN

Introduced By: Representatives Fogarty, Tanzi, Filippi, and McEntee

Date Introduced: January 18, 2017

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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

town of South Kingstown, which amendment was adopted and approved by the electors of the

town of South Kingstown on November 8, 2016, may require ratification, confirmation,

validation, or enactment by the general assembly, but in no other respects, the provisions of said

amendment to the Home Rule Charter of the town of South Kingstown is 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 amendment to the Home Rule Charter of the town of South Kingstown which requires

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 South Kingstown in its Home Rule Charter.

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

Kingstown 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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