LA 110

2017 -- H 5816 Enacted 06/14/2017

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

Introduced By: Representative Deborah L. Ruggiero

Date Introduced: March 02, 2017

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

Jamestown on November 8, 2016, 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 Jamestown 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 Jamestown 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 Jamestown in its Home Rule

Charter.

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

Jamestown 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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