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2019 -- S 0851 Enacted 05/13/2019

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VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF COVENTRY

Introduced By: Senator Gordon E. Rogers

Date Introduced: May 01, 2019

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

Coventry on November 6, 2018, 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 Coventry 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 Coventry 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 Coventry in its Home Rule Charter.

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

Coventry 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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