| LA 119 |
| 2019 -- S 0995 Enacted 07/19/2019 |
| A N A C T |
| VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENT TO SECTION 2-1 OF THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF EAST PROVIDENCE |
| Introduced By: Senators Conley, Lawson, and Coyne |
| Date Introduced: June 20, 2019 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| WHEREAS, on November 6, 2012, the voters of the city of East Providence approved an |
| amendment to Section 2-1 of the Home Rule Charter of the city of East Providence, establishing |
| four (4) year terms for members of the City Council. |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. To the extent any amendment to Section 2-1 of the Home Rule Charter of |
| the city of East Providence, which charter was approved and adopted by the electors of the city of |
| East Providence in September 1954, may require ratification, confirmation, validation, or |
| enactment by the general assembly, but in no other respects, such amendment to Section 2-1 of |
| the Home Rule Charter of the city of East Providence 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 Section 2- |
| 1 of the Home Rule Charter of the city of East Providence which require ratification, |
| confirmation, validation or enactment and by the passage of this act, the legislature does hereby |
| ratify, confirm, validate and enact said provision, 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, those rights retained by said |
| city of East Providence in its Home Rule Charter or to abrogate or impair the effectiveness or |
| validity of any resolutions, ordinances or votes heretofore taken by the city of East Providence. |
| SECTION 2. If any provision of this act, or the application thereof to the city of |
| East Providence 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 city 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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