| LA 002 |
| 2023 -- H 5378 Enacted 04/07/2023 |
| A N A C T |
| VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF NORTH KINGSTOWN |
Introduced By: Representatives Casimiro, and Craven |
| Date Introduced: February 03, 2023 |
| 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 North Kingstown, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the |
| town of North Kingstown on November 8, 2022, 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 North Kingstown 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 North Kingstown 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 North Kingstown in its |
| Home Rule Charter. |
| SECTION 2. If any provision of this act, or the application thereof to the town of North |
| 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 circumstance, 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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