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| 2023 -- H 5290 Enacted 05/15/2023 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF BURRILLVILLE |
Introduced By: Representatives Place, and Newberry |
| Date Introduced: February 01, 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 Burrillville, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of |
| Burrillville 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 Burrillville 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 Burrillville 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 Burrillville in its Home Rule |
| Charter. |
| SECTION 2. If any provision of this act, or the application thereof to the town of |
| Burrillville or to any person or circumstances is deemed invalid for any reason, the remainder of |
| this act, or the application of such provisions 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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