LA 015
2023 -- S 0110
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: Senators de la Cruz, and Rogers

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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