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| 2023 -- S 0883 Enacted 05/18/2023 |
| A N A C T |
| VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF WARREN |
Introduced By: Senator Walter S. Felag |
| Date Introduced: March 30, 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 Warren approved and adopted by the electors of the town of Warren which amendments were |
| adopted and approved by the electors of the town of Warren 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 Warren 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 Warren 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 Warren in its Home Rule Charter. |
| SECTION 2. If any provision of this act, or the application thereof to the town of Warren |
| 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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