| LA 065 |
| 2023 -- S 0111 Enacted 06/27/2023 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO THE RATIFICATION OF THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF RICHMOND |
Introduced By: Senators E Morgan, and DeLuca |
| Date Introduced: February 01, 2023 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. In all respects in which the Home Rule Charter adopted by the electors of the |
| Town of Richmond on November 4, 2008, as amended, including the amendments adopted by the |
| electors of the Town of Richmond on November 8, 2022, may require ratification, confirmation, |
| validation or enactment by the General Assembly, but in no other respects, the provisions of the |
| Home Rule Charter of the Town of Richmond are hereby ratified, confirmed, validated and enacted. |
| It is the express intent of the General Assembly by the passage of this Act to give effect and to |
| ratify, confirm, validate and enact those provisions of the said Home Rule Charter of the Town of |
| Richmond that require ratification, confirmation, validation or enactment, and by the passage of |
| this Act, the General Assembly does hereby ratify, confirm, validate and enact said Home Rule |
| Charter, but nothing in this Act shall be construed to abrogate or impair the powers now or hereafter |
| granted to the towns by Article XIII of the Constitution of the State of Rhode Island or those rights |
| retained by said Town of Richmond. |
| SECTION 2. If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to the Home Rule |
| Charter of the Town of Richmond or to any person or circumstances is deemed invalid for any |
| reason, the remainder of this Act or the application thereof 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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