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S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023
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A N A C T
RELATING TO VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HOM E
RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF BURRILLVILLE
Introduced By: Representatives Place, and Newberry
Date Introduced: February 01, 2023
Referred To: House Municipal Government & Housing
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 1
of Burrillville, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of 2
Burrillville on November 8, 2022, may require ratification, confirmation, validation, or enactment 3
by the general assembly, but in no other respects, the provisions of said amendments to the Home 4
Rule Charter of the Town of Burrillville are hereby ratified, confirmed, validated and enacted. It is 5
the express intention of the general assembly, by the passage of this act, to give effect to, ratify, 6
confirm, validate and enact those provisions of the said amendments to the Home Rule Charter of 7
the town of Burrillville which require ratification, confirmation, validation, or enactment and by 8
the passage of this act, the legislature does hereby ratify, confirm, validate and enact said 9
provisions, but nothing in this act shall be construed to abrogate or impair the powers now or 10
hereafter granted to cities and towns by the Home Rule amendment and other applicable laws of 11
the State of Rhode Island or those rights retained by said town of Burrillville in its Home Rule 12
Charter. 13
SECTION 2. If any provision of this act, or the application thereof to the town of 14
Burrillville or to any person or circumstances is deemed invalid for any reason, the remainder of 15
this act, or the application of such provisions to said town or other persons or circumstances shall 16
not be affected thereby, and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable. 17
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SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. 1
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EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF
A N A C T
RELATING TO VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HOM E
RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF BURRILLVILLE
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This act would validate and ratify amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of 1
Burrillville, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of 2
Burrillville on November 8, 2022. 3
This act would take effect upon passage. 4
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