All election procedures in the said charter
of the Town of Coventry are hereby ratified, confirmed, validated
and enacted.
In all other respects in which the home rule
charter of the Town of Coventry, approved on November 7, 1972, may
require ratification, confirmation, validation or enactment by the
general assembly, but in no other respects, the provisions of the
home rule charter so adopted 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 certain provisions of the home rule charter of the
Town of Coventry approved on November 7, 1972, which require ratification,
confirmation, validation, or enactment, but nothing in this act shall
be construed to abrogate or impair the powers now or hereafter granted
to towns by Article XXVIII of the amendments to the constitution and
other applicable laws of the State of Rhode Island or those rights
retained by said town in said charter. Any act or thing heretofore
done or purported to be done under the provisions of said home rule
charter is hereby ratified and confirmed.