House Journal: Page 1897: Thursday, May 1, 2003
34 5. All departments and agencies of the county and
35 of each consolidated city shall continue to operate
36 until their authority to operate is superseded by
37 action of the governing body.
38 6. Upon the effective date of the adopted charter,
39 the county shall adopt the city-county consolidated
40 form of government by ordinance, and shall file a copy
41 with the secretary of state and maintain available
42 copies for public inspection.
43 7. Members of the governing body of the county and
44 of each consolidated city shall continue in office
45 until the members of the governing body of the city-
46 county consolidated form of government have been
47 elected and sworn into office, at which time the
48 offices of the former governing bodies shall be
49 abolished, and the terms of the members of the former
50 governing bodies shall be terminated. During the
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1 period between the effective date of the charter and
2 the election and qualification of the elected members
3 of the new governing body, the former governing bodies
4 of each consolidated city and of the county shall
5 continue to perform their duties and shall assist in
6 planning the transition to the city-county
7 consolidated form of government.
8 8. If a city-county consolidation charter is
9 submitted to the electorate but is not adopted,
10 another charter shall not be submitted to the
11 electorate for at least six years from the date of the
12 election at which the charter was rejected. If a
13 city-county consolidation charter is adopted, a
14 proposed charter for another alternative form of
15 county government shall not be submitted to the
16 electorate for at least six years from the date of the
17 election at which the charter was adopted.
18 Sec. 15. Section 331.250, Code 2003, is amended to
19 read as follows:
20 331.250 GENERAL POWERS OF CONSOLIDATED LOCAL
21 GOVERNMENTS.
22 The consolidation charter shall provide for the
23 delivery of services to specified areas of the
24 consolidated local government county and of each
25 consolidated city. The governing body of the
26 consolidated government shall administer supervise the
27 administration of the provision of services in each of
28 the designated service areas and shall have the
29 authority to determine the boundaries of the service
30 areas. For each service provided by the consolidated
31 government, the consolidated government shall assume
32 the same statutory rights, powers, and duties relating
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