House Journal: Page 1900: Thursday, May 1, 2003
31 Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
32 The community commonwealth charter may include
33 other provisions which the commission elects to
34 include and which are not inconsistent irreconcilable
35 with state law, including, but not limited to, those
36 provisions in section 331.248, subsection 4.
37 Sec. 22. Section 331.262, Code 2003, is amended by
38 adding the following new subsections:
39 NEW SUBSECTION. 1A. The adoption of the community
40 commonwealth form of government does not alter any
41 right or liability of the county or member city in
42 effect at the time of the election at which the
43 charter was adopted.
44 NEW SUBSECTION. 1B. All departments and agencies
45 of the county and of each member city shall continue
46 to operate until their authority to operate is
47 superseded by action of the governing body.
48 NEW SUBSECTION. 1C. All ordinances or resolutions
49 in effect remain effective until amended or repealed,
50 unless they are irreconcilable with the adopted
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1 charter.
2 NEW SUBSECTION. 1D. Upon the effective date of
3 the adopted charter, the county shall adopt the
4 community commonwealth form of government by
5 ordinance, and shall file a copy with the secretary of
6 state and maintain available copies for public
7 inspection.
8 NEW SUBSECTION. 1E. Members of the governing body
9 of the county and of each member city shall continue
10 in office until the members of the governing body of
11 the community commonwealth form of government have
12 been elected and sworn into office, at which time the
13 offices of the former governing bodies shall be
14 abolished, and the terms of the members of the former
15 governing bodies shall be terminated. During the
16 period between the effective date of the charter and
17 the election and qualification of the elected members
18 of the new governing body, the former governing bodies
19 of each member city and of the county shall continue
20 to perform their duties and shall assist in planning
21 the transition to the community commonwealth form of
22 government.
23 NEW SUBSECTION. 1F. If a community commonwealth
24 charter is submitted to the electorate but is not
25 adopted, another charter shall not be submitted to the
26 electorate for at least six years from the date of the
27 election at which the charter was rejected. If a
28 community commonwealth charter is adopted, a proposed
29 charter for another alternative form of county
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