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Sec. 1001. - Effective Date of Charter.#
This Charter shall take effect on the first Monday in January, 1997, if the Board of Canvassers shall have certified that it was approved by the electors of the Town voting thereon, or upon the date of such certification if the same shall be made later than the first Monday in January, 1997.
Sec. 1002. - Election of November, 1996.#
This Charter shall be placed before the electors of the Town of Exeter at the general election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1996, for their approval or rejection. At said election, all Town offices which had been filled by vote of the electors of the Town heretofore, shall be filled in the same manner as previously. All persons so elected whose office become appointive pursuant to the provisions of this Charter shall serve for terms that expire on the last day of January, 1999; and until their successors are appointed. All others elected at the general election of November, 1996 shall serve the terms prescribed for their respective offices heretofore.
Sec. 1003. - Continuation in Office.#
All elected officials of the Town who are in office at the time of the taking effect of this Charter shall continue to hold their offices until their respective terms have expired and their successors have been elected and qualified; provided, however, that those elected officials whose offices become appointive pursuant to the provisions of this Charter shall hold their offices until the last day of January, 1999, and until their successors are appointed.
Sec. 1004. - Transfer of Appropriations.#
The Council shall have authority to make any changes or transfers in appropriations in the budget for the fiscal year during which this Charter takes effect that may be required for the operation of the Town government under the provisions of this Charter.
Sec. 1005. - Continuation of Laws and Ordinances.#
As of the effective date of this Charter [January 6, 1997], all special acts of the General Assembly applicable to the Town of Exeter shall continue in effect except insofar as they are inconsistent with the provisions of this Charter or any ordinance of the Town enacted pursuant to powers conferred by this Charter. All ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulation of the Town in force as of the effective date of this Charter [January 6, 1997] and not inconsistent herewith, shall continue in force until amended or repealed.
Sec. 1006. - Continuation of Obligations.#
All taxes levied or assessed by the Town prior to the effective date of this Charter [January 6, 1997] which have not been collected by the Town shall be collected with any interest and penalties thereon by the Town acting under this Charter in accordance with law. All licenses and permits issued by the Town, or any agency thereof, prior to the effective date of this Charter [January 6, 1997], shall continue in full force and effect until the termination date thereof, unless superseded or revoked for cause. All contracts, leases, franchises and other obligations, entered into by the Town, or for its benefit, prior to the effective date of this Charter [January 6, 1997], shall continue in full force and effect.
Sec. 1007. - Pending Actions and Proceedings.#
No actions or proceedings, civil or criminal, in law or in equity, pending at the time when this Charter shall take effect, brought by or against the Town, or any office, department, agency or officer thereof, shall be affected or abated by the adoption of this Charter or by anything contained in this Charter.
Sec. 1008. - Continuation of Agencies.#
All commissions, boards, departments, or offices, whether elective or appointed, shall continue in the performance of their powers, duties and functions unless or until their members, powers, duties or functions are changed or they have been abolished and their powers, duties or functions reassigned, pursuant to the provisions of this Charter.
Sec. 1009. - Continuation of Present Personnel.#
All persons employed in the service of the Town on the effective date of this Charter [January 6, 1997], shall continue in such employment until promoted, demoted or removed in accordance with the provisions of this Charter or ordinances enacted pursuant thereto.
Sec. 1010. - Transfer of Records and Property.#
All records, property and equipment of any office, department or agency, the powers and duties of which are assigned by or in accordance with this Charter to another office, department or agency shall be transferred and delivered to the office, department or agency to which such powers and duties are so assigned. In the event of disagreement over the transfer of same, the Council shall make the final decision.