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Sec. 1301. - Effective Date of Charter.#
This Charter shall take effect on the first day of January 1995, 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 day of January 1995, provided however, that the provisions of Article VI of the Charter shall take effect immediately upon certification of approval of the Charter by the Board of Canvassers.
Sec. 1302. - Continuation in Office.#
All elected officials of the Town who are in office at the time of the taking of effect of this Charter shall continue to hold their offices until their respective terms have expired and their successors have been elected and qualified.
Sec. 1303. - Continuation of Laws and Ordinances.#
All special acts of the General Assembly applicable to the Town of Tiverton as of the effective date of this Charter 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. Chapter 154 of the Public Laws of 1974 shall be deemed to have been superseded by the provisions of this Charter as the said Chapter shall apply to tenure for permanent full time police officers appointed subsequent to the effective date of this Charter, and by applicable provisions of State Law which are inconsistent with provisions of said Chapter. All ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations of the Town in force as of the effective date of this Charter, and not inconsistent therewith, shall continue in force until amended or repealed.
Sec. 1304. - Continuation of Obligations.#
All taxes levied or assessed by the Town prior to the effective date of this Charter, which have not been collected by the Town shall be collected with any interest and penalties thereon, by the Town Government hereby established, in accordance with law. All licenses and permits issued by the Town, or any agency thereof, prior to the effective date of this Charter, shall continue in full force and effect until the termination date thereof, unless suspended 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, shall continue in full force and effect.
Sec. 1305. - 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 or agency, or officer thereof, shall be affected or abated by the adoption of this Charter or by anything in this Charter contained.
Sec. 1306. - Continuation of Agencies.#
All commissions, boards, departments, or offices, whether elective or appointive, shall continue in the performance of their powers, duties and functions until successors have been elected or appointed as provided by this Charter to perform their respective powers, duties and functions, or until abolished pursuant to the provisions of this Charter and their powers, duties and functions reassigned to new or existing commissions, boards, departments or officers, or are terminated.
Sec. 1307. - Continuation of Present Personnel.#
All persons employed in the service of the Town on the effective date of this Charter, shall continue in such employment until promoted, demoted or removed in accordance with the provisions of this Charter, or ordinances enacted pursuant thereto.
Sec. 1308. - 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 Town Administrator shall make the final decision.
Sec. 1309. - Repealed.#
Sec. 1310. - Capital Improvement Program.#
The Capital Improvement Program shall be in accordance with Chapter 7A of the Town Code except that the Town Administrator shall be responsible for receiving requests and making recommendations for capital improvement projects.