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§ C2702 BROOME COUNTY CHARTER AND CODE § C2705
§ C2702. Amendment of Charter.
This Charter may be amended in the manner provided by law. Except as otherwise provided
by this Charter, any local law which would create or abolish an elective County office, change
an elective office to appointive, or an appointive office to elective, or change the powers of an
elective County officer shall be subject to mandatory referendum. No local law which would
abolish or change an administrative unit prescribed in this Charter or the power of an
appointive County officer in the Executive Branch shall be enacted before January 1, 1969.
§ C2703. Continuity of authority; completion of unfinished business.
The performance of functions pursuant to the provisions of this Charter shall be deemed and
held to constitute a continuation thereof for the purpose of succession to all rights, powers,
duties and obligations attached to such functions. Any proceedings or other business
undertaken or commenced prior to the effective date of this Charter may be conducted and
completed by the County officer or administrative unit responsible therefor under this Charter
or Administrative Code.
This Charter shall not be deemed to invalidate any obligations heretofore issued by the
County of Broome or by any of its commissions, boards or agencies, and such obligations
shall be and remain binding obligations of the County. In the event that any obligation shall
have been issued in anticipation of the issuance of bonds by the County or by any of its
commissions, boards or agencies, the County is hereby empowered to issue such bonds as
legal and binding obligations of the County.
For the purpose of this section, a public authority shall not be deemed a County commission,
board or agency.
§ C2704. Separability.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or Article of this Charter shall be adjudged by any
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such adjudication shall not affect, impair or
invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence,
paragraph, section or article thereof directly involved in the proceeding in which such
adjudication shall have been rendered.
§ C2705. Charter to be liberally construed.
This Charter shall be liberally construed to effectuate its objectives and purposes.
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