30 - Adoption of Voter-Approved Amendments to the City's Home Rule Charter

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or a lease for more than five (5) years shall never become effective until thirty (30) days after passage of the ordinance or resolution affecting same. If, during such thirty day period, a referendum petition is presented to the city clerk, which in all respects conforms to the referendum provisions of article X of this Charter, and same is found sufficient, then the clerk shall certify the sufficiency of same to the city council, and an election shall be called submitting the question of whether or not the sale or lease, as the case may be, shall be consummated. Provided, further, however, the provisions of this section shall not apply to public utilities, nor to property purchased by the city at tax sales. § 12546 Effect of this Charter on existing law. All ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations now in force under the city government of Paris, and not in conflict with the provisions of this Charter, shall remain in force under this Charter until altered, amended or repealed by the council after this Charter takes effect; and all rights of the City of Paris under existing franchises and contracts are preserved in full force and effect to the City of Paris. Upon adoption of this Charter, it shall constitute the Charter of the City of Paris. § 1264 Continuance of contracts and succession of rights. All contracts entered into by the city, or for its benefit, prior to the taking effect of this Charter, shall continue in full force and effect. Public improvements for which legislative steps have been taken under laws or ordinances existing at the time this Charter takes effect may be carried to completion in accordance with the provisions of such existing laws or ordinances. All suits, taxes, penalties, forfeitures and all other rights, claims and demands, which have accrued under the laws heretofore in force governing the City of Paris, shall belong to and be vested in and shall be prosecuted by and for the use and benefit of the corporation hereby created, and shall not in anywise be diminished, affected or prejudiced by the adoption and taking effect of this Charter. § 1278 Construction and separability clause. This Charter shall be liberally construed to carry out its intents and purposes. If any section or part of section of this Charter shall be held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the remainder of this Charter nor the context in which such section or part of section so held invalid may appear, except to the extent that an entire section or part of section may be inseparably connected in meaning and effect with the section or part of section to which such holding shall directly apply. § 1284-1 Amending the Charter. Amendments to this Charter may be framed and submitted to the qualified voters of the city by a Charter commission in the manner provided by law for framing and submitting a new Charter, or may be proposed by a majority vote of the full membership of the city council, or may be proposed by a petition signed by not fewer than five percent of the number of qualified voters in conformity with the provisions hereof. When a Charter amendment petition shall have been filed with the council in conformity with the provisions of this Charter as to petitions for initiated ordinances, the council shall forthwith provide by ordinance for submitting such proposed amendment to a vote of the voters. Any ordinance for submitting a charter amendment to the