Except as otherwise provided in this Charter,
all existing state, County, local and other laws or enactments, including
special acts having the force of law, shall continue in force until
lawfully amended, modified, superseded or repealed.
The civil service rights of all County employees
and their beneficiaries shall not be affected by this law. The civil
service rights of all employees transferred in any case authorized
by this law shall be continued as provided by the Civil Service Law.
Nothing contained in this Charter shall affect
the terms of office of County Clerk, District Attorney and Sheriff
as presently constituted.
If any provision of this law is not clear or
requires elaboration in its application, the County Legislature may
interpret that provision in a local law, not inconsistent with the
provisions of the Municipal Home Rule Law.
This Charter shall be subject to a mandatory
referendum and shall be submitted for the approval of the electors
of the County of Ulster at the next general election to be held on
November 7, 2006. In the event this Charter is approved by a majority
of the electors thereon, the provisions provided herein for the election
of a County Executive and a County Comptroller shall become effective,
and there shall be an election for the offices of County Executive
and County Comptroller to be held at the general election in November
2008. The provisions of the remainder of this Charter shall be effective
on and after January 1, 2009. An Administrative Code may be adopted
and amended by local law at any time subsequent to the approval and
adoption of this Charter.
If part of any provision of this Charter shall
be judged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, that
adjudication shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder
of that provision but shall be confined in its effect to the clause,
sentence, paragraph, section or article determined to be invalid by
the Court.
If any date specified in this Charter falls,
in any year, on a Saturday, Sunday or legal County holiday, then such
date shall be deemed to refer to the next succeeding date which is
not a Saturday, Sunday or legal County holiday.
This Charter shall be submitted to the electors
of Ulster County at the general election occurring November 7, 2006.