This Charter shall take effect immediately following adoption
by the voters of the City of Hutto. However, in no case shall the
Charter be in effect until the City Council records with the City
Secretary an order declaring that the Charter is adopted. The order
declaring adoption shall be entered into City record as soon as is
practicable following the election.
All codes, ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations in
force on the effective date of this Charter, and not in conflict with
this Charter, shall remain in force until altered, amended or repealed
by the City Council. All taxes, assessments, liens, encumbrances and
demands, of or against the City, fixed or established before such
date, or for the fixing or establishing of which proceedings have
begun at such date, shall be valid when properly fixed or established
either under the law in force at the time of the beginning of such
proceedings or under the law after the adoption of this Charter.
All rights, claims, actions, orders, contracts, franchises,
and legal or administrative proceedings in existence at the time of
the adoption of this Charter shall continue until consummation. All
renewals or news rights, claims, actions, orders, contracts, franchises,
and legal or administrative proceedings arising after the adoption
of this Charter shall be conducted pursuant to this Charter.
