(a) 
The election for ratification of this Charter, for election of officers under this Charter, and for approval of a plan of apportionment in accordance with Alaska Statutes, shall be held on September 9, 1975.
(b) 
The election of September 9, 1975, and any related runoff election, shall be conducted in accordance with the election ordinances of the Greater Anchorage Area Borough in effect immediately prior to the election except as otherwise provided in this Charter. Runoff elections shall be held, if necessary, only for the offices of mayor and school board member.
(c) 
The election of assembly members shall be in accordance with the plan of apportionment included in this Charter as appendix A.
(d) 
At the election of September 9, 1975, school board members are elected at-large, without designated seats. School board members elected under the former government serve until the expiration of the terms for which they were elected. The designation of seats takes effect as the respective terms of members elected without designated seats expire, or as their seats become otherwise vacant.
(AO No. 2013-93, prop. 8, 4-1-2014)
Assembly seats A, D, F, H and J shall be designated as one-year seats for purposes of this election. Seats B, C, E, G, I and K shall be designated as two-year seats for purposes of this election.
(AO No. 2013-93, prop. 8, 4-1-2014)
Assembly members elected on September 9, 1975 shall take office immediately upon certification of the election of the mayor. At that moment former governments are dissolved. On the day after the assembly takes office, it shall meet at an hour and place designated by the mayor and shall organize.
(AO No. 2013-93, prop. 8, 4-1-2014)
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Editor’s Notes – There are Charter Commission Commentary notes on this section. Said Commentary is included as an attachment to this title.
All ordinances, resolutions, regulations, orders and rules in effect in any former government shall continue in full force and effect to the extent they are consistent with this Charter, until repealed or amended in accordance with this Charter.
In the event of conflict between the ordinances, resolutions and regulations of the former governments, affecting the orderly transition of government, the mayor shall designate in writing which governs. The designation is effective immediately and shall be communicated to the assembly. The designation is approved unless the assembly, within 21 days, adopts by resolution a contrary designation.
Not later than September 1, 1977, the assembly shall enact a Code of Ordinances. Enactment of the Code shall repeal all ordinances of the former governments not included in the Code. Repeal is not retroactive and does not affect pending court action.
(a) 
Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, all rights, titles, actions, suits, franchises, contracts, and liabilities and all civil, criminal or administrative proceedings shall continue unaffected by the ratification of this Charter. The new government shall be the legal successor to the former governments for this purpose.
(b) 
Any bond of a former government authorized and unissued on the date of ratification or authorized at the elections provided in section 19.02 remains authorized and may be issued at the discretion of the assembly without additional ratification and subject to the procedures provided by law.
(a) 
All existing special assessment districts, service areas, boards of supervisors for service areas, community councils and community schools recognized under municipal ordinances, and municipal regulatory and advisory boards and commissions shall continue to function until altered in accordance with this Charter.
(b) 
Upon ratification of this Charter the former cities shall become service areas for the provision of services formerly provided within their boundaries.
Not later than May 1, 1976, the mayor shall submit to the assembly a plan of organization of the executive branch. The plan shall provide for elimination of unnecessary duplication. The proposed plan shall become law 20 days after submitted unless sooner adopted with or without amendment or rejected by the assembly. If the proposed plan is rejected, the mayor shall submit an alternate plan to the assembly within 15 days of the rejection. If, prior to July 1, 1976, no such plan of organization has been adopted by the assembly the alternate proposal submitted by the mayor becomes law.
(a) 
Upon ratification of this Charter, employees of former governments become employees of the new government.
(b) 
Any employees whose positions are eliminated by the plan of organization prescribed in section 19.10 shall be eligible for reassignment to available positions for which they are qualified in the order of their seniority based on date of hire by a former government or by the new government.
(c) 
Pension plans, retirement plans and other benefits for current employees under collective bargaining agreements, personnel rules, or other legal or contractual provisions, in effect on the date of ratification of this Charter shall not be diminished by ratification of this Charter.[1]
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Editor’s Notes – There are Charter Commission Commentary notes on this section. Said Commentary is included as an attachment to this title.
(a) 
The fiscal year of the new government shall be January 1 through December 31. The fiscal year of the school district is not affected by adoption of this Charter.
(b) 
Immediately after ratification of this Charter, the assembly for the new government shall prepare a six-month budget for the period July 1, 1976, through December 31, 1976, with respect to former governments which operated on a July 1 through June 30 fiscal year, and a budget for the period January 1, 1976 through December 31, 1976, with respect to former governments which operated on a January 1 through December 31 fiscal year. The assembly shall approve and appropriate funds for these budgets.[1]
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Editor’s Notes – There are Charter Commission Commentary notes on this section. Said Commentary is included as an attachment to this title.
(c) 
Not later than April 1, 1976, October 1, 1976 and April 1, 1977, the assembly of the new government shall complete a financial report covering the activities provided for in the budgets for the former governments for their respective budget periods.
(d) 
The assembly for the new government shall prepare, approve and appropriate funds for a budget for Anchorage for the period January 1, 1977 through December 1, 1977.
As required by AS 29.68.410:
(a) 
The new government shall succeed to all assets and liabilities of the former governments.
(b) 
Not later than March 1, 1977, the assembly shall determine which assets of a former government provided benefit to an area larger than the former government prior to unification, or will provide such a benefit after unification. The tax obligation for bonded indebtedness, or other debt, incurred prior to unification with respect to such an asset shall be spread to such area not later than July 1, 1977.
(c) 
Pre-unification bonded indebtedness or other debt for sewage collection systems, water distribution systems and streets, even if determined to be used for the benefit of a larger area than that which incurred the debt, shall remain the tax obligation of the area which incurred the debt.
(a) 
Utilities owned by the former City of Anchorage shall continue to be operated in such a manner as to provide a reasonable profit, in accordance with the applicable regulations of the Alaska Public Utilities Commission. Net profits from the operations of the utilities, for a period of five years after ratification of this Charter, shall be applied for the benefit of the service area created by this Charter in the area of the former City of Anchorage.
(b) 
Within 90 days after ratification of this Charter, the mayor shall appoint an interim utility commission of five persons, subject to confirmation by the assembly. Within one year after its appointment the commission shall submit a written report to the assembly of its recommendations for the future operation and management of the utilities owned by the former City of Anchorage. The commission shall receive testimony and response to its recommendations from the assembly and from the public. Within six months after submission of its initial report, the commission shall prepare and submit to the assembly a final report of its recommendations, at which time the commission is dissolved.
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Editor’s Notes – There are Charter Commission Commentary notes on this section. Said Commentary is included as an attachment to this title.
(a) 
The mayor shall appoint, subject to confirmation by the assembly, the commission on salaries and emoluments within 30 days after the ratification of this Charter. Within 90 days after appointment, the commission shall promulgate its initial decision establishing the compensation of elected officials.
(b) 
Until the initial decision of the commission takes effect under this Charter, an elected official shall receive the highest of the salaries and benefits which a comparable official would have received for the same period as an elected official of a former government, if the new government had not been formed. The initial decision of the commission may establish the salary of the mayor without regard to limitations of section 5.01(e) of this Charter.