All legislation, orders, rules and regulations of the Metropolitan Service District in force when this charter takes effect remain in force after that time to the extent consistent with this charter and until amended or repealed by the Council. All rights, claims, causes of action, duties, contracts, and legal and administrative proceedings of the Metropolitan Service District that exist when this charter takes effect continue and are unimpaired by the charter. Each is in the charge of the officer or agency designated by this charter or by its authority to have charge of it. The unexpired terms of elected officers of the Metropolitan Service District continue as provided by this charter. Upon the effective date of this charter, the assets and liabilities of the Metropolitan Service District are the assets and liabilities of Metro.
This charter takes effect January 1, 1993.
The terms of this charter are severable. If a part of this charter is held invalid, that invalidity does not affect any other part of this charter unless required by the logical relation between the parts.
By adopting this charter the voters of Metro direct the Council to seek, and request the Legislative Assembly of this state to enact, any legislation needed to make all parts of this charter operative.
The amendments to Sections 16 (4)(b), 16 (5), 18, 20, 23, 26, 27, 28, 32 (2) and 39 adopted by the electors of Metro at the November 2000 election take effect on January 6, 2003.