CHAPTER XI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

   Section 1.   DEBT LIMIT. City indebtedness may not exceed debt limits imposed by state law. A charter amendment is not required to authorize City indebtedness.

   Section 2.   TORTS. Tort liability of the City of Canby shall be set by limits imposed under Oregon law and shall follow all procedures set forth thereunder.

   Section 3.   EXISTING ORDINANCES CONTINUED. All ordinances of the City consistent with this Charter and in force when it takes effect shall remain in effect until amended or repealed.

   Section 4.   CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS. Except gifts of money to the City for specified purposes, expenditures of sums not budgeted and expenditures of budgeted funds for a single purchase or contract in excess of $50,000.00 shall be authorized by an ordinance; and the City shall not be bound by any such contract in excess of $50,000.00, unless the same is in writing and signed by the Mayor or City Administrator and attested to by the Recorder on behalf of the City.

   Section 5.   REPEAL OF PREVIOUSLY ENACTED PROVISIONS. All Charter provisions of the City enacted prior to the time that this Charter takes effect are hereby repealed.

   Section 6.   SEPARABILITY OF PROVISIONS. The Sections and Subsections of this Charter are declared to be separable; and in the event that any one or more Sections, Subsections or parts of this Charter are declared unconstitutional, it shall not affect the validity of other provisions of the Charter.

   Section 7. TIME OF EFFECT OF CHARTER. This Charter shall take effect July 1, 2009.