(a) As soon as possible after the adjournment of each General Assembly, the Town Attorney shall present to the Board of Commissioners copies of all local laws relating to the property, affairs and government of the Town of Zebulon that were enacted by such General Assembly, whether or not amending in terms of this Charter, and recommend formal changes in this Charter. Such recommendations may include suggestions for renumbering or rearranging the provisions of such laws for providing titles and catch lines, and for such other changes in arrangement and form that do not change the law, as may be thought necessary to implement the purposes of this section.
(b) After considering the recommendations of the Town Attorney, the Commissioners may provide for the incorporation of such laws into this Charter.
(c) The purpose of this section is to enable the Town to maintain at all times a current and accurate Town Charter, organized in clear and orderly fashion and embracing all pertinent local laws relating to the property, affairs and government of the Town.
(Session Laws of 1973, Chapter 386) (Ord. 2004-45, passed 4-4-2004)
The purpose of this act is to revise the Charter of the Town of Zebulon and to consolidate herein certain acts concerning the property, affairs, and government of the Town. It is intended to continue without interruption those provisions of prior acts, which are consolidated into this act, so that all rights and liabilities that have accrued are preserved and may be enforced.
(Session Laws of 1973, Chapter 386) (Ord. 2004-45, passed 4-4-2004)
This act shall not be deemed to repeal, to modify, nor in any manner to affect any acts validating, confirming, approving, or legalizing official meetings, actions, contracts, or obligations of any kind.
(Session Laws of 1973, Chapter 386) (Ord. 2004-45, passed 4-4-2004)
All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.
(Session Laws of 1973, Chapter 386) (Ord. 2004-45, passed 4-4-2004)
No provision of this act is intended, nor shall be construed, to affect in any way, any rights or interest (whether public or private):
(a) now vested or accrued, in whole or in part, the validity of which might be sustained or preserved by reference to any provisions of law repealed by this act.
(b) derived from, or which might be sustained or preserved in reliance upon, action heretofore taken (including the adoption of ordinances or resolutions) pursuant to or within the scope of any provision of law repealed by this act.
(Session Laws of 1973, Chapter 386) (Ord. 2004-45, passed 4-4-2004)
No law heretofore repealed expressly or by implication, and no law granting authority which has been exhausted, shall be revived by:
(a) The repeal herein of any act repealing such law, or
(b) any provision of this act that disclaims an intention to repeal or affect enumerated or designated laws.
(Session Laws of 1973, Chapter 386) (Ord. 2004-45, passed 4-4-2004)
(a) All existing ordinances and resolutions of the Town of Zebulon and all existing rules or regulations of departments or agencies of the Town of Zebulon not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, shall continue in full force and effect until repealed, modified, or amended.
(b) No action or proceeding of any nature (whether civil or criminal, judicial or administrative, or otherwise) pending at the effective date of this act by or against the Town of Zebulon or any of its departments or agencies shall be abated or otherwise affected by the adoption of this act.
(Session Laws of 1973, Chapter 386) (Ord. 2004-45, passed 4-4-2004)
If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable.
(Session Laws of 1973, Chapter 386) (Ord. 2004-45, passed 4-4-2004)
This act shall become effective upon its ratification. In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of May, 1973.
(Session Laws of 1973, Chapter 386) (Ord. 2004-45, passed 4-4-2004)