SEC. 18.104. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS, POWERS AND DUTIES.
§ 18.104
When this Charter takes effect, existing city offices and departments continue operating under their current authority. Within 90 days, any office or department not provided for in the new Charter must cease to exist, with its functions transferred to the appropriate new unit; the Board of Supervisors and Mayor must ensure an orderly transition.
When the new Charter becomes official, all the city's existing departments and offices keep working as they did before. But within 90 days, any office or department that the new Charter doesn't include has to shut down. Its jobs and responsibilities get handed over to whatever new city unit should take them on. The Board of Supervisors and the Mayor have to make sure this transfer happens smoothly and on time.
- Complex:The section contains nested conditional provisions (offices 'for which this Charter does not provide') that require readers to understand both what the Charter creates and what it omits.
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Official text
On the operative date of this Charter, all offices, agencies and departments of the City and County then in existence under the Charter of 1932 shall continue to perform their functions, exercise their authority and fulfill their responsibilities, as they existed immediately before this Charter's becoming operative subject to the provisions of this Article. Not later than 90 days after the operative date of this Charter, each such office, agency and department for which this Charter does not provide shall cease to exist, and its functions, powers and duties shall be transferred to the appropriate governmental unit created by this Charter or under the authority of this Charter. The Board of Supervisors and the Mayor shall take all action necessary to provide for the orderly transfer of functions, authority and responsibility on or before the date of such transfer.