9-281. Adoption procedure; board of freeholders; election A. A city containing a population of more than three thousand five hundred inhabitants may frame a charter for its own government consistent with the constitution and the laws of the state, by causing a board of freeholders, composed of fourteen qualified electors of the city, to be […]
9-282. Proposed charter; publication; election; approval by governor A. The board shall, within ninety days after the election, prepare and propose a charter for the city. The proposed charter shall be approved and signed in duplicate by the members of the board, or a majority of them, who shall file one copy with the chief […]
9-283. Approval of charter; recording and filing; amendment A. On approval the charter shall become the organic law of the city and supersede any charter then existing and all ordinances inconsistent with the new charter. B. A copy of the charter, certified by the chief executive officer of the city, and authenticated by the seal […]
9-284. Effect of charter on inconsistent laws A. When the charter has been framed, adopted and approved, and any of its provisions are in conflict with any law relating to cities containing a population of more than three thousand five hundred inhabitants in force at the time of the adoption and approval of the charter, […]
9-285. Expenses of board When a city has adopted a charter under the provisions of this article, the chief executive and the legislative authority of the city may provide for the payment of the expenses of the board of freeholders necessarily incurred in the framing of the charter, including clerical assistance which shall not exceed […]
