Sec. A-201. - Wilmington Home Rule Charter of 1979; effective date.
This Charter shall become effective on July 1, 1965, except in the following particulars:
(1)
The provisions of sections 2-100, 2-101, 2-102, and 2-103 relating to the council shall not become effective until after the general election in November, 1968.
(2)
The provisions of section 2-300, 2-301, 2-302, 2-303, 2-304, relating to the budget, and other provisions of the Charter relating to the budget shall not become effective until July 1, 1966.
(3)
The provisions of Section 8-301 shall not become effective until January 1, 1969.
(4)
All appropriations made in the budget ordinance for the years 1965 and 1966 shall be made to the then-existing offices, departments, boards and commissions of the city. Provisions shall also be made in the budget ordinances for the years 1965 and 1966, for any offices, departments, boards or commissions created by this Charter to exercise new functions, and any such provisions may be increased in 1965 and 1966 notwithstanding sections 2-300 and 2-301 of this Charter.
(5)
The mayor shall appoint all officers and department heads which this Charter authorizes him to appoint concurrently with the reorganization of the city government pursuant to the provisions of this Charter. Insofar as possible, the new officers and new department heads shall immediately assume charge of the functions over which this Charter gives them jurisdiction upon their appointment, but in cases in which the functions [of] abolished departments, board or commissions are divided among several departments, board or commissions, reorganization under this Charter shall proceed as promptly as possible, but in such a way as not to disrupt the continuous conduct of the city's business. The old departments may be continued until the new departments are ready to function, and the mayor may designate any of the new department heads to serve as acting heads of one or more of the old departments until the reorganization is completed. The reorganization shall in all cases be completed and the old departments shall cease to exist not later than July 1, 1967.
Sec. A-201. - Wilmington Home Rule Charter of 1979; effective date.
The Wilmington Home Rule Charter of 1979, approved by the voters by referendum in November, 1978, shall become effective on
July 1, 1979.
FOOTNOTE(S):
(6) Editor's note— It should be noted that the provisions of § A-200 remain unchanged from their original enactment and may be considered obsolete. The effective date of the 1979 Charter is set out in § A-201. (Back)