Cerritos Municipal Code Art. I Incorporation and Succession

The name of this City shall be "City of Cerritos" and said City shall continue to be a municipal corporation under such name. Whenever the term "City" or "City of Dairy Valley," the former name of this City, shall appear in this Charter or in any contract, ordinance, resolution, order or other document or action of this City, said term shall refer to and mean the City of Cerritos. The boundaries of the City shall be the boundaries as established at the time the Charter of this City took effect or as such boundaries may have been, or be, changed thereafter in the manner authorized by law.

(As amended by Cerritos voters at the following election(s): January 10, 1970)

The City of Cerritos shall continue to own, possess, and control all rights and property of every kind and nature owned, possessed, or controlled by it at the time this Charter takes effect and shall be subject to all its debts, obligations, liabilities and contracts.

All lawful ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations, or portions thereof, in force at the time this Charter takes effect, and not in conflict or inconsistent herewith, are hereby continued in force until the same shall have been duly repealed, amended, changed or superseded by proper authority.

The present officers and employees shall continue to perform the duties of their respective offices and employments without interruption for the same compensations and under the same conditions until the election or appointment, and qualification of their successors under this Charter and subject to such removal and control as is provided herein and subject to the other provisions hereof.

This Charter shall take effect upon its approval by the Legislature.