Gilroy Municipal Code Art. I Incorporation and Succession

The City of Gilroy, County of Santa Clara, State of California, shall continue to be a municipal corporation with the name, “City of Gilroy.”

The boundaries of the City of Gilroy shall continue as now established until changed in the manner authorized by law.

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effect and not in conflict with or inconsistent herewith, are hereby continued in force until the same have been duly repealed, amended, changed or superseded by proper authority.

The City of Gilroy shall continue to own, possess, control and exercise all rights, powers and property of every kind and nature owned, possessed, controlled or exercised by it at the time this Charter takes effect, not in conflict with or inconsistent herewith, and shall be subject to all its debts, obligations, liabilities and contracts.

(Removed by Charter Amendment November 7, 1995)

All records, property and equipment of any office, department or agency, or part thereof, all of the powers and duties of which are assigned to any other office, department or agency by or pursuant to this Charter, shall be transferred and delivered to the office, department or agency to which such powers and duties are so assigned. If part of the powers and duties of any office, department or agency or part thereof is assigned to another office, department or agency by or pursuant to this Charter, all records, property and equipment relating exclusively thereto shall be transferred and delivered to the office, department or agency to which said powers and duties are so assigned.

Any agency provided for in this Charter with powers and duties substantially the same as those of an agency heretofore existing, shall be deemed to be a continuation of such agency, and shall exercise such powers and duties, and shall have power to continue any business, proceeding or other matter within the scope thereof. Any provision in any law, regulation, contract, grant or other document relating to such a formerly existing agency, so far as not inconsistent with the provisions of this Charter, shall apply to such agency as provided by this Charter.