Placer County Municipal Code Art. VI General (CA)

601. Charter Review.

The Board of Supervisors shall convene a Charter Review Committee within two years of the effective date of this Charter and within five years of the last Charter review thereafter. The committee shall review the Charter and, after at least two public hearings, make recommendations for amendments to or revisions of this Charter to the Board.

602. Fiscal Provisions.

General law shall govern the assessment of property, the levy and collection of taxes, the adoption of the county budget, and the appropriation, accounting and transfer of funds unless otherwise provided for in this Charter or by ordinance.

603. General Law.

Unless the context of this Charter otherwise requires, the terms "general law" or "general laws" as used herein mean the Constitution and statutes of the State of California.

604. Continuation of Laws in Effect.

All laws of the county in effect at the effective date of this Charter shall continue in effect according to their terms unless contrary to the provisions of this Charter, or until repealed or modified pursuant to the authority of this Charter or the general law.

605. Continuation in Office.

Nothing in this Charter shall be construed to affect the tenure or office of any of the elective officers of the county in office at the time this Charter goes into effect, and such officers shall continue to hold their respective offices until the expiration of the term for which they were elected, unless sooner removed in the manner provided by law. But the successors of each and all of such officers shall be elected or appointed as in this Charter provided or as shall be provided pursuant to ordinances enacted under the authority of this Charter.

606. Severability of Provisions.

If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Charter is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this Charter. It being hereby expressly declared that this Charter, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof would have been prepared and proposed, adopted, approved and ratified irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.

607. Initiative, Referendum, Recall and Charter Change.

The electors of the county may be majority vote and pursuant to general law:

(a) Exercise the powers of initiative and referendum.

(b) Recall an elected officer who has held office for six months.

608. Purchasing.

Preference to County Products and Services. When the combinations of price, quality, terms and other conditions of sale are substantially equal, the county shall give preference in purchasing to Placer County goods, services and suppliers.

Note: Added Nov. 2, 1982; amended by Ord. No. 6027-B, eff. Nov. 3, 2020..

609. Grammatical Corrections.

The Board of Supervisors may direct County Counsel to make spelling, punctuation or grammatical corrections in the County Charter or to change the sequence of specific Charter provisions as long as no change in the legal meaning or intent of the Charter results.

Note: Added June 6, 1984.

RECORDING INFORMATION: The approved Charter was recorded in the Placer County Recorder's Office on August 4, 1980, at 3:37 p.m., Number 28490.