Riverside Municipal Code Art. I Incorporation and Succession

The City of Riverside, hereinafter termed the City, shall continue to be a municipal corporation under its present name of "City of Riverside." The boundaries of the City shall be the boundaries as established at the time this Charter takes effect, or as such boundaries may be changed thereafter in the manner authorized by law.

The City of Riverside 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 comprehensive codes, 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effect, and not in conflict or inconsistent herewith, are hereby continued in force until the same shall have been duly repealed, amended, changed or superseded by proper authority.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 occupants of offices provided for in this Charter and employees, at the time this Charter takes effect, shall continue to perform the duties of their respective offices and employments without interruption and for the same compensations and under the same conditions until the appointment or election, and qualification, of their successors, but subject to the provisions of this Charter.

This Charter shall take effect upon its acceptance and filing by the Secretary of State.

Editor's note— The Charter was filed with the Secretary of State on August 7, 2013. Under present law, August 7, 2013, is therefore the effective date.