Santa Clara County Municipal Code Art. VIII General

Section 800. The violation of any provision of this Charter shall be a misdemeanor and be punishable upon conviction by a fine of not to exceed five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for a term of not exceeding six months or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Section 801. If any provision of this Charter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this Charter, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.

Section 802. All ordinances, resolutions, and rules of the Board of Supervisors, not inconsistent with this Charter, shall continue in full force and effect until amended or repealed. All ordinances, resolutions or rules of the Board of Supervisors, which are inconsistent with this Charter, are repealed insofar as they are inconsistent herewith.

Section 803. [17] Any person holding an office or employment, either elective or appointive, on the effective date of this Charter shall continue in office or employment pursuant to the provisions of this Charter.

Section 804. The Board of Supervisors shall periodically establish by ordinance a charter review committee which shall, after public hearing, recommend to the Board of Supervisors needed amendments to this Charter.

Compendium of Changes

Section 202 Amended and ratified by the Voters June 2, 1992; June 2, 1998; November 3, 1998.

Section 203 Amended and ratified by the Voters November 2, 1982; November 4, 1986; November 5, 1996; June 2, 1998.

Section 206 Amended and ratified by the Voters June 2, 1998.

Section 208 Added and ratified by the Voters November 3, 1998.

Section 301 Amended and ratified by the Voters November 4, 1980; November 2, 1993; June 2, 1998; November 3, 1998.

Section 503 Amended and ratified by the Voters November 6, 1990; deleted and ratified by the Voters June 2, 1998.

Section 504 Amended and ratified by the Voters March 2, 2004.

Section 507 Amended and ratified by the Voters June 2, 1998; deleted and ratified by the Voters November 3, 1998.

Section 509 Added and ratified by the Voters June 7, 1988; amended and ratified by the Voters June 5, 2012.

Section 601 Amended and ratified by the Voters June 2, 1998.

Section 604 Amended and ratified by the Voters November 7, 1978; November 4, 1986; November 8, 1988; June 2, 1992; March 26, 1996; June 6, 2006.

Section 701 Amended and ratified by the Voters November 4, 1980; June 2, 1998.

Section 704 Amended and ratified by the Voters June 2, 1998.

Section 705 Deleted and ratified by the Voters June 2, 1998.

Section 709 Amended and ratified by the Voters June 2, 1998.

Section 712 Amended and ratified by the Voters November 3, 1998.

Section 803 Amended and ratified by the Voters November 4, 1980; June 2, 1998.

Footnotes:

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Section 803: Amended and ratified by the Voters November 4, 1980; June 2, 1998.

CHARTER COMPARATIVE TABLE

The Home Rule Charter is set out as adopted at an election held on November 7, 1950. The following tables show the disposition of amendments to the Charter.

Amendment Effective	Section This Charter
2- 5-53	600
1-10-55	207
2- 5-63	810
4-20-65 (See § 1112)	600 610 801

Election Date	Section This Charter
11- 7-78	604
11- 4-80	301
	701
	803
11- 2-82	203
11- 4-86	203
	604
11- 6-90	503
6- 2-92(1)	202
6- 2-92(2)	604
6- 6-06(2)	604
6- 5-12	509

Ord. No.	Adoption Date	Election Date	Section	Section This Charter
NS-8.10	3- 1-88	6- 7-88	2	509
NS-8.11	8- 9-88	11- 8-88	3	604
NS-8.16	7-27-93	11- 2-93	2	301(b)
NS-8.20	2-24-98	6- 2-98	3	202, 203
				206
				301(a), (b)
				503
				507
				601
				701(a)(5)
				701(a)(12)
				704(h)
				705
				709
				803
		11- 3-98		202, 208
				301
			Rpld	507
				712
NS-8.27	12-13-05	6- 6-06	3	604
		3- 2-04		504
NS-8.30	2-28-12	6- 5-12	1	509
NS-7.17	2-23-16	6- 7-16	1	604