9-283

9-283. Approval of charter; recording and
filing; amendment

A. Upon approval the charter shall become the organic law of the city and supersede
any charter then existing and all ordinances inconsistent with the new charter.

B. A copy of the charter, certified by the chief executive officer of the city, and
authenticated by the seal of the city, together with a statement similarly certified and
authenticated setting forth the submission of the charter to the electors and its
ratification by them, shall, after approval of the charter by the governor, be made in
duplicate, and one copy shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state and the
other in the archives of the city, after being recorded in the office of the county
recorder, and thereafter all courts shall take judicial notice of the charter.

C. The charter so ratified may be amended by amendments proposed and submitted by
the legislative authority of the city to the qualified electors thereof, or by petition
as provided in this article, at a general or special election, and ratified by a majority
of the qualified electors voting thereon, and approved by the governor as provided in
this article for the approval of the charter.