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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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Assembly for such purpose, by a general
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law which in its terms and its effect applies
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alike to all municipal corporations in one
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or more of the classes provided for in
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Section 2 of this Article. All charter pro-
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visions enacted under the authority of Sec-
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tion 3 of this Article shall be subject to
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any local laws enacted by the General
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Assembly and approved by the municipal
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voters under the provisions of this section.
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Sec. 6. All charter provisions, or amend-
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See Section 7.07, Additional Powers of Mu-
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ments thereto, adopted under the provi-
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nicipal Corporations, p. 99.
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sions of this Article, shall be subject to all
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applicable laws enacted by the General
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Assembly; except that any local laws, or
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amendments thereto, relating to the incor-
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poration, organization, government, or af-
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fairs of any municipal corporation and en-
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acted before this Article becomes effective,
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shall be subject to any charter provisions,
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or amendments thereto, adopted under the
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provisions of this Article. Any local law,
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or amendments thereto, relating to the in-
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corporation, organization, government, or
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affairs of any municipal corporation and in
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effect at the time this Article becomes ef-
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fective, shall be subject to any applicable
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State law enacted after this Article becomes
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effective. All laws enacted by the General
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Assembly and in effect at the time this
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Article becomes effective, shall remain in
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effect until amended or repealed in accord-
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ance with the provisions of this Constitu-
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tion. Nothing in this Article shall be con-
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strued to authorize any municipal corpo-
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ration, by any amendment or addition to
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its charter, to permit any act which is
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prohibited by the laws of this State con-
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cerning the observance of the Sabbath Day
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or the manufacture, licensing or sale of
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alcoholic beverages.
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ARTICLE XI-F.
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HOME RULE FOR CODE COVNT1ES.
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Section 1. For the purposes of this
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See Sections 7.01-7.04, beginning at p. 89.
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Article, (1) "code county" means a county
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which is not a charter county under Article
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HA of this Constitution and has adopted
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the optional powers of home rule provided
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under this Article; and (2) "public local
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law" means a law applicable to the in-
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corporation, organization, or government of
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a code county and contained in the county's
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code of public local laws; but this latter
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term specifically does not include (i) the
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charters of municipal corporations under
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Article 11E of this Constitution, (ii) the
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