Needles Municipal Code Art. XVI General Provisions

For the purpose of qualification and nomination of candidates and election of the members of the first city council under this Charter, to fill the vacancies created by it, this Charter shall take effect at the time of its approval by the Legislature. For all other purposes, it shall take effect on the first Tuesday following the date of the election of the first city council hereunder.

The council of the City of Needles in office at the time this Charter is approved by the Legislature shall provide for the holding of the first election of officers under this Charter, shall canvass the votes and declare the results.

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

Unless the provisions or the context otherwise require, as used in this Charter:

1. "Shall" is mandatory, and "may" is permissive.
2. “City” is the City of Needles and “department”, “board”, “commission”, “agency”, “officer”, or “employer”, is a department, board, commission, agency, officer or employee as the case may be, of the City of Needles.
3. "Council" is the city council of the City of Needles.
4. "County" is the County of San Bernardino.
5. "State" is the State of California.

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