§ 1.3. Authority.

(a)

Basic authority. Subject to applicable law, this charter and action taken under its authority are the basis for the conduct of all the City's business.

(b)

Restatement and supersession. This charter fully restates and supersedes every prior version of, and any ordinance or other municipal act inconsistent with, this charter. But except as this charter or an amendment explicitly provides otherwise, the charter does not affect—

(1)

any ordinance or other municipal act adopted before its adoption or its latest revision or amendment;

(2)

the existence, status, function, composition, powers, or duties of any board, commission, committee, department, or other public body; or

(3)

the office, tenure, powers, or duties of any officer.

(c)

Laws.

(1)

Inconsistent laws superseded. This charter supersedes any special law in effect at the time of the charter's latest revision on January 1, 2015, to the extent of any inconsistency between them.

(2)

Certain laws preserved. The charter does not affect any special or other law to the extent that the law—

(A)

confers upon the City, or upon any board, commission, committee, department, or officer for which this charter or an ordinance provides, a power, right, duty, or role in addition to those for which the charter or ordinance provides; or

(B)

covers a matter that this charter does not cover.

(d)

Construction. For this charter's purposes, except as this charter otherwise provides—

(1)

each term used in this charter has the same meaning as in the Minnesota constitution and statutes, and other law relating to the same subject;

(2)

the canons of construction and other principles of interpretation in the Minnesota Statutes apply to this charter;

(3)

each heading is a part of the charter, and may be used in interpreting its provisions, although the heading is subject to the text;

(4)

the settled interpretation of any term or provision from a version of the charter before its latest revision on January 1, 2015, is valid in interpreting the revised charter to the extent that the charter carries forward the interpreted provision or term;

(5)

any reference to population or other enumeration refers to the latest decennial federal census; and

(6)

a "resident" means an inhabitant who resides within the City, regardless of whether he or she is a citizen within the meaning of the federal or state constitution or any other law.