§ 18.07. Offices; terms not affected; abolition.

—The terms of members of all boards, committees, commissions, and authorities appointed prior to the adoption and effective date of this Charter shall not be affected hereby, and all such agencies of the county shall continue unless terminated in accordance with other law.

The board of supervisors, by a majority vote of all the members, may abolish any board, commission, or office of the county over which it has the power of appointment or selection, except the school board, the board of zoning appeals, the board of equalization of real estate assessments, the social services board, and the planning commission, and may delegate and distribute the duties, authority and powers of the boards, commissions, or offices abolished to the county administrator or to any other officer of the county it may deem proper. In the event of the abolition of any such board, commission, or office, those to whom the duties thereof may be delegated or distributed shall discharge all of the duties and exercise all of the powers and authority of, and both they and the county for which they were appointed, or by whom they were employed, shall enjoy the immunities and exemptions from liability or otherwise that were enjoyed by the abolished boards, commissions, or offices, prior to the adoption of this Charter, except insofar as such duties, powers, authority, immunities and exemptions have been or hereafter may be changed according to law.