§ 1-201. Effect of changes in the law.  


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  • (a) Changes. Unless the law expressly provides otherwise, when the County changes a law, the law does not affect:
    (1) any rights vested in a person before the change became effective;
    (2) any contract rights that existed before the change became effective; and
    (3) any legal actions for a violation of the law that occurred before the change became effective.
    (b) Modifications. For purposes of acts that occurred before a new law became effective, if the law modifies an existing provision in the Code, then the modified provision continues the existing provision unless:
    (1) The new law states that it does not continue the existing provision; or
    (2) The context indicates that the new law was not intended to continue the existing provision. (1987 L.M.C., ch. 35, § 1.)