Existing contracts continued in force; public improvements for which legislative steps taken.

All contracts entered into by the city, or for its benefit, prior to the application to such city of the mayor-council form of government, shall continue in full force and effect. Public improvements for which legislative steps have been taken under laws existing at the time of the organization under the mayor-council form of government may be carried to completion as nearly as practicable in accordance with the provisions of such existing laws.

(Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §80.)