§ 9.

(a)

Effective July 1, 1993, the parking authority and the department of transportation of the City of Bridgeport, as it existed at the passage of this charter is abolished. All powers vested in and duties heretofor placed upon the parking authority and the department of transportation by law or by the charter are vested in and transferred to the department of public facilities.

(b)

Nothing in this Section shall prevent the city from establishing a parking authority in the manner provided in the general statutes of the State of Connecticut. Notwithstanding any provision of this charter, any authority so established may exercise all the powers granted to it by the general statutes.

(c)

Nothing in this chapter shall effect, in any manner, the validity of any bonds issued under the authority of Special Act 560 of the 1951 session of the Connecticut General Assembly. Any obligations imposed on the former parking authority by virtue of the issuance of such bonds are hereby imposed upon and shall be assumed by the City of Bridgeport.