county shall assume and be holden for an equitable proportion of the indebtedness of the county or counties so reduced. No county shall be divided unless a majority of the qualified electors of the territory proposed to be cut off voting on the proposition shall vote in favor of the division.
Sec. 3. Changing county seats. The legislature shall provide by general law for changing county seats in organized counties, but it shall have no power to remove the county seat of any organized county.
Sec. 4. Township organization. The legislature shall provide by general law for a system of township organization and government, which may be adopted by any county whenever a majority of the citizens thereof voting at a general election shall so determine.
Sec. 5. County officers. The legislature shall provide by law for the election of such county officers as may be necessary.
ARTICLE 13
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
Sec. 1. Incorporation; alteration of boundaries; merger; consolidation; dissolution; determination of local affairs; classification; referendum; liberal construction.
(a) The legislature shall provide by general law, applicable to all cities and towns,
- (i) For the incorporation of cities,
- (ii) For the methods by which city and town boundaries may be altered, and
- (iii) For the procedures by which cities and towns may be merged, consolidated or dissolved; provided that existing laws on such subjects and laws pertaining to civil service, retirement, collective bargaining, the levying of taxes, excises, fees, or any other charges, whether or not applicable to all cities and towns on the effective date of this amendment, shall remain in effect until superseded by general law and such existing laws shall not be subject to charter ordinance.
(b) All cities and towns are hereby empowered to determine their local affairs and government as established by ordinance passed by the governing body, subject to referendum when prescribed by the legislature, and further subject only to statutes uniformly applicable to all cities and towns, and to statutes prescribing limits of indebtedness. The levy-
