§ 33. Power to adopt, amend and repeal county charters. 1. Subject to\nrestrictions in the constitution, in this article or in any other\napplicable law, the board of supervisors of any county as defined in\nsection thirty-two of this article and including but not limited to a\ncounty which has heretofore adopted a charter enacted by the legislature\nshall have power to prepare, adopt, amend or repeal a county charter.\n 2. A county charter shall set forth the structure of the county\ngovernment and the manner in which it is to function. Such charter may\nprovide for the appointment of any county officers or their selection by\nany method of nomination and election, provided that there shall be an\nelective board of supervisors, the members of which shall be deemed\ncounty officers, which shall determine county policies and exercise such\nother functions as may be assigned to it.\n 3. Such a county charter shall provide for:\n a. The exercise by the board of supervisors of the powers of local\nlegislation and appropriation of the county.\n b. The agencies or officers responsible for the performance of the\nfunctions, powers and duties of the county and of any agencies or\nofficers thereof and the manner of election or appointment, terms of\noffice, if any, and removal of such officers.\n c. The equalization of real property taxes consistent with standards\nprescribed by the legislature.\n 4. Such a county charter may:\n a. Assign executive or administrative functions, powers and duties to\nelective or appointive officers.\n b. Empower an executive officer elected on a county-wide basis to veto\nactions of the board of supervisors, with provision for overriding of\nsuch vetoes by a specified percentage or percentages of votes of such\nboard.\n c. In accordance with subdivision (h) of section one of article nine\nof the constitution, provide for the transfer of one or more functions\nor duties of the county or of the cities, towns, villages, districts or\nother units of government wholly contained in such county to each other\nor when authorized by the legislature to the state, or for the abolition\nof one or more offices, departments or agencies of such units of\ngovernment when all of their functions or duties are so transferred.\n d. Provide for an administrative code which shall set forth the\ndetails of administration of the county government in harmony with the\nprovisions of the county charter and may contain revisions,\nsimplifications, consolidations, codifications and restatements of\nspecial laws, local laws, ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations\nconsistent with the county charter.\n e. Provide for the termination of the terms of office of existing\nofficers.\n 5. The board of supervisors by resolution may provide that a draft of\na proposed county charter, or of an amendment or repeal thereof, shall\nbe prepared under its supervision, the supervision of an officer or\ncommittee of the board, or by a charter commission appointed by or\npursuant to such resolution. The county attorney or other legal advisor\nshall provide such assistance and cooperation as shall be required of\nhim and for such purpose shall have power to employ or retain special\ncounsel and technical advisors and assistants within appropriations made\navailable therefor.\n 6. Where a petition is filed with the clerk of the board of\nsupervisors signed by electors of the county equal in number to at least\nten per centum of the whole number of votes cast in the county for\ngovernor at the last gubernatorial election, asking that a charter\ncommission be created by the board of supervisors and be composed and\nappointed as provided by the board of supervisors, and where the board\nof supervisors does not on its own motion create and appoint or provide\nfor the appointment of such a charter commission within three months\nafter such filing, the board of supervisors shall cause a proposition to\nbe submitted to the electors of the
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