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1 ORDINANCE NO. 2R5?7
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2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 821; AND PROVIDING FOR THE REQUIREMENT>AND THE TIME
3 AND MANNER OF FILING ClAIMS AGAINST SAID CITY AND ITS BOARDS.
4 THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO
DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION ONE: Ordinance No. 821 is hereby amended by adding
thereto Section 1501 to read as follows:
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"SECTION 1501. (a) The Mayor and Conunon Council, Board
of Water Commissioners and the Board of Trustees of the Free Public
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Libra1_"y of the City of San Bernardino shall not hear, consider or
act upon any claim which is excepted by Government Code Section
905 from the purview of Government Code, Title 1, Division 3.6,
Part 3, Chapters 1 and 2, in favor of any person, firm or corpora-
tion, unless the same be presented and filed with the City Clerk
of said City or, in the case of the Board of Water Conunissioners,
with its Secretary, in the manner and form required by law not
later than one (1) year after the accrual of the cause of action.
(b) No suit for money or damages may be brought against
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the City of San Bernardino or its boards, conunissions, officers,
employees or agents on a cause of action for which a claim is
required to be presented hereunder until a written claim therefor
has been presented to the City of San Bernardino or its appropriat
board or conunission within the period of time and in the manner
and form required by law and this ordinance. Failure or neglect
to comply with this ordinance or any provision of law pertaining
to claims against the City and its boards, conunissions, officers,
employees or agents shall invalidate the claim and no cause of
action shall be based thereon.
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(c) The Mayor and Conunon Councilor the appropriate board
or conunission, shall act upon such claim or amended claim within
the period of time and in the manner required and provided in
Section 912.4 of the Government Code, and the consequence of their
o~its failure or refusal to act on such claim shall be governed
by the provisions of said Section.
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(d) Any suit brought against the City of San Bernardino,
2 or its boards, commissions, officers, employees or agents on a
3 cause of action for which a claim is required to be presented in
4 accordance with this section must be commenced not later than
5 six (6) months after the date the claim is acted upon by the
6 Mayor and Common Councilor appropriate board or commission, or
7 is deemed to have been rejected by the Mayor and Common Council
8 or board or commission, in accordance with Sections 945.6 and 946
9 of the Government Code.
(e) The City Administrator of the City or his authorized
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representative shall perform each function of the Mayor and
Common Council under this ordinance and under Government Code
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Title I Division 3.6 Part III which relates to any claim for an
amount not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00), except that
he shall not allow, compromise or settle any claim."
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was duly
adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Bernar-
dino at a A~.IAA) meeting thereof held on the /9d
day of ~;t~~~~~ ' 1968 by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen k<!-Jrn.1.1o~ T ~~.
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NOES: '7Jn-u )
ABSENT: '?7nz-J
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City C1er
I hereby approve the foregoing ordinance this ~// day
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of
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, 1968.
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Approved as to form:
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clf: A~rney
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~lELTON, City Clerk
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