HomeMy WebLinkAbout89-13 Amending Sec 2-185.2 Municipal Code Regarding Time for Presentation of ClaimsORDINANCE NO. SF -/.3
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 2-185.2
OF THE COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING TIME
FOR PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS.
SECTION 1. The Costa Mesa City Council finds and declares that the
California Tort Claims Act has been amended to extend the time for presen-
tation of certain claims from 100 days after accrual to six months; there-
fore, it is necessary to aQnend the Municipal Code to make it conform to the
new legislation. Accordingly, the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby
amended as follows:
SECTION 2. Title 2, Chapter V, Article 3, Section 2-185.2 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Section 2-185.2. Time for presentation of claims.
A claim required to be presented pursuant to this Article shall be
presented not later than six months after the accrual of the cause of action
for death or for injury to person or to personal property or growing crops.
A claim relating to any other cause of action which is required to be pre-
sented pursuant to this Article shall be presented not later than one (1)
year after the accrual of the cause of action. Unless otherwise required
by state law, a cause of action shall be deemed to accrue immediately upon
the occurrence of the event or transaction from which the damages allegedly
arose."
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force
thirty (30) days from and after the passage thereof, and prior to the
expiration of fifteen (15) days from its passage shall be published once in
the ORANGE COAST LILY PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation, printed
and published in the City of Costa Mesa or, in the alternative, the City
Clerk may cause to be published a summary of this Ordinance and a certified
copy of the text of this Ordinance shall be posted in the office of the
City Clerk five (5) days prior to the date of adoption of this Ordinance,
and within fifteen (15) days after adoption, the City Clerk shall cause to
be published the aforementioned summary and shall post in the office of
the City Clerk a certified copy of this Ordinance together with the names
of the members of the City Council voting for and against the same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of May, 1989.
ATTEST:
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City Clerk of the. City of Cost Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
Mayor of the C' of Costa Mesa
APPROVED
A/vS TO FOR
CITY ATTORNEY
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and fore-
going Ordinance No. 9te-/3 was introduced and considered section by sec-
tion at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the lst day of May,
1989, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of
said City Council held on the 15th day of May, 1989, by the following roll
call vote:
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AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa this 16th day of May, 1989.
C Yy Clerk and ex -officio Clerk the
City Council of the City of Cos Mesa