HomeMy WebLinkAbout2298 ORDINANCE NO. 2298
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 1903
OF CHAPTER 9 OF ARTICLE I OF THE ARCADIA
MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROHIBIT CLASS ACTION CLAIMS
AGAINST THE CITY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 1903 of Chapter 9 of Title I of the Arcadia Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"1903. - CONTENTS OF CLAIM - REVIEW FOR
SUFFICIENCY.
A claim shall be in writing, verified by the claimant or by his
or her guardian, conservator, executor or administrator, and
shall be presented to the City Clerk by the claimant or by a
person acting on the claimant's behalf_ and-The claim shall
show all information as required by Government Code
Section 910. The foregoing reference to Government Code
Section 910 shall not be construed to authorize a class
action, and no claim may be filed on behalf of a class of
persons unless verified by every member of that class. The
City Manager, or his or her designee, shall review all claims
for sufficiency of information. The City Manager, or his or her
designee, may, within twenty (20) days of receipt of a claim,
either personally deliver or mail to claimant a notice stating
deficiencies in the claim presented. If such notice is
delivered or sent to claimant, the City shall not act upon the
claim until at least fifteen (15) days after such notice is sent."
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect thirty-one (31) days following its
adoption.
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence,
clause or phrase of this Ordinance, or any part thereof is for any reason held to be
unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of
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this ordinance or any part thereof. The City Council hereby declares that it would have
passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase
thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsection, subdivision,
paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase be declared unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and
shall cause a copy of the same to be published in the official newspaper of said City
within fifteen (15) days after its adoption
Passed, approved and adopted this 5th day of June , 2012.
Mayor of the City of Arcadia
ATTEST:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Stephen P. Deitsch
City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS:
CITY OF ARCADIA )
I, GENE GLASCO, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certifies that the
foregoing Ordinance No. 2298 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of
Arcadia, signed by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk at a regular meeting of said
Council held on the 5th day of June, 2012 and that said Ordinance was adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Members Amundson, Kovacic, Segal, Wuo and Harbicht
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
771rJe • the f 'y of Arcadia
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