HomeMy WebLinkAbout2047ORDINANCE NO. 2047
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING
SECTION 3.16.016(B) OF THE PALM SPRINGS
MUNICIPAL CODE TO ALLOW FOR THE
ELECTRONIC SERVICE OF GOVERNMENT CLAIMS
AND NOTICES
City Attorney Summary
This Ordinance amends the Palm Springs Municipal Code to allow
for the electronic service of Government Claims and Notices.
WHEREAS, Chapter 3.16 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code provides
procedures for the filing of claims against the City of Palm Springs for money or
damages;
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1473 amended the Government Claims Act to
authorize a person to present a claim by electronically submitting it to a public
entity, if expressly authorized to do so by an ordinance or resolution of the public
entity; and
WHEREAS, as the City of Palm Springs already accepts claims filed
electronically, the City wishes to amend the Municipal Code to formally authorize,
and provide procedures for, electronic filing of claims to conform to current
practice.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 3.16.016(b) of the Palm Springs Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
a. Pursuant to California Government Code Section 915, a claim, any
amendment thereto, or an application for leave to present a late claim may
be submitted in person, by mail, or electronically to the city clerk by using
the online claim form available on the City's webpage in accordance with all
publicly posted instructions. The City Manager is authorized to provide
uniform instructions for the filing of claims electronically that are not in
conflict with Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code or this Section.
Proof of electronic service may be made and signed in the manner
prescribed by California Government Code Section 915.2, as it may be
amended from time to time. If the claim or application is submitted
electronically, the person or party shall be deemed to have provided
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consent to accept service electronically of the notices specified in
Government Code Section 915.4, as may be amended from time to time,
and other correspondence from the City of Palm Springs or its
representatives."
SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance is
for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision will not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this ordinance. The City Council declares that it would have passed this
ordinance and each and every section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase
not declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion of the
ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 5. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The City Council finds that this Ordinance is not subject to the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity
will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the
environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section
15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter
3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment,
directly or indirectly.
SECTION 6. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall certify to the
passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same, or the summary
thereof, to be published and posted pursuant to the provisions of law and this
Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after passage.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED BY THE PALM SPRINGS CITY
COUNCIL THIS 10th DAY OF JUNE, 2021.
CHRISTY 14OLSTEGE, 4AYOR
ATTEST:
THONY J. JAA,CITY LE
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CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE) ss.
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS)
I, ANTHONY J. MEJIA, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, California, do
hereby certify that Ordinance No. 2047 is a full, true, and correct copy, and was
introduced at a regular meeting of the Palm Springs City Council on May 27,2021,
and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on June 10, 2021, by
the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Garner, Kors, Woods, Mayor Pro Tern Middleton,
and Mayor Holstege
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the
City of Palm Springs, California, this day of :Tu r--e- "j
Anthony J. Mj0 ity Clerk
City of Palm Springs, California