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ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 23C-5 OF THE BUTTE COUNTY CODE REGARDING FEES
4 FOR REGISTRATION OF COMMERCIAL WEIGHING AND MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
5 The Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte ordains as follows:
6 Section 1. Findincrs
7 The Board of Supervisors makes the following findings:
8 (a) Fees chargeable for the annual registration of weighing and
9 measuring instruments have been previously established by resolution of
10 this board, including resolution 85-143, pursuant to Section 23C-5 of the
11 Butte County Code and Section 12241 of the California Business and
12 Professions Code.
13 (b) Said Section 12241 has been repealed and replaced by Section
14 12240, which has been amended by Assembly Bill 1491 (Chapter 1050 of the
15 Statutes of 1993) . Said amendment includes an increase in the maximum fees
16 which may be charged for such registration.
17 (c) A study has been conducted to determine the cost of the County
18 of Butte in inspecting or testing weighing and measuring instruments, and
19 said study has been made available to the public. Said study documents
20 that the fees specified below do not exceed the County's cost of
21 inspecting or testing such devices.
22 (d) It is desirable to increase the fees charged for the
23 registration of weighing and measuring devices as specified below and to
24 include such fees within the Butte County Code for ease of reference.
25 (e} This ordinance is enacted pursuant to Business and Professions
26 Code Section 12240 and Article 7 {commencing with Section 25120} of
27 Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 2 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
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2 Section 23C-5 of the Butte County Code is amended to read as follows:
3 "Sec. 23C-5. Annual fee.
4 An annual registration fee shall be charged for all weighing and
5 measuring instruments requiring a registration certificate as provided for
6 herein. The annual registration fee shall be as specified below, in
7 conformity with California Business and Professions Code section 1224i(b} ,
8 (a} Table of Annual Charges:
9 Number of Charge Per
Devices Location
10 1 to 3 .................................. $ 40
4 to 9 .................................. $ 80
11 10 to 19 .................................. $120
20 to 25 .................................. $160
12 Over 25 .................................. $200
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14 (b} Mobilehome parks, recreational vehicle parks and apartment
15 complexes, where the owner of the park or complex owns and is responsible
16 for the utility meters, shall pay a maximum annual fee of sixty dollars
17 ($60) per park or complex, and a fee of two dollars ($2) per device per
18 space or apartment.
19 (c) The fee for one hanging, counter or computing scale at one
20 location is $20 per year.
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23 The fees established by this ordinance shall, on the effective date
24 thereof, supersede all previously enacted fees for registration of
25 weighing and measuring instruments. All such previously enacted fees are
26 repealed on said effective date, including but not limited to those fees
27 established by resolution 85-143.
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Section 4. Severablity.
If any part of this ordinance shall be held void by a court of
competent jurisdiction, such part shall be deemed severable, and the
invalidity thereof shall not affect the remaining parts of this ordinance.
Section 5. Effective Date and Publication. This Ordinance shall be and
it is hereby declared to be in full -force and effect from and after thirty
(3 0 ) days after the date of its passage, and before the expiration of
fifteen (15) days after its passage, this Ordinance shall be published
once with the names of the members of the Board of Supervisors voting for
and against it in the Gridley Herald , a newspaper
published in the County of Butte, State of California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of
Butte, State of California, on the 1 nth day of January , 1994: ,
by the following vote:
AYES; Supervisors Meyer, Dolan, Houx, Thomas and Chair McLaughlin
NOES : NOne
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING : None
II ATTEST:
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ED MGLAUGHLYN, { ~' Ch of the
Butte County Board of Supervisors
JOHN S, BLACKLOCK
Officer and C1e of the Board
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