Chapter 3.28 — TRANSFER OF CITY TAX FUNCTIONS

* For the statutory provisions allowing cities to transfer tax assessing and collection functions to the county in which they are located, see West's Gov. Code §§ 51500—51519.

Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 2, Article 1, Sections 51500 to and including Section 51507 of the Government Code of the state of California, the city council elects that the duties of assessing property and the collection of real property and unsecured personal property taxes in the city be and the same are transferred to the assessor and tax collector of the county of Santa Clara, the county in which the city is situated.

(Prior code § 2700).

Certified copies of this chapter shall be forthwith filed by the city clerk with the county auditor, county assessor and the county tax collector of the county of Santa Clara.

(Prior code § 2701).

All duties provided by law to be performed by a city assessor, other than assessing of property, shall be transferred to and performed by the city clerk or such other officer as the city council may hereafter determine by ordinance, and all duties provided by law to be performed by the city tax collector other than the collection of taxes shall be transferred to and be performed by the chief of police or such other officers as the city may hereafter determine by ordinance.

(Prior code § 2702).

The city shall pay to the county of Santa Clara such compensation as may be fixed by agreement between the board of supervisors and the city council of the city, and the making of such agreement is authorized.

(Prior code § 2703).