Desert Hot Springs Municipal Code Ch. 3.04 Claim Presentation

Pursuant to the authority contained in California Government Code Section 935, the following claims procedures are established as a prerequisite to bringing suit against the City or against any officer, department, commission or board of the City, based on any claim for money or damages that is not otherwise governed by state or local laws relating thereto. This chapter shall relate only to the bringing of suit upon any claim, and is not deemed to apply to the authority of the Finance Director, the City Council, and other officers to process and pay, in the ordinary course of business, the just obligations of the City, such as routine salaries and wages, principal and interest on bonds, payments for purchases, and other like expenditures, for which there is an express budget appropriation, and in connection with which there is no dispute as to the obligation and amount being payable.

(Prior code § 34.01)

Notwithstanding the exemptions set forth in California Government Code Section 905, all claims against the City for damages or money, when a procedure for processing such claims is not otherwise provided by state or local laws, shall be presented and acted upon within the time limitations and in the manner prescribed by California Government Code Title I, Subsection 3.6, Part 3, Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 900) and Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 910).

(Prior code § 34.02)