Inyo County Municipal Code Ch. 3.80 County Counsel Legal Service Fee

Government Code Sections 26520 and 27642 authorize county counsel to render legal services to schools and other local public entities as requested, and to charge such schools and other local public entities a fee, not to exceed the total cost to the county, for the legal services rendered.

(Ord. 966 § 1, 1996)

The purpose of this chapter is to allow the office of county counsel to provide up to ten hours per year of attorney time in rendering legal advice on ordinary and routine legal matters to each school or special district in Inyo County without fee, and to recover the county's actual costs for all other legal services provided by the office of county counsel to such districts.

(Ord. 966 § 1, 1996)

No fee will be charged to schools or other special districts in Inyo County for the first ten hours per year of county counsel attorney time in providing advice on ordinary and routine legal matters. All other advisory services and representation provided by the office of county counsel to such districts pursuant to their request, will be charged at an hourly rate in an amount set by resolution of the board of supervisors.

(Ord. 966 § 1, 1996; Ord. 1214 § 1, 2017)