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Title 4 — REVENUE, FINANCE AND BUSINESS TAXES›Chapter 4.80 — FUNDS

San Jose Municipal Code Part 29 Vehicle Maintenance and Operating Fund

San Jose Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · San Jose

Cite as: San Jose Municipal Code Part 29 · Text as of 2026-10-04

4.80.1600 - Established.

There

is hereby created and established the "vehicle maintenance and operating fund."

(Prior code § 2700.20.)

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4.80.1610 - Deposit of moneys.

A. There shall be deposited in the vehicle maintenance and operating fund, monthly by each department of the city using city motor vehicles and other rolling stock (other than fire department fire engines and other than vehicles and rolling stock assigned to the sewage treatment plant and airport) a sum equal to a proportionate share of the monthly (or such other period as may be determined by the city manager) costs of operation of city's facilities used for repair and maintenance of said motor vehicles and rolling stock and for operation, repair and maintenance of said vehicles and rolling stock; said proportion to be based upon the mileage accumulated upon the motor vehicles and rolling stock used by a department during a month (or such other period as may be determined by the city manager) over the total mileage accumulated on all said vehicles and rolling stock in said month (or such period determined by the city manager); or the allocation of costs may be made among using departments upon such other reasonable basis as may be determined by the city manager.

There shall also be deposited in said fund, upon receipt thereof by city, all moneys paid to the city by other persons as reimbursement or indemnification for the loss or destruction of or damage to city motor vehicles and other rolling stock (other than fire department fire engines and other than vehicles and rolling stock assigned to the sewage treatment plant and airport). Such moneys shall be deposited in said fund for the purpose of paying the costs of operation of city's facilities used for repair and maintenance of said motor vehicles and rolling stock and for operation, repair, and maintenance of said vehicles and rolling stock.

B. The city council may transfer or appropriate to said vehicle maintenance and operating fund moneys for the purpose of purchasing and acquiring city motor vehicles and other rolling stock (excluding fire department fire engines and motor vehicles and rolling stock assigned to the sewage treatment plant and airport) or may transfer said moneys from said fund to any other fund.

(Prior code § 2700.21; Ord. 19957.)

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4.80.1620 - Expenditures.

A. Moneys deposited pursuant to subsection A of Section 4.80.1610 in said fund for the costs of operation of the city's facilities used for repair and maintenance of city motor vehicles and other rolling stock (exclusive of fire department fire engines and exclusive of vehicles and rolling stock assigned to the sewage treatment plant and airport), and for operation, repair and maintenance of said vehicles and rolling stock, shall be used for said purposes, but only pursuant to appropriation by the city council.

B. Moneys deposited pursuant to subsection B. of Section 4.80.1610 in said fund for motor vehicles and rolling stock purchase or acquisition shall be expended for purchase of motor vehicles and other rolling stock (exclusive of fire department fire engines and exclusive of vehicles and rolling stock assigned to the sewage treatment plant and airport), but only pursuant to appropriation by the city council.

(Prior code § 2700.22.)

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