Santa Barbara County Municipal Code Art. I In General

The regular meetings of the board of supervisors shall generally be held on the first three Tuesdays of every calendar month at 9:00 a.m., with the exception of a Tuesday following a Monday holiday. Budget workshops if held, and budget hearings, are considered regular meetings. The board of supervisors may recess for a consecutive four-week period generally during the last two weeks in July through the first two weeks in august, although the board may convene during that time, as needed. The location and dates of the meetings shall be established, and amended, by resolution of the board of supervisors. The posted agenda for each regular meeting shall specify the time and location of the meeting.

(Ord. No. 1717, § 1; Ord. No. 3101, § 1; Ord. No. 3206, § 1; Ord. No. 3352, § 1; Ord. No. 3695, § 1; Ord. No. 3747, § 1; Ord. No. 4069, § 1; Ord. No. 5191, § 1, 10-17-2023)

(a) Pursuant to section 13522, chapter 1, of the Penal Code, the Santa Barbara/Santa Maria/Lompoc Judicial Districts Municipal Court Marshals will adhere to the standards for recruitment and training established by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST).

(b) Pursuant to section 13522, chapter 1, of the Penal Code, the Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office will adhere to the standards for recruitment and training established by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST).

(c) Pursuant to section 13522, chapter 1, of the Penal Code, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department will adhere to the standards for recruitment and training established for communications dispatchers by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST).

(d) The County of Santa Barbara and Marshals will allow the Commission on POST and its representatives to make such inquiries as deemed appropriate by the Commission to ascertain that the Santa Barbara/Santa Maria/Lompoc Judicial Districts Municipal Court Marshals will adhere to the standards for recruitment and training established by the California Commission.

(e) The County of Santa Barbara and District Attorney will allow the Commission on POST and its representatives to make such inquiries as deemed appropriate by the Commission to ascertain that the Santa Barbara County District Attorney will adhere to the standards for recruitment and training established by the California Commission.

(f) The County of Santa Barbara and sheriff will allow the Commission on POST and its representative to make such inquiries as deemed appropriate by the Commission to ascertain that the Santa Barbara County Sheriff will adhere to the standards for recruitment and training established for communications dispatchers by the California Commission.

(Ord. No. 1355, § 2; Ord. No. 3281, § 1; Ord. No. 3893, § 1)

* As to personnel generally, see ch. 27 of this Code.

For the purposes of sections 2-4 to 2-10 the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

Car. All automotive vehicles owned and operated by the county.

Employee. All officers and employees of the county and all persons operating county-owned automotive vehicles on county business.

(Ord. No. 775, § 1)

* As to motor vehicles and traffic generally, see ch. 23 of this Code.

The board of supervisors may, by resolution, provide that proper identification shall be affixed to county cars, excepting those cars that, in the judgment of the board, should not be so marked by reason of the use to which they are put.

(Ord. No. 775, § 2)

(a) Private Use. It shall be unlawful for any person to use, drive, employ or operate any car owned by, kept or maintained for use or service of the county, for any purpose other than a county purpose or in or about the performance of a duty of a county employee.

(b) Disciplinary Action. If any employee or employees violate any of the provisions of this section, the board of supervisors may take such disciplinary action against the employee or employees involved as in the discretion of the board the case warrants. This provision shall not be exclusive, but shall be in addition to any other penalty provided by law.

(Ord. No. 775, § 3)

The board of supervisors may from time to time assign county cars to departments or designated employees.

(Ord. No. 775, § 4)

Fines and penalties levied for violation of the state, county or city laws and ordinances for which the driver is responsible shall be paid by the driver.

(Ord. No. 775, § 5)

All accidents involving a county car shall be reported promptly by the employee using the car at the time of the accident on accident report forms supplied by the administrative officer.

(Ord. No. 775, § 6)

The board of supervisors may by resolution provide for such additional rules and regulations from time to time as it deems proper.

(Ord. No. 775, § 8)

(a) Employees shall use county cars for all official automotive travel, except in the case of emergency or occasional unavailability of county cars, and then only when authorized by their department head or the board of supervisors, to use a private car and shall be paid therefor the sum stipulated in the current salary ordinance of the county.

(b) The board of supervisors may require a certificate of insurance before such personally owned car is used for official travel. Such certificate of insurance, if required, shall state that coverage exists at least in the specified amounts indicated by the board.

(Ord. No. 775, § 7)

Within the limitations of his personnel, the sheriff may render the following services and collect a fee for such services:

(a) Clearance letters, which may include the taking of fingerprints, fingerprint classification, and searching the applicant's name and fingerprints through record bureau files, preparing a letter indicating the record information and forwarding the same to the designated counselor's office or immigration bureau, or other person or agency designated.

(b) Fingerprints, taking the print impressions of the appendages of both hands on one fingerprint card.

(c) Copies of reports or a portion of a report or verification or abstract of a report approved for release by the sheriff-coroner.

(d) Any miscellaneous papers, records, documents, or photographs not otherwise provided for.

The fee to be charged for such services rendered by the sheriff shall be in accordance with the user fee schedule adopted by the board of supervisors which is in effect at the time the service is rendered. A copy of the current user fee schedule shall be on file with the clerk of the board of the county.

(Ord. No. 3409, § 1)

No fee shall be charged by the sheriff-coroner for the taking of fingerprints, furnishing of records, information, or photographs where an exemption is provided for by Chapter 2 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code.

(Ord. No. 1854, § 2; Ord. No. 3923)

The sheriff is hereby designated as the officer to establish and collect fees in accordance with Penal Code Section 1209 which is incorporated herein by this reference. Any fees which may be collected by the sheriff pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the general fund account of the County of Santa Barbara.

(Ord. No. 3302, § 1)

Pursuant to Title 8, Chapter 1, Section 1203.1b of the California Penal Code (as amended by chapter 284 of the statutes of 1981), the court may, after a hearing, determine that a defendant granted probation has the ability to pay all or a reasonable part of the probation, and of conducting the presentence investigation and preparing a presentence report, and order him to pay such reasonable costs.

(a) The payment schedule for reimbursement of the costs of the presentence investigation and probation service fees shall be developed by the Santa Barbara County Probation Department and approved by the presiding judges of the Municipal and Superior Courts for each fiscal year.

(b) The county probation department, when ordered by the court, will evaluate and make recommendations to the court as to the defendant's financial ability to pay for all or a portion of these costs.

(c) All funds collected under authority of Section 1203.1b shall be deposited in the general fund, and shall be allocated for the operating expenses of the county probation department.

(Ord. No. 3289, § 1)

The county clerk shall charge a fee of twenty-five dollars, and the municipal and justice courts shall charge a fee of three dollars for civil filings which claim monetary damages above the small claims jurisdiction and one dollar for civil filing which claim monetary damages below the small claims jurisdiction, in addition to the total fee fixed by Government Code Sections 26820.4, 26826, 26827, 72055, and 72056, for the following filings in each civil action or proceeding:

(a) The first paper and papers transmitted from another court, as specified in Government Code Sections 26820.4 and 72055;

(b) The first paper on behalf of an adverse party, as specified in Government Code Sections 26826 and 72056;

(c) A petition or other paper in a probate, guardianship, or conservatorship matter as specified by Government Code Section 26827.

The fee shall not apply to adoptions, appeals from an inferior court, or motions.

(Ord. No. 3362, § 1; Ord. No. 3900, § 1)

The amount of any charge or fee relating to services rendered by the clerk-recorder-assessor department shall be in accordance with the fee or fee schedule adopted by the board of supervisors of the county by resolution or ordinance.

(Ord. No. 3725, § 1; Ord. No. 4223, § 1; Ord. No. 4256, § 1; Ord. No. 4351, § 1; Ord. No. 4502, § 1; Ord. No. 4592, § 1; Ord. No. 4800, 9-20-2011; Ord. No. 4801, 9-20-2011; Ord. No. 4802, 9-20-2011)

Pursuant to California Revenue and Taxation Code Sections 2621, 2706, 2922, 3698.5, 3704.7, 4112, 4217, et seq.; and pursuant to California Government Code Sections 54985 and 66018, the county treasurer-tax collector shall charge the following service fees:

(a) For processing of delinquent secured property tax payment, thirty dollars;

(b) For processing of delinquent unsecured tax payment, fifty dollars;

(c) For processing of delinquent secured property tax installment payment plans, one hundred seventy-five dollars;

(d) For processing of subdivision parcel split of combination security, one hundred ten dollars;

(e) For processing lot line adjustment security, one hundred ten dollars;

(f) For processing of an application for separate valuation, one hundred dollars;

(g) For redemption of tax defaulted property, twenty-five dollars of which five dollars is distributed to the state per Revenue and Taxation Code Section 4656.5;

(h) For processing of tax sale parties of interest and notice, one hundred sixty dollars;

(i) For processing of tax sale personal contact, two hundred twenty dollars.

(Ord. No. 4535, § 1; Ord. No. 4667, § 1; Ord. No. 4710, § 1, 5-19-2009; Ord. No. 4848, § 1, 3-12-2013)