Earlier editions: 2026-09
Truckee Municipal Code Ch. 3.10 Collection of Debts to the Town
Truckee Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Truckee
Cite as: Truckee Municipal Code Chapter 3.10 · Text as of 2026-10-04
3.10.010 - Collection of Debts to the Town.¶
The amount of any fee, service charge, utility charge, license, or tax of any nature whatsoever imposed by this Code or by any other resolution, ordinance, rule, regulation or in any other fashion by the Town shall be deemed a civil debt owing to the Town. An action may be commenced in the name of the Town in any court of competent jurisdiction for the collection of the amount of any such delinquent or unpaid fee, service charge, utility charge, license, or tax, together with any penalties applicable thereto as prescribed by this Code or any other enactment. Such action may also be commenced for the collection of any other amount or debt determined to be due the Town on account of any contractual obligation or on account of any tortuous act or conduct by any person. The remedy prescribed by this section shall be cumulative, and the use of a civil action to collect such an amount as a debt shall not bar the use of any other remedy provided by this Code of by law for the purpose of enforcing the provisions thereof.
(ORD 93-15 06-03-93; 93-19 07-01-93)
3.10.020 - Town Employees Subpoenaed as Witnesses - Reimbursement of the Full Cost Required.¶
Any Town employee who is obliged by a subpoena to attend a civil action or proceeding as a witness in any such action or proceeding to which the Town is not a party shall receive the salary or other compensation to which he or she is normally entitled from the Town during the time he or she prepares to testify, travels to testify, or is required to remain at the action or proceeding for purposes of testimony, including any reasonably necessary expenses.
The party at whose request the subpoena is issued shall reimburse the Town in full for the costs incurred as set forth above, plus reasonable administrative overhead for each day the employee is required to remain in attendance pursuant to the subpoena. Prior to the subpoena being honored the party shall deposit the Town's reasonable estimate of the full cost for each day the employee is expected to remain in attendance pursuant to the subpoena.
If the actual expenses are less then the estimate the excess amount tendered shall be refunded to the party. If the amount is greater than the estimate the party shall pay the Town all monies due. Any unpaid sums shall become a debt owed to the Town as set forth in Section 3.10.010.
(ORD 2004-07, 10-06-04)
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