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ORDINANCE NO. NS- 2152
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
AMENDING SECTION 1-20 OF THE SANTA ANA
MUNICIPAL CODE TO CORRECT A CODE SECTION
REFERENCE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That section 1-20 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1-20.
ownership of vehicles and vessels as prima
facie evidence.
(a) In any prosecution for violation of section 41-1301
against the registered owner of a motor vehicle or vessel,
proof that the particular vehicle or vessel described in the
complaint was in violation of said section, together with
proof that the defendant named in the complaint was at the
time the registered owner of the vehicle or vessel, shall
constitute prima facie evidence that the registered owner of
the vehicle or vessel was the person who placed the vehicle or
vessel at the point, where, and for the time during which, the
violation occurred. The foregoing provisions shall apply only
when the notice procedure as established by California Vehicle
Code section 40200 et seq., as the same now reads or may
hereafter be amended, is complied with.
(b) Any charge under section 41-1301 shall be dismissed
when the person charged has made a bona fide sale or transfer
of the vehicle or vessel and has delivered possession thereof
to the purchaser and has complied with the requirements of
subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 5602 or subdivisions (a) or
(b) of Section 9905 of the California Vehicle Code prior to
the date of the alleged violation and has advised the court of
the name and address of the purchaser, and of the date of
sale.
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SECTION 2: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be
invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity
of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The city Council of
the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted
this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that anyone or
more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or
portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
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SECTION 3: Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the
repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the
prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were
committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as
affecting any of the provisions of such ordinance relating to the
collection of any such license or penalty or the penal provision
applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of
any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof, required to be posted,
filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance and all rights and
obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force
and effect.
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ADOPTED this
ATTEST:
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a ice C. Guy ,
Clerk of the Counci
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Young
Pulido
Acosta
Griset
McGuigan
Norton
Richardson
Absent
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Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Edward . Co e
city Attorney
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