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RESOLUTION NO. 387 <br /> A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS <br /> ALTOS HILLS, RELATING .TO THE COLLECTION OF PROPERTY <br /> TAX COSTS AND PENALTIES FOR DELINQUENT TAXES OF GEN- <br /> ERAL LAW CITIES IN_THE, COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA <br /> WHEREAS, the Town of Los Altos. Hillshas transferred <br /> the assessment and tax collection functions to Santa Clara <br /> County in order to effect a more economic and efficient <br /> service to the property owners of the Town, and <br /> WHEREAS, a defect has existed in the law that delin- <br /> quent penalties collected on overdue property taxes owing to. <br /> general law cities when a county collects the taxes are paid <br /> into the ,county's general fund, and <br /> WHEREAS, under the same circumstances, where achartered <br /> city is involved, such penalties are paid to such chartered <br /> city pursuant to Section 51554 of the Government Code, and <br /> WHEREAS, the. Town .of Los Altos Hills believes this <br /> inequity should be corrected by the Board of. Supervisors of <br /> Santa Clara County, and <br /> WHEREAS, Section 51521 of the Government Code which is <br /> now effective does permit a Board of Supervisors, as .a- matter <br /> of general county policy, to pay into a general law city <br /> treasury, the costsand penalty monies collected from delin- <br /> quent taxes from property. ownerswithin that city. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of <br /> the Town of Los Altos Hills, that the Board of Supervisors <br /> adopt the policy of paying annually to the Town Treasurer <br /> • the costs and penalties related to the non-payment of city <br /> taxes as provided in Section 51521 of the Government Code. <br /> * . * <br /> I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was . <br /> LAGORID & FAISANT - <br /> ATTORNEYS AT LAW - -1- <br /> SOD THIRD STREET' . <br /> LOS ALTOS, CALIF. <br /> 949-8200 - <br /> 1 <br />