HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA 2014 0618 CCSA REG ITEM 11AAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK,
CALIFORNIA, ADDING SECTION 2.04.120,
INVESTIGATIONS AND HEARINGS, TO CHAPTER 2.04,
CITY COUNCIL, OF TITLE 2, ADMINISTRATION AND
PERSONNEL, OF THE MOORPARK MUNICIPAL CODE
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 37104 provides the authority for a
legislative body to issue subpoenas requiring attendance of witnesses or production
of books or other documents for evidence or testimony in any action or proceeding
pending before it; and
WHEREAS, the city council shall have the discretionary right to make
investigations and hold hearings with respect to all matters within its legislative power
and all matters pertaining to the administration of the business of the city, and shall
have the power of subpoena as provided in sections 37104 et seq. of the state
Government Code; and
WHEREAS, at the regular meeting of June 4, 2014, the City Council
determined to add Section 2.04.120 to the Moorpark Municipal Code consistent with
state Government Code Section 37104.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MOORPARK DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That Moorpark Municipal Code Section 2.04.120, Investigations
and Hearings, of Chapter 2.04, City Council, is hereby added to read:
112.04.120 Investigations and hearings.
The city council shall have the discretionary right to make
investigations and hold hearings with respect to all matters within its
legislative power and all matters pertaining to the administration of the
business of the city, and shall have the power of subpoena as provided in
section 37104 et seq. of the state Government Code."
SECTION 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, part or
portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any
court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council declares that it would have
adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, part or
portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsections,
sentences, clauses, phrases, parts or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after its
passage and adoption.
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SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
ordinance; shall enter the same in the book of original ordinances of said City; shall
make a minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of
the City Council at which the same is passed and adopted; and shall publish notice of
adoption in the manner required by law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of June, 2014.
Janice S. Parvin, Mayor
ATTEST:
Maureen Benson, City Clerk
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