City and County of San Francisco - File #: 041336

• File #: 041336
• Version: 1
• Name: Police alarm ordinance; technical changes to billing and remittance requirements for alarm companies; limiting license fee increases to $5 increments
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Mayors Office
• Introduced: 10/5/2004
• In control: Board of Supervisors
• On agenda: 10/5/2004
• Final action: 12/14/2004
• Enactment #: 297-04
• Title: Ordinance amending the San Francisco Police Code, by amending Sections 3710.1, 3710.2, 3710.4, and 3720, to: require that alarm companies remit fees collected from customers in a single monthly check; move the billing date for license fees, beginning in 2005, from December 1 to November 1; clarify that the billing and remittance requirements of the Article only apply to those alarm monitoring companies having a direct contractual relationship with the alarm user; clarify that alarm companies shall only be held responsible for the unpaid license fees of their customers where the company has failed to take reasonable steps to collect the fees, and provide a minimum threshold of what constitutes "reasonable steps"; and, limit license fee increases to five-dollar increments.
• Sponsors: Fiona Ma

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/14/2004	1	Board of Supervisors	FINALLY PASSED	Pass
12/7/2004	1	Board of Supervisors	PASSED ON FIRST READING	Pass
11/18/2004	1	City Services Committee	RECOMMENDED	Pass
9/23/2004	1	President	ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE