This ordinance sets March 31 as the annual deadline for businesses to pay registration fees for weighing and measuring devices, while eliminating fees billed since January 1, 2019, and providing refunds for those fees and any penalties. It also updates administrative fees to align with California's fee schedule.
Ordinance amending the Administrative Code by setting March 31 as the annual due date to pay registration fees for weighing and measuring devices and automated point of sale stations used for commercial purposes; retroactively eliminating fees billed by the Tax Collector on or after January 1, 2019, through fees otherwise due prior to March 31, 2025, for each business with a taximeter device; refunding eliminated fees paid to the City, and any penalties paid on such fees; and updating administrative fees to conform with the State of Californiaβs annual device administrative fee schedule.
How it got here
This legislation originated from the need to standardize the annual due date for registration fees related to weighing and measuring devices in San Francisco.
The proposed ordinance was introduced to amend the Administrative Code, setting March 31 as the annual due date for registration fees for weighing and measuring devices and waiving fees for taximeter devices billed since January 1, 2019.
The Rules Committee reviewed the proposed ordinance and recommended it for passage.
The Board of Supervisors passed the ordinance on its first reading.
The Board of Supervisors finally passed the ordinance.
The Mayor approved the ordinance, finalizing its enactment.
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