(a) All requests by claimants for waiver of the statute of limitations by the Board of Supervisors shall be in writing and shall be filed with the Controller.
(b) Every claimant requesting such waiver shall pay a fee to the Controller in an amount to be established as hereafter provided.
(c) The Board of Supervisors shall determine and fix by resolution the fee to be paid by claimants requesting such waiver. Fees so fixed shall remain effective until new fees are established as hereafter provided.
Annually, on or before the fifteenth day of May of each year, the Controller shall determine and report to the Board of Supervisors an estimate of the costs to be incurred by departments, boards and commissions of the City and County, including the cost of publication of any ordinance or resolution in the official newspaper, in processing said requests for the ensuing fiscal year. The Board of Supervisors may thereupon by resolution revise the amount of the fee heretofore fixed.
All fees collected and retained pursuant to the terms of this Section shall be applied in defraying the costs of processing said requests.
(d) Upon the denial of any such request, the claimant shall be entitled to a refund of any fee paid pursuant to this Section upon application to the Controller.
(Added by Ord. 61-69, App. 2/17/69; amended by Ord. 314-00, File No. 001909, App. 12/28/2000)
(Added by Ord. 67-90, App. 2/22/90; amended by Ord. 392-97, App. 10/17/97; amended and renumbered as Sec. 10.21 by Ord. 314-00, File No. 001909, App. 12/28/2000)