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9113-140 Exhibit E <br />Section 88. CLAIMS AGAINST CITY <br />(a) No legal action shall be brought on any claim for money or damages against the city or <br />any board or commission of the city until a demand for the same has been presented as <br />herein provided and.rejected in whole or in part. If rejected in part, suit may be brought to <br />recover the whole. Except in those cases where a shorter period of time is otherwise <br />provided by law, all claims for damages against the city must be presented within six (6) <br />months after the occurrence, event or transaction from which the damages arose, and all <br />other claims or demands of any nature shall be presented within six (6) months after the <br />last item of the account or claim accrued. <br />(b) Every claim for money or damages against the city or any board or commission thereof <br />shall be filed with the city clerk and shall be verified by at least one of the claimants or by <br />someone for and on behalf of such claimant or claimants, and shall be in writing. The city <br />clerk shall thereupon present the same to the council, officer, board or commission <br />authorized by this Charter to incur or pay the expenditure or alleged indebtedness or <br />liability represented thereby. In all cases such claims or demands shall be approved or <br />rejected within sixty (60) days from the date of their filing, provided, however, that failure to <br />act upon any claim or demand within said sixty-day period shall be deemed to be a <br />rejection thereof. <br />(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply in the case of interest upon, or principal, or <br />installments of principal on bonds or other evidence of indebtedness issued by the city or <br />any board or commission thereof pursuant to authorization by this Charter or by ordinance <br />or by general law of the State of California. <br />F: /Atty /Memos / /Agenda Charter Amendments <br />