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ORDINANCE NO. 92- 78
(Fee for Coroner's Removal and Keeping of Dead Body)
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors ordains as follows
(omitting the parenthetical footnotes from the official text of the
enacted or amended provisions of the County Ordinance Code) .
SECTION I. SUMMARY. This ordinance adds section 24-20.006 to
authorize the coroner to impose a fee pursuant to Government Code
section 27472 for removal and custody of a dead body and adds an
uncodified section setting the fee at $100 as permitted by
Government Code section 27472.
SECTION II. Section 24-20.006 is added to the County Ordinance
Code to authorize the coroner to charge a fee pursuant to
Government Code section 27472 for the removal and keeping of a dead
body to read:
24-20.006 Body Removal and Keeping Fee. As permitted in
Government Code section 27472 (including amendments thereto) , the
coroner is authorized to charge and collect a fee for expense
incurred in removing a body from the place of death and keeping the
body until its release to the person responsible for its interment.
(Ord. 92- 78 2. )
SECTION III. An uncodified section of the ordinance, setting the
amount of the fee for the coroner's removal and keeping of a dead
body is added to read:
Body Removal and Keeping Fee - Amount. The fee for the
coroner' s removal of a body from the place of death and keeping the
body shall be one hundred ( $100) dollars. This fee may be charged
and collected by the coroner as permitted in Government Code
section 27472. (Ord. 92- 78 , S 3. )
SECTION IV. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance becomes effective 30
days after passage, and within 15 days after passage shall be
published once with the names of supervisors voting for and against
it in the Contra Costa Times, a newspaper published in this County.
PASSED on October 20, 1992 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Powers, Torlakson, McPeak
NOES: None
ABSENT: Supervisors Fanden, Schroder
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST: PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the
Board and County Administrator
By: X1 CA44-41f
Deputy Board Chair
[SEAL]
ORDINANCE NO. 92- 78