Sec. 2-1. - Fees for services provided to other governmental agencies.

(a)

There are hereby established fees for services provided to other governmental agencies by the city. Services for which fees shall be charged include, but are not limited to, crime scene processing, firearm and toolmark investigation, photography, expert testimony, polygraph examination, questioned document examination, and serology.

(b)

Fees for services are established in order to recover at least the actual cost of labor, fringes, and materials, and may include indirect costs such as overhead. The fees shall be established from time to time by the city council. Upon recommendation of the chief of police, or the fire chief, the city manager may adjust the established fees and charges in order to ensure that the city's actual and indirect costs for providing the services are recovered through the fees, provided, that any adjustment of the fees shall not be effective until thirty (30) days after the new fees are filed with the official and public files of the city clerk.

(c)

The chief of police, and the fire chief or their designated representatives shall be responsible for billing and collecting the fees authorized by this section, and shall turn the receipts over to the city treasurer. Revenue from these fees and charges shall be deposited in the general fund.

(Code 1959, § 2-3; Ord. No. 54866, §§ 1—3, 2-4-82; Ord. No. 57565, § 1, 9-15-83; Ord. No. 78725, 9-15-93)

Sec. 2-2. - Registration of vital statistics, fees for records.

(a)

Generally. The registrar of vital statistics shall keep the records of his office in the public health building of the city. Any person(s) submitting a birth, death or fetal death certificate for filing shall submit two (2) copies of each certificate, one of which must be an original.

(b)

Fee for records other than death certificates. Except in the case of certified copies of death certificates, the registrar shall issue to a properly qualified applicant a certified copy of any records within registrar's keeping upon payment of a fee prescribed in accordance with applicable state law.

(c)

Fees for death certificates. The registrar shall issue to a properly qualified applicant a certified copy of any certificate of death within the registrar's keeping upon payment of a fee prescribed in accordance with applicable state law. Additional copies of the same death certificate may be provided to the applicant upon payment of a fee of four dollars ($4.00) for each additional copy issued, providing that application for the additional copy is made on the same date and on the same application as the first certificate.

(d)

Fees for vital records search. The registrar may, upon request from a properly qualified applicant, search his/her vital records in response to requests for specific information. A search fee of eleven dollars ($11.00) will be charged for each vital record searched. Records search will be provided at no cost to departments of the city for official business purposes. Record search will be provided at no cost to departments of the county for official business purposes so long as the county maintains joint public health department with the city.

(e)

Certified copies used in claims re military service. The registrar shall issue free of cost to any veteran, his widow, orphan, or other dependents, a certified copy of any record not otherwise prohibited by law when such record is to be used in the settlement of a claim against the government growing out of a military service.

(f)

Disposition of fees. All fees collected by the registrar shall be delivered daily to the tax collector with such statement as may be required by the director of finance.

(g)

When state birth and death records are not available locally, the vital statistics registrar may electronically access certified copies of birth and death records from the vital statistics registrar for the state and provide said documents for sale to qualified applicants upon receipt of the fees established in subsections (b) and (c) and any additional fees or surcharges assessed by the state for access to said documents.

(Code 1950, §§ 10-12, 10-13; Ord. No. 20850, § 1, 12-30-54; Ord. No. 24031, § 1, 11-28-56; Ord. No. 26973, § 1, 10-2-58; Code 1959, § 9-1; Ord. No. 27244, § 1, 1-15-59; Ord. No. 29784, § 1, 8-23-61; Ord. No. 40370, § 1, 2-10-72; Ord. No. 48805, § 1, 12-9-77; Ord. No. 51049, § 1, 7-26-79; Ord. No. 54529, § 1, 11-12-81; Ord. No. 65548, §§ 1—3, 8-20-87; Ord. No. 67911, § 1, 9-15-88; Ord. No. 70031, § 1, 8-17-89; Ord. No. 74294, § 1, 9-12-91; Ord. No. 98187, §§ 2, 3, 9-18-03; Ord. No. 99735, §§ 1, 2, 9-16-04; Ord. No. 101405, §§ 1, 2, 9-15-05)

Sec. 2-3. - Commercial filming of city-owned facilities.

(a)

Fee charged; exception. A fee not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00) for use of a city-owned facility or city property in connection with movie and/or television productions, national or syndicated television commercials, and commercial advertising campaigns or promotions is hereby authorized. Said fee shall not be charged for movie and/or television productions or commercials for public television or for local commercial advertising campaigns or promotions as is determined by the city manager or his designated representative.

(b)

Film liaison agency. The convention and visitor's bureau is hereby designated as the city's film liaison agency. The city manager or his designated representative is authorized to establish guidelines to regulate the filming activity mentioned in subsection (a) above.

(c)

Authority of city manager to set fee on case by-case basis. The city manager or his authorized representative is hereby authorized to establish such fee in an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00) on a case-by-case basis with those companies or their agents who propose to use a city facility or city property for filming activities.

(Ord. No. 59644, § 4, 10-25-84)

Sec. 2-4. - Fee charges for the office of the city clerk.

The following fee charges are hereby established for the office of the city clerk:

(1)

Sale of publications: Cost of material, plus fifteen (15) percent to cover delivery, postage, packaging, maintenance, preparation, storage, and related expenses.

(2)

Document certification fee: Three dollars and fifty cents ($3.50).

(3)

Document search: First hour or any portion thereof: Three dollars ($3.00). Each one-half (½) hour past the first hour: One dollar ($1.00).

(4)

Tape duplication fee: Ten dollars ($10.00) per cassette duplication plus providing to the city clerk's office a replacement cassette.

(5)

City Code supplement service: One hundred dollars ($100.00).

(6)

Boards and commissions book: Fifty-five dollars ($55.00) each.

(7)

Boards and commissions work session packets: Fifty-five cents ($0.55) for first page and fifteen cents ($0.15) for each page thereafter.

(8)

Candidate packet fee: Twenty-five dollars ($25.00).

(Ord. No. 63229, § 1, 7-16-86; Ord. No. 67913, § 1, 9-15-88; Ord. No. 70250, § 3, 9-14-89; Ord. No. 78721, § 3, 9-15-93; Ord. No. 81695, § 2, 2-23-95; Ord. No. 84246, § 1, 6-13-96; Ord. No. 89240, § 1, 2-11-99; Ord. No. 2009-09-17-0731B, § 3, 9-17-09)

Editor's note—

Ord. No. 2009-09-17-0731B, § 3, adopted September 17, 2009, did not specify manner of inclusion; hence, inclusion as subsection 2-4(8) is at the discretion of the editor.

Sec. 2-5. - Returned check fee.

A fee of thirty dollars ($30.00) shall be charged the maker of any check payable to the city that is returned unpaid by the maker's bank.

(Ord. No. 65687, 9-10-87; Ord. No. 90492, § 1, 9-16-99; Ord. No. 99733, § 1, 9-16-04)

Editor's note—

Ord. No. 65687, adopted Sept. 10, 1987, did not specifically amend the Code and has been included herein at the discretion of the editor as § 2-5

Sec. 2-6. - Fee for standard size maps of city.

There is hereby established a fee for the sale of standard size maps of the city prepared by the mapping section of the public works department of five dollars ($5.00) per each blue line copy.

(Ord. No. 65692, § 3, 9-10-87; Ord. No. 67915, § 2, 9-15-88)

Editor's note—

Ord. No. 65692, §§ 3, 4, adopted Sept. 10, 1987 did not specifically amend the Code and at the discretion of the editor said provisions have been included herein as §§ 2-6 and 2-7

Sec. 2-6.1. - Fee for videotape duplication of programs available from the public information office.

The public information office (PIO) is hereby authorized to charge a thirty dollar ($30.00) fee and require a replacement tape from any person requesting a videotape duplication of programs available from PIO.

(Ord. No. 70256, 9-14-89)

Editor's note—

Ord. No. 70256, adopted Sept. 14, 1989, did not specifically amend the Code and at the discretion of the editor said provisions have been included herein as § 2-6.1

Sec. 2-7. - Sale of surplus city property.

Any surplus property sold by the city shall be in accordance with provisions of Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes, Article 5421(c)-12, which provides that no city owned property shall be sold for less than fair market value.

(Ord. No. 65692, § 4, 9-10-87)

Note—See the editor's note to § 2-6

Sec. 2-8. - Discrimination prohibited in awarding subcontracts funded by city.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation or any employee or agent thereof, to discriminate against any person with regard to the award of a subcontract funded in whole or part with city funds because of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age or handicap.

(b)

"Discriminate" shall mean to exclude, withhold, deny or treat any person adversely or unequally.

(c)

It shall be a defense to prosecution under this section that the person, firm, association or corporation or any employee or agent thereof was exercising a good faith effort to comply with the City of San Antonio's Small and Minority Business Advocacy (SMBA) Program.

(d)

Any person subcontracting in violation of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).

(e)

Conviction for violation of this section shall result in a one year forfeiture of a bidder's right to contract with the city. Such right shall be reinstated by the city council within the year upon presentation by the contractor of an aggressive plan to implement affirmative action in his or her subcontracting practices.

(Ord. No. 69403, §§ 1—5, 5-4-89)

Editor's note—

Ord. No. 69403, adopted May 4, 1989, did not specifically amend the Code and at the discretion of the editor §§ 1—5 have been included herein as § 2-8

Sec. 2-9. - Policy governing appointment of persons demonstrating bias on basis of race, religion, national origin, sex, age or handicap.

No person shall be appointed to a position if the council finds that such person has, prior to such proposed appointment, engaged in discrimination or demonstrated a bias, by word or deed, against any person, group or organization on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sex, age, or handicap. No appointed official or member of a board or commission, shall engage in discrimination or demonstrate a bias, by word or deed, against any person, group of persons, or organization on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sex, age, or handicap, while serving in such public position. Violation of this standard shall be considered malfeasance in office, and the council shall be authorized to take action as provided by law to remove the offending person from office.

(Ord. No. 80613, 8-11-94)

Editor's note—

Ord. No. 80613, adopted Aug. 11, 1994, has been codified herein at the discretion of the editor as § 2-9

Sec. 2-10. - Municipal court building security account established; imposition of security fee; use of fee.

(a)

A municipal court building security account is hereby established within the general fund pursuant to Article 102.017 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure to account for the receipt and expenditure of the revenues raised by way of the fees established in section 2-10(b) hereof.

(b)

City of San Antonio municipal court judges shall impose of a three dollar ($3.00) security fee as a cost of court on defendants convicted, as that term is defined in Article 102.017 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, in a trial for a misdemeanor offense in municipal court.

(c)

The revenue from the imposition of said fee shall be deposited in the municipal court building security account, and the monies in said account shall be expended only as permitted by the Code of Criminal Procedure or other applicable state law.

(d)

This section shall take effect October 1, 1995.

(Ord. No. 82816, §§ 1—4, 9-14-95)

Editor's note—

Ord. No. 82815, §§ 1—4, adopted Sept. 14, 1995, has been codified herein at the discretion of the editor as § 2-10

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Sec. 2-11. - Library department fees.

(a)

The City of San Antonio Central Library meeting room rental and associated fees are hereby authorized shown in the following tables I and II:

Table I

Table II

(b)

A service fee is hereby authorized for custodial, security or professional assistance which is required or requested by a user of the facilities of the library department. This fee will not be less than ten dollars ($10.00) per hour, per person or more than thirty dollars ($30.00) per hour, per person required or requested.

(c)

The library department is hereby authorized to charge a caterer's fee for events which take place in the San Antonio Central Library as follows: Food/service charges: fifteen (15) percent, liquor charges: twenty-five (25) percent.

(d)

Rental fees for branch library spaces are hereby authorized as shown below:

(1)

The rental fee for Landa Terrace shall be forty dollars ($40.00) per hour for all users.

(2)

The rental fee for all other branch meeting rooms shall be twenty dollars ($20.00) per hour for all users.

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(e)

Overdue fines for the following materials are hereby authorized as follows:

(f)

Library materials which are returned damaged are hereby authorized to be assessed a fee up to one hundred (100) percent of the value of the item.

(g)

A fine will be assessed for uncatalogued items which are either lost or withdrawn because of damage as follows:

In lieu of payments, replacement items (in good condition) of the same type will be accepted; and no processing fee will be charged for uncatalogued items.

(h)

A fine will be assessed for catalogued items which are either lost or withdrawn because of damage as follows:

There will be a five dollar ($5.00) per item processing fee, refundable if the lost item is returned, with receipt, within thirty (30) days of payment. The replacement cost of the lost item will be refunded if the item is returned with receipt at any time.

(i)

The director of the library department is hereby authorized to set fines and fees for new categories of items acquired during the year in anticipation of such fines and fees being adopted by the city council of the city with the adoption of the annual budget.

(j)

The San Antonio Public Library is hereby authorized to charge a nonresident of San Antonio a borrower's card fee as follows:

$100.00 per year

$30.00 per three-month period

(k)

The following fees will be charged in any of the facilities of the library department:

(1)

Ten cents ($0.10) per page for copies produced on a black and white copier on 8.5" × 11" paper, and on 8.5" × 14" paper, and for the operation of Microfilm Copiers, and computer printers;

(2)

Twenty cents ($0.20) per page for copies produced on a black and white copier on 8.5" × 17" paper.

(3)

One dollar ($1.00) per page for copies produced on a color copier on 8.5" × 11" paper, and on 8.5" × 14" paper; and

(4)

Two dollars ($2.00) per page for all copies made on a color copier on 11" × 17" paper.

(5)

Twenty-five cents ($0.25) per page for database printing generated through the use of the library's public computers.

(l)

The library department is hereby authorized to charge a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) per account referred to an agency for the collection of fees, overdue fines and/or other unpaid charges due to the library department.

(m)

Database searches which are done by staff members of the library department will be charged on a cost-recovery basis, after subtraction of any subsidy.

(n)

The director of the library department is hereby authorized to set fees for the sale of promotional and novelty items sold by the library department.

(Ord. No. 82815, §§ 1, 2, 9-14-95; Ord. No. 84795, § 1, 9-19-96; Ord. No. 96405, § 1, 9-19-02; Ord. No. 96681, § 5, 11-7-02; Ord. No. 99737, §§ 1—4, 9-16-04; Ord. No. 101401, § 1, 9-15-05; Ord. No. 2006-09-07-1005, §§ 1, 3, 9-7-06; Ord. No. 2006-09-07-1006, § 1, 9-7-06; Ord. No. 2007-09-13-0973H, § 1, 9-13-07; Ord. No. 2008-09-11-0777D, §§ 1—9, 9-11-08; Ord. No. 2009-09-17-0731H, §§ 1, 2, 9-17-09; Ord. No. 2010-09-16-0791, § 1(Att. B), 9-16-10)

Editor's note—

Ordinance No. 84795, § 1, adopted September 19, 1996 rescinded § 2-6.2 in order to consolidate all library fees in § 2-11

Sec. 2-12. - Convention center rental rates and policies.

The city council hereby approves the revised rates and policies of the convention facilities department for the use of convention facilities and equipment as set out in attachment I, which is on file in the office of the city clerk.

(Ord. No. 84800, § 1, 9-19-96)

Sec. 2-13. - Fees for international services.

The following fees are established for the use of the international services provided to clients by the city's international affairs department: A fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) per person for participating in seminars conducted by the international affairs department addressing business opportunities in Mexico; a fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per participant for participating in the San Antonio Export Leaders Program; a fee of two hundred dollars ($200.00) per project for consulting services; a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per day for Cas San Antonio office rental; a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) per trade show; a mailing service fee of one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per envelope; and a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) each company list production. A fee of three hundred dollars ($300.00) for city residents and four hundred dollars ($400.00) for non-residents per participant for participating in the trade missions program; and a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) for city residents and sixty dollars ($60.00) for non-residents for each potential client list.

The city council hereby establishes a fee of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) per event for the international affairs department to host and secure speakers for international trade lectures. Fees collected shall be deposited into the general fund.

The city council also establishes a fee of sixty dollars ($60.00) for each tie or scarf sold as official city merchandise associated with the international affairs department. Fees collected shall be deposited into the community and visitor facilities fund.

(Ord. No. 86617, § 1, 9-11-97; Ord. No. 90495, § 1, 9-16-99; Ord. No. 99736, §§ 1, 2, 9-16-04; Ord. No. 2006-09-07-1004, § 3, 9-7-06; Ord. No. 2008-09-11-0777K, §§ 1, 2, 9-11-08)

Editor's note—

Ord. No. 2008-09-11-0777K, §§ 1, 2, adopted September 11, 2008, did not specify manner of inclusion; hence, inclusion in § 2-13 is at the discretion of the editor.

Sec. 2-14. - Designation of the City Hall Complex.

(a)

The city-owned building currently known as the Main Plaza Building is hereby renamed the Municipal Plaza Building.

(b)

All adjacent property owned by the city and consisting of the properties on which are located the Plaza de Armas Building, the 1889 City Hall, and the City Hall Annex are hereby designated the City Hall Complex. Attached to Ordinance No. 80002 and incorporated herein by reference is a plat of these properties showing the boundaries of the Complex.

(c)

For legal purposes all such properties shall also be collectively considered the San Antonio City Hall and any requirement that any act or matter be done or located at City Hall shall be deemed to meet the criteria if done or located within this complex.

(Ord. No. 80002, §§ 1—3, 4-14-94)

Sec. 2-15. - International Center rental fees, audio-visual equipment rental fees and catering fees.

(a)

International Center rental fees. The fees for hourly rate to use the conference center and the conference room in the International Center are listed below and are hereby adopted:

(b)

Audio-visual equipment rental. The fees for rental of equipment to be used in conjunction with the rental of conference rooms in the International Center are listed below and are hereby adopted.

Wireless microphone, per event .....$ 60.00

Lectern/podium, per event .....45.00

Standard microphone, per event .....20.00

Projection screen, per event .....150.00

(c)

Catering fees. A catering fee of ten (10) percent of the total food/services/alcohol invoiced to the facility user for the International Center Restaurant shall be charged. Said catering fees shall be in addition to any other applicable permit and license fees established in the Code.

(d)

Waiver of catering fees. The director of asset management, as designee of the city manager, may administratively approve a waiver of catering fees associated with catered events held at the International Center conference or meeting room when utilized by city departments for internal, official city business.

(Ord. No. 99749, § 2, 9-16-04)

Editor's note—

Ord. No. 99749, § 2, adopted September 16, 2004, amended § 2-15 in its entirety to read as herein set out. Formerly, § 2-15 pertained to International Center audio-visual equipment rental, and derived from Ord. No. 96413, § 1, adopted September 19, 2002.

Sec. 2-16. - Grant application and state enterprise zone processing fee.

(a)

A fee of one thousand five-hundred dollars ($1,500.00) shall be charged to agencies seeking grant application assistance from the economic development department.

(b)

A fee of five hundred dollars ($500.00) per packet shall be charged for the processing of state enterprise zone nomination packets by the economic development department.

(c)

"Agency" is defined as a political subdivision of the state to include defense base authorities established under Texas Local Government Code 379B as amended.

(Ord. No. 99732, §§ 1, 2, 9-16-04)

Editor's note—

Ord. No. 99732, §§ 1, 2, adopted September 16, 2004, enacted provisions intended for use as § 2-15. Inasmuch as there are already provisions so designated, and at the discretion of the editor, said provisions have been redesignated as § 2-16

Sec. 2-17. - Economic development grant application fee.

An application fee of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) to be charged by the economic development department for all grants authorized under Chapter 380 of the Texas Local Government Code is approved. Such fee shall be waived in instances when an applicant is also applying for a tax phase-in agreement.

(Ord. No. 2006-09-07-0999, § 1, 9-7-06)

Editor's note—

Ord. No. 2006-09-07-0999, § 2, adopted September 7, 2006, did not specify manner of inclusion; hence, inclusion as § 2-17 is at the discretion of the editor.

Sec. 2-18. - Fee for outside governmental entities or agencies to use city contracts.

(a)

There is hereby approved a fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per contract to be charged by the purchasing and contract services department to each outside governmental entity or agency that desires to use city contracts.

(b)

Funds received pursuant to this ordinance shall be deposited in such fund numbers as designated by the budget ordinance approved by the city council.

(c)

The financial allocations in this section are subject to approval by the director of finance of the city. The director may, subject to concurrence by the city manager or the city manager's designee, correct allocations to specific cost centers and fund numbers as necessary to carry out the purpose of this section.

(Ord. No. 2008-09-11-0777L, §§ 1—3, 9-11-08)

Editor's note—

Ord. No. 2008-09-0777L, §§ 1—3, adopted September 11, 2008, did not specify manner of inclusion; hence, inclusion as § 2-18 is at the discretion of the editor.