Before the issuance and delivery of any permit by the secretary in cases where a permit is required by either the laws of the state or by any ordinance of the city now in force or that may hereafter be in force, the city secretary shall carefully ascertain whether or not such person, persons, firms, partnership or corporation requesting such permit is in any manner indebted to the city for matured taxes or debts of any kind, and if he or she shall so find that such person, or persons or combination of persons, firms or corporations, is so indebted to the city, he or she shall not issue such permit, unless such person, persons, firm, partnership or corporation requesting such permit shall then and there pay such taxes or debt to the proper receiving officer of the city.
(Ordinance 449 adopted 8/10/39)
(a) 
Certified copies of birth certificates and death certificates shall hereafter be issued by the person designated as local registrar for the city and those deputized to act as his or her agent.
(b) 
Fees shall be charged for issuance of certified copies as provided for in the fee schedule found in appendix A to this code.
(Ordinance 1094 adopted 9/13/90)
The San Benito News, a newspaper published within the city, and a newspaper of general circulation within the county, is here by designated as the official newspaper of the city.
(Ordinance 2564 adopted 8/20/19)
The City Commission of the City of San Benito hereby adopts the City of San Benito Procurement/Purchasing Policy and Procedures and Petty Cash, which is hereto attached as exhibit A to Ordinance 2596-A-01-2024 and incorporated herein by reference.
(Ordinance 2596-01-2022 adopted 1/18/2022; Ordinance 2596-A-01-2024 adopted 2/6/2024)