59R-5257
RESOLUTION NO. ~
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ANAHEIM URGING GOVERNOR EDMUND G. BROWN TO
VETO ASSEMBLY BILL 528.
WHEREAS, the California Legislature has passed and
adopted Assembly Bill 528 amending Sections 3212 and 3212.5
of the Labor Code, relating to workments compensation; and
"injury"
the case
WHEREAS, said Assembly Bill 528 defines the term
to include pneumonia, heart trouble, and hernia in
of city and county officers; and
WHEREAS, said Assembly Bill 528 provides that hernia,
heart trouble or pneumonia developing or manifesting itself in
such cases shall be presumed to arise out of and in the course
of the employment, and further provides that such hernia, heart
trouble or pneumonia so developing or manifesting itself in
such cases shall in no case be attributed to any disease exist-
ing prior to such development or manifestation; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that under the pro-
visions of this proposed law that it would be possible for a
referee of the Industrial Accident and Safety Commission, or
the Commission itself, to find on the basis of evidence satis-
factory to him that the heart trouble was directly and solely
the result of a disease existing prior to such development or
manifestation and to impose liability upon a city or a county
for the injury in such cases; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the expenditure
of public funds for the payment for an injury in such a case
would be an illegal and unconstitutional expenditure of public
funds; and
WHEREAS, the City Council does find that said Assembly
Bill 528 is now before the Honorable Edmund G. Brown, Governor
of California, for signature or veto, and that he should be
urged to veto said bill;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Anaheim that the Honorable Edmund G. Brown, Governor
of California, be, and he is hereby, urged to veto Assembly Bill
528 for the reasons set forth herein.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk be, and she
is hereby authorized and directed to prepare a certified copy of
this Resolution and forward it immediately to the Honorable
Edmund G. Brown, Governor of California.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and signed by me
this 26th day of May, 1959.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COVNTY OF OAANGE )
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
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I, DENE M. WILLIAMS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 5257 was in-
troduced and adopted at a regular meeting, provided by law, of the
City Council of the City of Anaheim, held on the 26th day of May,
1959, by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSBNT :
COUNCILMEN:
COOCILMJ:N:
COUfCILMEN:
Borden, Coons, Fry, Pearson and Schutte.
None.
None.
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim
approved and signed said Resolution No. 5257 on the 26th day of May,
1959.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the official seal of the City or Anaheim this 26th .day of
May, 1959.
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