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RESOLUTION NO. /,;J.~ 7':<
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A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SAN BERNARDINO RELATING TO PRICE MARKING LEGISLATION.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SAN BERNARDINO AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, under current California law, consumers are
protected when markets change to automated checkout systems by
the requirement that products must be price marked or stamped
with readable, Arabic numbers; and
WHEREAS, some markets in other parts of the country have
ceased marking products and rely only on the new Universal
Product Code which is not readable to human eyes OE on markings
on shelves which are often unreliable; and
WHEREAS, the present California law expires on April 1,
1977; and
WHEREAS, to protect consumers from computer error, by no
means a rare phenomenon, two bills have been introduced in the
State Legislature which would reimpose the requirement for
price marking on packages and cans, effective January 1, 1978,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR ~ COMMON
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO that for thT benefit of
the consumers of this City, we declare it to be our public
policy to support Senate Bill No.32 and Assembly Bill No.18,
the Price Marking Bills now under consideration by the Senate
and Assembly of the State of California.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly
adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San
Bernardino at a ~L~ /d. h/'
held on the 7H day /; \ ~7
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meeting thereof,
, 1977, by the
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following vote, to wit:
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The foregoing resolution is hereby approved t~is J7tl
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