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Sec. 10-609. Recovery of monetary loss. Nothing herein shall preclude an owner of a vehicle who suffers a monetary loss from the forfeiture of a vehicle under this section from recovering the amount of the actual monetary loss from the person who committed the act giving rise to forfeiture under this chapter. Sec. 10-610. Disposal of vehicle and distribution of proceeds. (a) In all cases where vehicles seized pursuant to this chapter are forfeited to the City, the vehicles shall be sold, or otherwise disposed of, the proceeds shall be distributed and appropriated as follows: (1) To any lender, finance company or lien holder with an interest in the vehicle, if any, up to the amount of security interest in the vehicle. (2) Each department of the city that incurred costs related to the seizure, impoundment, forfeiture and disposal of the vehicle shall be reimbursed. (3) All remaining proceeds shall be distributed to the general fund. (4) The funds distributed to a City Department pursuant to this section shall not supplant any funds that would, in the absence of this section, be' made available to support those departments. .. . Sec. 10-611. Alternative settlement procedures. Any person, or his or her servant, agent or employee who owns, leases, conducts, uses or maintains any vehicle which has been seized in accordance with this chapter may request to execute a voluntary settlement agreement with the City for the return of the vehicle. Such request may be made in writing or verbally to the City Attorney's office. The minimum amount of the settlement fee shall be sufficient to cover all of the City's reasonable administrative costs, including attorney's fees and personnel time for the seizure and forfeiture action. The actual amount shall be at the sole and absolute discretion of the City Attorney. The executed settlement agreement shall be accompanied by the appropriate settlement fee amount in the form of a money order or cashier's check. All settlements funded shall be distributed as set forth in Section 10- 610 (a)(2) and (a)(3). Section 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that anyone or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. Ordinance NS-2679 Page 8 of9