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SAN LEANDRO MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE VI VEHICLES CHAPTER 6 -6 TAXIS (b) All taxi meters must .be certified by the Alameda County Office of Weights and Measures on a yearly basis. The owner will provide the Chief of Police a copy of the inspection certificate with the annual application for renewal of the taxicab business permit. (c) The Chief of Police shall compel the owner to discontinue the operation of any taxicab in which the taxi meter is found to calculate incorrectly until the taxi meter is repaired or replaced with one in proper working .order. and the meter has passed the inspection of the Alameda County Office of Weights and Measures. (d) Every driver shall at all times maintain the flag attached to the taxi meter in a position to correctly denote whether the vehicle is or is not employed. and shall at all times place the flag of the taxi meter in a non - recording position at the termination of each and every service. 6 -6 -445 FAILURE TO PAY FARE UNLAWFUL. It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse to pay the legal fare of any taxicab after having hired the same, and any person who shall hire any taxicab with the intent to defraud the person from whom it is hired shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 6 -6 -450 REQUIRED EQUIPMENT. Each taxicab operated under a taxicab business permit issued pursuant to this Chapter shall at all times have all equipment required by the California Vehicle Code including, but not limited to the following: (a) One operable safety belt for each passenger carved; (b) A spare tire. capable of being used on any of the wheels of the vehicle; (c) A set of tools for changing tires; • (d) A hydraulic and emergency braking system in proper operating order; (e) Safety or shatterproof glass in windshield, windows and doors: (t) Interior and Exterior rearview mirrors; (g) A fully charged, working fire extinguisher; and (h) Waybills or trip sheets upon which to record passenger names, time of beginning of trip, time of end of trip, location where passenger was picked up and location where passenger was delivered. 17