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. . (a) Putrescible materials must be carried in a container that will prevent any loss due to spillage or other means and that is not accessible to rats, varmints, rodents, or other vectors. These classes shall at all times comply with all applicable City Ordinances and state and Federal statutes, and shall be cumulative upon thereof. SECTION 28. VEHICLES TO BE COVERED. It shall be u.nlawful for any person to operate on the streets of the City of La Porte, a vehicle carrying garbage or trash, without providing an adequate cover for the garbage and trash, which shall be kept in place except when loading and unloading. SECTION 29. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF ARTICLE. Any person, as defined in section 1.07(26), Texas Penal Code, who shall violate any provision of this ordinance, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in an amount not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). Each day of any such 'violation shall be deemed a separate offense. SECTION 30. SEVERABILITY. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause, or any part of any section, sentence, phrase, or clause of this ordinance shall, for any reason, be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, and it is hereby declared to be the intention of this City Council to have passed each section, sentence, phrase, or clause, or part thereof, irrespective of the fact that any other section, sentence, phrase or clause, or part thereof, may be declared invalid. SECTION 31. OPEN MEETINGS. The City Council officially finds, determines, recites, and declares that a sufficient notice of the date, hour, place and subject of this meeting of the City Council was posted at a place convenient to the public at the City Hall of the City for the time required by law preceding this meeting, as required by the Open Meetings Law, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code; and that this meeting has been open to the public as required by law at all times during which this ordinance and the subject matter thereof has been discussed, considered and formally acted upon. The City Council further ratifies, approves and confirms such written notice and the contents and posting thereof. SECTION 32. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be effective fourteen (14) days after its passage and approval. The City Secretary shall give notice of the passage of this ordinance by causing the caption hereof to be published in the official newspaper of the City of La Porte at least twice within ten (10) days after the passage of this ordinance. 10