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e e ORDINANCE NO. 99-.2.3..62. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 14, ANIMALS, SECTION 14-108, VICIOUS OR DANGEROUS DOGS; REMOVAL FROM CITY UPON NOTICE; IMPOUNDMENT AND DESTRUCTION; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE , HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. Section 14-108 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, Texas is hereby amended to read as follows, to-wit: "Sec. 14-108. Vicious or dangerous dogs; removal from city upon notice; impoundment and destruction Vicious or dangerous dogs shall be governed by the provisions of V.T.C.A., Health and Safety Code ch. 822. Any vicious or dangerous dog that is determined to be a dangerous dog under ch. 822 of the Texas Health and Safety Code by the animal control authority of the City of La Porte shall immediately be impounded and kept in secure and humane conditions until a court of competent jurisdiction orders the final disposition of the dog as allowed by ch. 822 of the Texas Health and Safety Code." Section 2. 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, it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City of 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 3. The City Council officially finds, determines, recites and declares that a sufficient written 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