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e e ORDINANCE NO. 2002-2603 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF LA PORTE, FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. The city Council hereby adopts Texas Code of criminal Procedure Article 45.521, whereby authority is given to a justice or judge of a municipal court to require a defendant to discharge previously assessed court fines or costs through performance of community service work, and Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 45.54, whereby community ,service may be imposed as a condit~on of an order of deferred disposition. Texas Code of criminal Procedure Articles 45.521 and 45.54 are incorporated by reference in this section, and made a part of this section as fully as if copied at length in this section; a copy is on file in the office of the City Secretary. Section 2. It shall be the official policy of the City of La Porte to establish a community service program as authorized by the above referenced provisions of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. Pursuant to said code, community service work ordered by the Municipal Court shall be performed only for a governmental entity or non-profit organization that provides services to the general public that enhance social welfare and the general well- being of the community. Section 3. The Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of La Porte is hereby authorized to administer the community service program created by this ordinance in any such manner that comports with the conditions and requirements of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.