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. . Ordinance 1743, Page 4 hazardous food, and/or prepackaged potentially hazardous food, shall have a person employed in a managerial capacity possessing a current food manager's certificate issued by the Harris County Health Department. A certified manager or person in charge must be on duty during all hours of operation of any non-exempt food service establishment employing six (6) or more employees per eight (8) hour shift. Upon written application and presentation of evidence of satisfactory completion of a food manager's course, equivalent training, or examination as approved by the Director of Public Health, the Harris County Health Department shall issue a food manager's certificate valid for three (3) years from the date of completion of training or evaluation unless sooner revoked. Suspension or revocation of an establishment's health permit by the Harris County Health Department shall constitute cause for revocation of that establishment's imanager's certification. Whenever the food service operator holding the certificate terminates employment, is terminated, or is transferred to another food establishment, the person owning, operating or managing the food establishment shall be allowed sixty (60) days (from the date of such termination or transfer of the certificate holder) to comply with this section. (B) Exemptions from Certificate Requirement - Temporary food establishments and persons participating as volunteer food handlers performing charitable activities for period of fourteen (14) days or less may be exempted from the requirement for manager's certificate. Section 7. FINE FOR VIOLATIONS Any person who violates a provision of this ordinance, upon conviction in the municipal court of the City of La Porte, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00) for each offense, and each and every day such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense. section 8. SAVINGS CLAUSE Each and every provision, paragraph, sentence and clause of this Ordinance has been separately considered and passed by the City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas, and each said provision would have been separately passed without any other prov1s10n, and if any provision hereof shall be ineffective, invalid or unconstitutional, for aniY cause, it shall not impair or affect the remaining portion, or any part thereof, but the valid portion shall be in force just as if it had been passed separately. Section 9. REPEALING CLAUSE All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealedi provided, however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency