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e - ORDINANCE NO. 2005-2803 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 30 "EMERGENCY SERVICES", ARTICLE III "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF LA PORTE BY ADDING NEW SECTIONS 30-79 THROUGH 30-93 AND BY AMENDING APPENDIX B "FINES" FOR THE PURPOSE OF REGULATING THE OPERATION OF PRIVATELY OWNED AMBULANCES ON THE PUBLIC STREETS OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE; PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND SHALL UPON CONVICTION BE FINED A SUM OF NOT MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00) FOR EACH VIOLATION; REPEALING ORDINANCE 781; 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. New Sections 30-79 through 30-93 are hereby added to Chapter 30 Emergency Services of the Code of Ordinances, City of La Porte; said new Sections 30- 79 through 30-93, shall hereafter read as indicated on Exhibit "A," attached hereto and incorporated for all purposes by reference herein. SECTION 2. Appendix B Fines is hereby amended by adding a fine description and a fine amount to read as follows, to-wit: Amount Section this Code Chapter 30. Emergency Services Article III. Emergency Medical Services (a) Fine for violation of article $500.00 30-91 (b) SECTION 3. Unless another penalty is expressly provided, every person convicted of a violation of any provision of the Code or any ordinance, rule or regulation adopted or issued in pursuance thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500.00. Each act of violation and each day upon which any such violation shall occur shall constitute