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e e -9- Section 12. Public Liability Insurance Required. Before an emergency ambulance operator's permit is granted to an applicant, or before any renewal thereof, the applicant or the operator seeking renewal shall provide evidence to the City Commission that he has in full force and effect a public liability insurance policy on each emergency ambulance, such insurance policy to be issued by an insurance company licensed to do business in the State of Texas, or by a surplus line insur- ance company which is not legally prohibited from doing business in the State of Texas. Such insurance policy or policies shall provide liability insurance in the amount of not less than $50,000 for anyone accident and not less than $25,000 for injury to anyone person, and not less than $5,000 for property damage for anyone accident. Such insurance policy shall not contain a passenger liabilitY,exclusion. Each liability insurance policy shall contain a provision obligating the insurer to give to the City Commission written notice of cancellation not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of any cancellation. Section 13. Emergency Ambulance Driver's Qualifications. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or drive an emergency ambulance upon the streets of the City of La Porte, unless the driver thereof shall meet the following qualifications: 1. Driver must be twenty-one (21) years of age or older. 2. A person may not be a driver if he has been convicted of a felony or of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude within the past ten (10) years. 3. A driver must be the holder of a Texas Chauffeur's license. Section 14. Use of Red Lights and Sirens; Speed, etc. 1. It shall be unlawful to operate or drive an emergency ambulance on the public streets of the City of La Porte in excess of the speed limits applicable to non-emergency vehicles unless the driver thereof has been dispatched or cleared for emergency '.:'~~mb!llanc~ service. "