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abt I— 33(o3 <br />ORDINANCE NO. 3M <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 10 "AMUSEMENTS" OF THE CODE <br />OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, RELATING TO <br />THE USE AND REGULATION OF COIN OPERATED MACHINES; <br />REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 3127, AND AS CODIFIED IN CHAPTER 10 <br />"AMUSEMENTS"; CONTAINING A SEVERABLITY CLAUSE; CONTAINING <br />A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING AN OPEN MEETINGS CLAUSE; <br />PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE <br />SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION <br />SHALL BE FINED IN A SUM NOT TO EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500); <br />PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION HEREOF; AND <br />PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: <br />SECTION 1. Chapter 10 "Amusements", Article II "Coin -Operated Machines", Division 1 <br />"Generally", Section 10-31 "Definitions" of the Code of Ordinances is hereby amended by adding <br />the following term, to be included in proper alphabetical sequence: <br />"Amusement redemption machine means a recreational machine, including eight -liner machines, that <br />provides the user with an opportunity to receive something of value other than a right to replay and in <br />which credits, or the equivalent thereof, are accumulated when: a particular configuration of like <br />symbols is displayed in a random fashion by the machine; symbols or numbers are matched to a <br />randomly selected symbol or number determined by the machine; a combination of cards is arrived at <br />and valued in a traditional hierarchy for purposes of poker, or a combination of cards is arrived at and <br />points assigned for purposes of blackjack." <br />SECTION 2. Chapter 10 "Amusements", Article 11 "Coin -Operated Machines", Division 2 <br />"Occupational Tax", Section 10-54 "Payment; decal as evidence thereof; display; proration of tax" of <br />the Code of Ordinances is hereby amended to read as follows: <br />"Sec. 10-54. - Payment; decal as evidence thereof; display; proration of tax. <br />(a) Every owner who owns, controls, possesses, exhibits, displays or who permits to be exhibited <br />or displayed in the city any skill or pleasure -oriented coin-operated machine shall pay on every <br />such machine, the annual occupational tax levied in section 10-51. Such occupational tax shall be <br />payable to the city secretary on or before December 15 for the next succeeding calendar year, or <br />at the time of the display of the machine, if first displayed during a calendar year, at the rates <br />established in Appendix A of this Code. <br />Pagel of 5 <br />