O-2020-3785 Extending the City's juvenile curfew ordinance

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certificate. or that the minor is home schooled and has permission from parent or guardian to be out in public. (12) That the owner, operator, or employee of an establishment promptly notified the police department that a minor was present on the premises of the establishment during curfew hours and refused to leave. Sec. 42-75.-Supplemental effect of article. The provisions of this article are supplemental and shall be cumulative with all other laws and ordinances applicable in any manner to juveniles. Sec.42-76.-Enforcement of article. Notwithstanding the penal effect of this article, the chief of police is encouraged to develop alternative enforcement strategies,which may include, but need not be limited to,the return of minors to their residences or schools, counseling with minors and their parents or guardians, the issuances of warning citations to minors or their parents or guardians,or the referral of instances that appear to also involve the violation of school attendance laws to those officers who are responsible for the enforcement of those laws. The enforcement strategies shall be promulgated in writing to members of the police department so that this article may be enforced in a uniform manner. Sec.42-77.-Penalty for violation of article. Any person who violates this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction in the municipal court of the city shall be subject to a fine in an amount not to exceed$500.00." Section 3. The City Council directs that a complete copy of this ordinance be distributed to business establishments, as the term "establishment" is defined in Section 42-72 of the Code of Ordinances, located within the corporate limits of the City of La Porte. Section 4. Any person, as defined in Section 1.07 (27), Texas Penal Code, who shall violate any provision of the ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00). Section 5. 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 provision, and if any provision hereof shall be ineffective, invalid or unconstitutional, for any 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 alone. 4