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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />I I <br /> <br />Ordinance <br /> <br />, Page 4 <br /> <br />city under the terms and prov~sions of this chapter. <br />(b) Auto Wrecker. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive <br />or operate or cause to be driven or operated any auto wrecker, as that <br />term has been heretofore defined, upon any public street in the city <br />for the purpose of towing or hauling wrecked or diabled vehicles, <br />either for hire or as an incident to obtaining the business of storing, <br />wrecking or repairing such wrecked or disabled vehicles, without having <br />first obtained an auto wrecker permit, from the City of La Porte, duly. <br />issued to such person to operate an emergency auto wrecker on the <br />streets of the city. The holder of an auto wrecker permit shall not be <br />required to obtain a towing vehicle permit in addition thereto. <br />(c) In any prosecution for a violation of this subsection, <br />proof than an owner's wrecking vehicle was present at the scene of a <br />collision or accident in Which a vehicle was wrecked or disabled shall <br />constitute prima facie evidence that such owner was operating or caus- <br />ing to be operated his wrecking vehicle as an unlicensed towing vehi- <br />cle or auto wrecker as the case may be. <br />Sec. 6-3. Insurance required. <br />(a) Before any permit shall be issued to any owner of an auto <br />wrecker or emergency auto wrecker, or before any renewal of said <br />permit shall be granted, the owner shall be required to file an in- <br />surance policy and or certificate of insurance policy and or certifi- <br />cate of insurance with the City Secretary, evidencing insurance cover- <br />age complying with the requirements contained in paragraph (b) below. <br />(b) Insurance coverage in paragraph (a) above means an insurance <br />policy or policies and/or a certificate, or certificates of insurance <br />covering all licensed towing vehicles or auto wreckers of the insured, <br />issued by a company or companies qualified to do business in the State <br />of Texas and performable in Harris County, Texas. All insurance <br />policies or certificates of insurance, including garage liability <br /> <br />~s- <br />