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• <br /> ORDINANCE NO. 3127-A <br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 10 "AMUSEMENTS" OF THE .COD <br /> OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, . TEXAS, RELATING TO <br /> THE USE AND REGULATION : OF COIN y. 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 /> • <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 • <br /> which credits, or r the equivalent . thereof, : are accumulated when a particular configuration of i like <br /> symbols is ,in a random; fashion by . ma chme, 4 sy m bols numbers are matched ,to, a <br /> randomly *selected = ;symbol or num determ by the machine; a combination o cards is awed at <br /> and valued in a traditional hierarchy' for purposes of poker; or a combination of cards is arrived at and <br /> po ass for purposes of blackjack." <br /> SECTION 2. Chapter 10 "Amusements ", Article II "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 thegmachine, if first displayed during a calendar year, at the rates <br /> established in Appendix A of this Code. <br /> Page 1 of 5 <br />