1991-09-23 Regular Meeting and Public Hearing

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• • ORDINANCE N0. 1784 AN ORDINANCE DECLARING TEiAT IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO TRAP, HUNT, SHOOT OR ATTEMPT TO SHOOT OR MOLEST IN ANY MANNER, ANY ANIMAL; PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING TEE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE FINED IN A SUM NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00); PROVIDING A SEVERABILTY CLAUSE] FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTS: Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to trap, hunt, shoot or attempt to shoot or molest in any manner, any animal. Section 2. The City Council officially finds, determines, recites and declares that a sufficient written notice of the date, hour, place and subject of this meeting of the City Council was posted at a place convenient to the public at the City Hall of the City for the time required by law preceding this meeting, as required by the Open Meetings Law, Article 6252-17, Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated; and that this meeting has been open to the public as required by law at all times during which this ordinance and the subject matter thereof has been discussed, considered and formally acted upon. The City Council further ratifies, approves and confirms such written notice and the contents and posting thereof. Section 3. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause, or any part of any section, sentence, phrase, or clause, of this ordinance shall, for any reason, be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this Ordinance, and it. is hereby declared to be the intention of this City Council to have passed each section, sentence, phrase or clause, or part thereof, irrespective of the fact that any other section, sentence, phrase or clause, or part thereof, may be invalid. Section 4. Any person, as defined in Section 1.07(27), Texas Penal Code, who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00). Section 5. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict only.