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e e Ordinance NQ. 1125 , page 8. e opposing witnesses. After hearing the evidence presented by both sides, City Commission shall, based on a preponderance of the evidence, render its decision. A copy of the decision. shall be sent to all parties by certified mail, return receipt requested, as soon after the conclusion of the hearing as practical, but in no event more than thirty (30) days. This shall conclude the licensee's administrative remedies and the City Commission action shall be final. Section 12. Reports of property suspected stolen. (a) It shall be the duty of the licensee, his agents or employees, to report immediately to the police department any offer to sell to the licensee, his agents, or employees any property that is stolen, or by reasonable diligence by the licensee, his agents, or employees, should know is stolen, together with the identity, when known, and description of the person or persons making such offer. Such licensee, his agents, or employees, shall also report any property acquired by the licensee which the licensee, his agents or employees, subse- quently determine or reasonably suspect to be stolen property and the licensee, his agents or employees, shall furnish such other information as might be helpful to the police in investigating the matter. (b) It shall be unlawful for any licensee, his agents or employees to purchase an item of property on which are written or affixed the words "Property of the City of La Porte" or other words demonstrating ownership by the City of La Porte except in the following circumstances: (1) Where the person offering such property for sale is an employee of the City of La Porte authorized by the City Administrator to make such a sale and provides the licensee, his agents or employees with a written author- ization from the City Administrator for the sale of such property; or (2) Where the person offering such property for sale presents at the time of such offer a valid receipt from e e .