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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. <br /> <br />/i":J.4 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 24-3, IIINSURANCEII, OF CHAPTER 24, <br />IITAXICABS,II, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE; <br />FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; PROVIDING ANY <br />PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED <br />GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR, AND SHALL, UPON CONVICTION, BE FINED <br />IN ANY SUM NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00); AND <br />PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: <br /> <br />Section 1. Section 24-3, IIInsurancell, of Chapter 24, IITaxi- <br /> <br />cabs, II of the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte is <br /> <br />amended, and shall hereafter read as follows, to-wit: <br /> <br />IISeC. 24-3. Insurance. <br /> <br />(a) The holder of any permit under this chapter to conduct <br /> <br />a taxicab business in the city shall, at all times during the <br /> <br />life of such permit, keep each and every vehicle operated by <br /> <br />him under his permit insured in accordance with the requirements <br /> <br />contained in subsection (b) below. <br /> <br />(b) Insurance coverage in subsection (a) above means an <br /> <br />insurance policy or policies covering all licensed taxicabs of <br /> <br />the insured issued by a company or companies qualified to do <br /> <br />business in Texas and performable in Harris County. <br /> <br />Such <br /> <br />policy or policies must contain a provision or an endorsement <br /> <br />requiring that the director be given fifteen (15) days' notice <br /> <br />before the policy can be cancelled for any cause, and naming the <br /> <br />City of La Porte as an additional named insured on said policy. <br /> <br />The minimum amounts of liability under said insurance policy <br /> <br />or policies shall be fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) for <br /> <br />anyone single personal injury of one person; thirty thousand <br /> <br />dollars ($30,000.00) for personal injury in anyone single <br />accident; and fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) property <br /> <br />damage of anyone single accident, or the minimum amounts of <br /> <br />liability requried by the State of Texas, whichever is greater. II <br />