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. . . .. f'" ORDINANCE NO. l387-A AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. l387 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: CHANGING THE DEFINITION OF THE "JUNKED VEHICLE" CONTAINED IN SAID ORDINANCE: PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE FINED IN ANY SUM NOT MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00); CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE: FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETING LAW: AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS: Section 1. Section 1 of Ordinance No. 1387 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, is hereby amended, to read as follows, to-wit: JUNKED VEHICLE. Means any motor vehicle as defined in Section 1, of Article 670ld-ll, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, as amended, which: (a) that is inoperative: and (b) that dOE!S not have lawfully affixed to it either an unexpired license plate or valid motor vehicle safety inspection certi- ficate: that is wrecked, dismantled, partially dismantled, or discarded: or that remains inoperable for a continuous period of more than 45 days. PERSON. Any individual, firm, partnership, association, corpora- tion, company, or organization of any kind. DEMOLISHER. Any person whose business is to convert a motor vehicle into processed scrap or scrap metal, or otherwise wreck or dismantle motor vehicles. . Section 2. Any person, as defined in Section 1.07 (27) Texas Penal Code, who shall violate any provision of the 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 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 s:' declared invalid.