HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-2017-3679 Amending Chapter 30 of Appendix A, Fees, Emergency Services - Non-member Fee (per event) ORDINANCE NO.2017-3679
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING "APPENDIX A, FEES," OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, PERTAINING TO CHARGES
FOR SERVICES RENDERED IN AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE CORPORATE LIMITS
OF LA PORTE BY INCREASING "NON-MEMBER FEE (PER EVENT)";
CONTAINING A SEVERABLITY CLAUSE; CONTAINING A REPEALING 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 PORTE:
Section 1. Chapter 30 of Appendix A — Fees, "Emergency Services," Article III,
"Emergency Medical Services," "Non-member fee (per event)," of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of La Porte, Texas, is hereby amended and shall hereafter read as follows,to-wit:
"Non-member fee (per event) .... $ 5,000.00"
Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances of the City of La Porte, Texas, in
conflict with any provision contained herein is hereby repealed to the extent of any conflict.
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 declared invalid.
Section 4. 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, Chapter 551, Texas
Government Code; 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 5. This Ordinance shall be in effect from and after its passage and approval. The
fees in this ordinance shall be effective upon passage and approval of this Ordinance, unless
otherwise indicated.
PASSED AND APPROVED on this the (®- day of :"w 2017.
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Assistant City Attorney