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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
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declared invalid.
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Section 4. ~~e 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 5. This Ordinance shall be effective fourteen (14) days
after its passage and approval. The City Secretary shall give notice
of the passage of this ordinance by causing the caption hereof to be
published in the official newspaper in the City of La Porte at least
twice within ten (10) days after the passage of this ordinance.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the ~.f;iI: day of
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1986.
CITY OF LA PORTE
By: Ii #77?'/U./:~ ~
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ATTEST:
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City Secretary
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