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<br />Hurricane Ike Proclamation <br />Second Amended Curfew City Ordinance # 3lll <br />September 17, 2008 <br /> <br />Due to Hurricane Ike, the City of La Porte has issued a mandatory evacuation of the <br />City. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, by proclamation issued September 11, 2008 and amended September 13, <br />2008, the Mayor declared a curfew for the City of La Porte. Whereas, by this <br />proclamation issued September 17, 2008, the Mayor has amended that curfew as <br />follows: <br /> <br />WHEREAS, said state of disaster requires that certain emergency measures be taken <br />pursuant to the Executive Order of the Governor Relating to Emergency Management. <br />Now, therefore, the following amended regulations shall take effect immediately upon <br />issuance, and shall remain in effect as noted: <br /> <br />1. CURFEW <br />(a) A person shall not remain or travel upon any public or private property <br />within the city of La Porte City limits as follows; <br /> <br />From 12:00 am, midnight, on Thursday, September 18, 2008 until 5:00 am on <br />Thursday, September 18, 2008; thereafter nightly, from 12:00 am until 5:00 <br />am until further notice. <br /> <br />(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to: <br /> <br />(1) a person authorized by the Emergency Management Director to <br />assist in the production of the health, safety, or welfare of the <br />public; or <br />(2) a person who remains or travels upon private property which is <br />owned by him or upon which the person has been invited. <br /> <br />2. PENALTY <br />(a) This regulation shall have the effect of an ordinance when signed by the <br />Mayor. <br />(b) A person who violates any provision of this regulation, upon conviction, <br />is punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). <br /> <br />3. EMERGENCY <br />This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage and <br />publication, and it is accordingly so ordered. <br /> <br />f\O~TED AND APPROVED this 17th_day of September, 2008. <br /> <br />~~p~ <br /> <br />Mayor, City of La Porte <br />Harris County, Texas <br />