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AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING CHAPTER 19D OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE,
1958, AS AMENDED: CHANGING THE TITLE TO BE "AMBULANCE
SERVICE "; DEFINING TERMS; MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO ENGAGE
IN THE BUSINESS OF PROVIDING AMBULANCE SERVICE WITHOUT
AN AMBULANCE OPERATOR PERMIT; ESTABLISHING CERTAIN
REQUIREMENTS FOR AMBULANCES AND EQUIPMENT; REQUIRING
LIABILITY INSURANCE; PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF AN
AMBULANCE OPERATOR PERMIT; MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO OPER-
ATE AN AMBULANCE ON THE PUBLIC STREETS EXCEPT BY AN
ATTENDANT AND A DRIVER WITH PERMITS; PROVIDING FOR
THE ISSUANCE OF AN AMBULANCE DRIVER PERMIT; PROVIDING
FOR THE ISSUANCE OF AN AMBULANCE ATTENDANT PERMIT;
GRANTING THE PERMIT OFFICER POWER TO MAKE INVESTIGA-
TIONS AND INSPECTIONS; PROVIDING FOR THE PROMULGATION
OF REGULATIONS; PROVIDING FOR THE SUSPENSION OR
REVOCATION OF PERMITS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS; PRO-
VIDING FOR APPEAL FROM THE DENIAL, SUSPENSION, OR
REVOCATION OF A PERMIT; PROVIDING FOR THE DISPATCHING
OF AMBULANCES BY THE POLICE OR FIRE DISPATCHER UNDER
CERTAIN CONDITIONS; MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO USE EMER-
GENCY LIGHTS OR SIREN WITHOUT CLEARANCE FROM POLICE
OR FIRE DISPATCHER; MAKING IT UNLAWFUL FOR AN AMBULANCE
ATTENDANT OR DRIVER TO REFUSE ASSISTANCE OR TRANSPOR-
TATION AT THE SCENE OF AN EMERGENCY, WITH CERTAIN
EXCEPTIONS; REQUIRING REPORTS FROM ATTENDANTS ON
EMERGENCY RUNS; PROVIDING FOR THE MANAGEMENT AT THE
SCENE OF AN EMERGENCY; PROVIDING FOR EXCEPTIONS TO
THIS ORDINANCE; MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO REQUEST AMBU-
LANCE SERVICE KNOWING THAT SUCH SERVICE IS -NOT NEEDED;
MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO UTILIZE AND ACCEPT AMBULANCE
SERVICE WITHOUT PAYING A REASONABLE FEE THEREFOR;
PROVIDING FOR PENALTY; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE;
PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT WITH
THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 19D, Corpus Christi City Code, 1958,
as amended is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Chapter 19D. Ambulance Service..
Section 19D-1. For the purposes of this Chapter 19D only,
(a) 'ambulance' means any motor vehicle that is being used
or operated for the transportation of an individual who is sick, injured,
or incapacitated;
(b) - 'ambulance service' means providing or making available
to the public or to any person, a motor vehicle and any personnel required
by this ordinance for transportation of an individual who is sick, injured,
or incapacitated, whether in emergency circumstances or as a transfer
operation; provided, however, "ambulance service" shall not mean or include
providing or making available, on a volunteer or nonprofit basis, trans-
portation for routine nonemergency medical examination or treatment.
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(c) 'attendant' means an individual responsible for the
operation of an ambulance and the care of patients;
(d) 'driver' means any individual who drives an ambulance;
(e) 'emergency' as used herein shall mean the existence of
circumstances in which the element of time in transporting a person for the
obtaining of medical treatment is essential to the health or life of such
person, or in which rescue operations or first aid at the place of emergency
may be essential to the health or life of such person;
(f) 'patient' means any person who is sick, injured, or in-
capacitated and who becomes subject to transportation or care by an
attendant or driver;
(g) 'permit'officer' means the Director of the Corpus Christi -
Nueces County Department of Public Health or his designated representative;
(h) 'person' means any firm, partnership, association, cor-
poration or individual.
(i) 'transfer operation' means the transportation of a sick,
injured or incapacitated person in an ambulance under circumstances which
do not constitute an emergency.
Section 19D-2. It shall be unlawful for any person, as owner
or agent, to be engaged in the business of providing ambulance service
within the corporate limits of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, unless
the owner of the business holds a current Ambulance Operator Permit issued
pursuant to this ordinance. It shall be unlawful for any holder of an
Ambulance Operator Permit,,or his agent, to provide ambulance service by
means of an ambulance which has not been approved and listed on the Ambulance
Operator Permit by the permit officer.
Section 19D -3. (a) An application for an Ambulance Operator
Permit shall be filed with the permit officer on such form as may be
prescribed by said officer, and the applicant shall furnish all the following
proof and information with the application:
(1) The name and address of (A) the applicant, including
all partners, if a partnership, and all officers, if a corporation, and
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(B) the names and the addresses of the managing agent or managing personnel
of the business if not included in (A).
(2) Whether any person named in (1) has been convicted of a
felony or a misdemeanor other than traffic offenses within the past ten
years and, if so, when and where and under what circumstances.
(3) Whether any person named in (1) holds or has held a permit
for operation of an ambulance service from any other governmental agency
or department or is engaged or has been engaged anywhere else in the
business of providing ambulance service.
(4) That the applicant has been issued a permit by the Texas
State Department of Health, pursuant to Article 4590b of the Texas Civil
Statutes, for each ambulance which the applicant proposes to operate.
(5) The number of ambulances which the applicant proposes
to operate and the make, model, motor number, current state license number,
and registered owner of each ambulance owned by or in the possession of
the applicant.
(6) A list of all two -way radios to be used in ambulance
service, their call numbers, and the vehicle (identified by motor number)
to which each radio has been assigned.
(7) The location and description of the place or places from
which the applicant intends to operate said ambulances.
(8) The names of all attendants and drivers presently employed
by the applicant, and, respectively, their EMT -A registery numbers and
Texas State Chauffeurs license numbers.
(9) A certificate of insurance proving that there is in
effect insurance as required by Section 19D -5.
(10) The trade or assumed name, if any, under which the
applicant intends to do business if said name is different from the
applicant.
(11) Such further information as the permit officer may
deem necessary.
(b) Said application shall be accompanied by a permit fee
of $25.00 plus $5.00 for each ambulance requested to be approved.
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Section 19D-4. Upon receipt of an application for an Ambulance
Operator Permit, the permit officer shall within fifteen days inspect the
ambulances listed in the application. Each ambulance approved must meet
the following requirements at the time of inspection and at all times
thereafter while being used in ambulance service:
(a) That it is suitable for the transportation of patients
from the standpoint of health, sanitation, and safety, in accordance with
regulations promulgated under Section 19D -14.
(b) That it complies with all state laws and local ordinances
relating to health, sanitation and motor vehicles generally.
(c) That it is equipped with lights, sirens and special
markings to designate it as an ambulance as may be required by State law
or City ordinance. In addition, each ambulance must be marked on both
sides with the name or trade name of the proposed permit holder, easily
readable from a distance of at least fifty feet.
(d) That it contains necessary emergency equipment, in proper
condition and ready for use, in compliance with the regulations of
Section 19D -14.
(e) That it is equipped with a properly functioning two -way
radio operated on the frequencies used by the Corpus Christi Police Depart-
ment and Corpus Christi Fire Department, and also equipped for direct
radio communication with hospital emergency rooms within the City.
Section 19D-5. No Ambulance Operator Permit shall be issued,
nor shall such permit be valid after issuance, unless the applicant or
the holder of the permit is at all times insured by automobile liability
insurance, covering the operation of each ambulance, in the minimum
amounts of $100,000 for each injured person, $300,000 for personal injury
arising out of each accident and $25,000 for property damage arising out
of each accident, and by general liability insurance, covering the care
and handling of patients in the minimum amount of $100,000. Each insurance
policy shall require notice from the insurer to the permit officer at
least thirty days before any such policy is to be terminated for any
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reason by the insurer or by the insured.
Section 19D-6. (a) If the requirements set forth in Sections
19D-3 and 19D-5 are complied with, the permit officer shall issue to the
applicant an Ambulance Operator Permit, unless the permit officer has
determined from his investigation of the moral character of the applicant,
or of the applicant's managing agent or managing personnel, that the
issuance of the permit would not be in the public interest. If an appli-
cant does not comply with the foregoing requirements or if any of the
applicant's ambulances do not meet the requirements.of Section 19D-4
the permit officer shall notify the applicant by certified mail within
twenty-one (21) calendar days of date of application of the specific
deficiencies and allow the applicant thirty days from the receipt thereof
to prove to the satisfaction of the permit officer that the deficiencies
have been corrected. If the requirements of Section 19D-3 and Section 19D-5
are not met within said thirty days the application shall be deemed to have
expired and to be of no effect.
(b) If a permit is issued the permit officer shall note on
the permit the motor number of each ambulance which has been approved
under Section 19D-4 and which will be allowed to be operated in the
permittee's ambulance service business. The permittee may have additional
ambulances approved and noted on the permit at any time by complying with
the provisions of Section 19D-4 and paying a fee of $5.00 per additional
ambulance requested to be approved. Whenever the permittee no longer
intends to use an approved ambulance as an ambulance, or ownership of the
ambulance is transferred, or the ambulance becomes inoperable as an
ambulance for any reason, except for a repair period not to exceed ten
days, the permittee shall notify the permit officer within five days
after such event and the permit officer shall remove the number of that
ambulance from the approved list on the permit.
(c) An Ambulance Operator Permit shall be valid for a period
of one year unless earlier suspended or revoked.
Section 19D -7. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate
or drive or cause to be operated or driven upon the public streets, alleys,
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and ways of the City of Corpus Christi an ambulance while furnishing
ambulance service, unless the ambulance is being driven by the holder of
an Ambulance Driver Permit or Attendant Permit and the driver is accompanied
by the holder of an Ambulance Attendant Permit.
Section 19D-8. (a) An application for Ambulance Driver
Permit shall be made on such form as may be prescribed by the permit officer
and shall contain all the following proof and information:
(1) The applicant's full name, current residence, place of
residence for the five years previous to the date of said application,
and the length of time he has resided in the City of Corpus Christi.
(2) The applicant's age, height, color of eyes, and color
of hair.
(3) Whether he has ever been convicted of a felony, or has
been convicted of a misdemeanor in the past 5 years (including a traffic
offense), and if so, when and where, and for what cause.
(4) Whether he has previously been licensed as an ambulance
driver or attendant, and if so, when and where, and whether said license
has ever been revoked or suspended in any jurisdiction for any cause.
(5) That he has a valid Texas Chauffeurs License, the number
of the Chauffeurs License, and whether it has ever been revoked or suspended,
and for what cause.
(6) That he holds an Advanced Red Cross First Aid Certificate
issued within three years of the date of the application.
(7) A statement from a licensed physician that the applicant
is not addicted to drugs, alcohol, or other intoxicating substances and
that the applicant does not have any apparent physical or psychological
impairment which would interfere with the performance of his duties.
(8) Tuo recent photographs of the applicant, to be taken
by the permit officer or Corpus Christi Police Department, one of which
photographs shall be attached by the permit officer to the permit.
(b) The application shall be accompanied by a permit fee of
$10.00.
(c) If the applicant has met all the requirements of (a)
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and (b), permit officer shall issue an Ambulance Driver Permit unless the
permit officer determines that the issuance of the permit would not be in
the public interest because of the applicant's criminal convictions,
moral character, or'employment history.
(d) If issued, an Ambulance Driver Permit shall be valid
for a period of one year from date of issuance unless earlier suspended
or revoked.
(d) The permit officer may, at any time after the passage
of this ordinance, issue a Temporary Ambulance Driver Permit to a person
who meets all the requirements of Section 19D -8(a), except Section 19D -8
(a) (6), and who is enrolled in training which will qualify him for an
advanced Red Cross First Aid certificate or an Emergency Medical Technician -
Ambulance certificate. A temporary permit shall be valid as long as the
permittee remains enrolled in such training, but in no event for more than
three months from date of issue. The permit officer may renew one time a
Temporary Ambulance Driver Permit for good cause shown by the permittee.
Section 19D-9. (a) Application for an Ambulance Attendant
Permit shall be made on a form prescribed by the permit officer and shall
contain all the following proof and information:
(1) All proof and information required under Section 19D-8
(a), except Section 19D -8(a) (6).
(2) That the applicant holds a valid certificate as an
Emergency Medical Technician - Ambulance and has completed any periodic
recertification training required by the Texas State Department of Health.
(3) That the applicant is at least nineteen years of age.
(4) That the applicant is able to read and speak English.
(b) The application shall be accompanied by a permit fee of
$10.00.
(c) If the applicant has complied with all the requirements
of (a) and (b) the permit officer shall issue an Ambulance Attendant Permit
unless the permit officer determines that the issuance of the permit would
not be in the public interest because of the applicant's criminal con-
victions, moral character, or employment history.
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(d) If issued, an Ambulance Attendant Permit shall be valid
for a period of one year from the date of issuance, unless earlier suspended
or revoked.
(e) The permit officer may allow a person holding an Ambulance
Attendant's Permit at the time of passage of this ordinance a reasonable
period of time, not to exceed six months from the date of passage of this
ordinance, in which to meet the education and training requirements pre-
scribed in this Chapter 19D.
Section 19D -10. The renewal of any permit issued under the
provisions of this ordinance shall require conformance with all the require-
ments Of this ordinance as upon original granting of the permit.
Section 19D -11. (a) In addition to any other powers granted
under this chapter 19D to the permit officer, the permit officer shall
have the following powers:
(1) To make further investigation of any applicant for any
permit authorized by this chapter 19D, regarding arrest and convictions for
criminal offenses, education and training, extent and quality, of perform-
ance in previous ambulance related jobs or businesses, or any other
information required to be furnished in or with the application. The
Corpus Christi Police Department is directed to aid and cooperate in such
investigations when requested to do so by the permit officer.
(2) To inspect ambulances, ambulance equipment, and the books
and records of each permit holder during regular business hours, with or
without prior notice to the permittee, and at any reasonable location for
the purpose of determining if requirements of this ordinance are being met.
(b) The permit officer shall have a duty to inspect the
ambulances and equipment of each permittee at least once every six months,
When requested by the permit officer, a police officer shall be assigned
to assist in making any inspections.
Section 19D -12. All permits provided for in this ordinance
shall be deemed the personal permit of the applicant and shall not be
transferable. It shall be unlawful for any holder of a permit to allow
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any other person to use his permit.
Section 19D -13. Any change in the information required in
an application for a permit, or a renewal thereof, shall be reported to
the permit officer within fifteen days after' the change occurs, unless
otherwise provided in another section of this Chapter 19D.
Section 19D -14. (a) Regulations will be promulgated by the
permit officer to effectuate the provisions of this Chapter 19D regarding
the design and construction of ambulances, necessary emergency equipment
and supplies to be carried in ambulances, and health and sanitation in
the operation of ambulances and in the care of patients.
(b) Regulations shall be promulgated by the permit officer
to provide for the phasing out or conversion of ambulances and equipment
which is in use by ambulance operator permittees at the time of passage
of this ordinance but which do not meet the requirements of this Chapter
19D. The regulations shall attempt to avoid placing an unreasonable
financial burden on the permit holders. The regulations shall allow
permit holders not more than 1 year to achieve full compliance.
(c) Regulations will be numbered as additional subsections
of this Section 19D -14.
(d) The permit officer shall issue a Notice of Intention
to Promulgate or Amend regulations. The notice shall contain a statement
of the officer's intention to promulgate or amend the regulations, an
invitation of written comments, the date before which the officer must
receive written comments, and the teat of the regulations or section
thereof which is proposed to be promulgated or amended. A copy of the
notice shall be filed with the City Secretary, and a copy will be distrib-
uted to each holder of an Ambulance Operator Permit, by certified mail,
and to the Ambulance Advisory Council. The permit officer shall allow
at least twenty (20) days, from the date a notice is mailed, for the
receipt of written comments. The regulations or amendments thereof shall
become effective ten (10) days after the last day allowed for the receipt
of written comments, unless the permit officer alters the proposed -
regulation:or amendment, in which case the permit officer shall issue
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a new notice and repeat the provisions of this subsection (d), but only
in regard to those specific sections which are to be altered.
(e) The adoption or amendment of regulations by the permit
officer may be appealed to the City Council by filing a sworn notice of
appeal with the City Secretary within ten (10) days from the date the
regulation or amendment becomes effective. The regulation or amendment
shall remain effective during the pendency of the appeal unless otherwise
ordered by the permit officer or City Council.
Section 19D -15.
(a) The permit officer is authorized to suspend, for any
period of time not to exceed thirty days, or revoke any permit authorized
by this ordinance, if the holder of the permit violates any State law or
City ordinance which is in any way related to the functions or purposes
of this ordinance.
(b) Every suspension or revocation of a permit shall be in
writing and state the reason for such suspension or revocation and be
dated. A copy of the suspension or revocation order in writing shall
immediately be sent by certified mail to the holder of said permit at
the address indicated on the application for permit or the latest renewal
thereof. Such order of suspension or revocation shall be effective as
of the time of receipt at the permittee's address.
Section 19D -16. An order of the permit officer denying an
application for a permit or suspending or revoking an existing permit
may be appealed to the City Council through the City Manager within ten
days of the date such order becomes effective. The City Council shall,
at its neat regular meeting after the receipt of appeal, set a date for
a hearing and direct the City Secretary to notify the appellant, the
permit officer, and the City Attorney of the date and time of such hearing.
After such hearing, the City Council shall either sustain or reverse the
order of the permit officer or may modify said older.
Section 19D -17. All holders of Ambulance Operator Permits
who desire to have the privilege of dispatching service by the Corpus
Christi Police Department or the Corpus Christi Fire Department shall
notify the Chiefs of those departments, in writing, that said service
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is desired.
Section 1911-18. Upon receipt of a request for emergency
ambulance service, the Police or Fire Dispatcher shall send the nearest
public ambulance available at the time of the receipt of the request.
If there is no public ambulance available, the holder of an Ambulance
Operator Permit shall be offered the opportunity to respond to the call.
Section 19D -19. When any ambulance operator, or his agent
or employee, receives a request for emergency ambulance service from any
person other than the police or fire dispatcher, he shall immediately
notify the police or fire dispatcher and request clearance to proceed
to the scene of the reported emergency; the dispatcher shall promptly
grant the requested clearance unless the dispatcher has already sent an
ambulance to the scene of the reported emergency, in which case the
Ambulance Operator receiving the direct call shall not proceed to the
scene of the emergency.
Section 19D -20. It shall be unlawful for any Ambulance
Operator or his agent or employee to go to the scene of an emergency
with the intent of providing ambulance service, unless clearance has been
obtained from the police or fire dispatcher; the arrival of a noncleared
ambulance at the scene of a reported emergency within fifteen minutes
after the first police or fire broadcast relating to such emergency shall
be prima facie evidence of intent to violate this Section.
Section 1911-21. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive
an ambulance within the corporate limits of the City of Corpus Christi
using emergency lights or siren without first obtaining a clearance
for an emergency run from the police or fire dispatcher.
Section 19D -22. (a) It shall be unlawful for any ambulance
attendant or driver, after arrival at the scene with clearance from the
police or fire dispatcher, to fail or refuse to render aid and assistance
to a person who is sick, injured, or incapacitated at the location of
an emergency. It shall be unlawful for any ambulance operator, his agent
or employee, to refuse to carry or transport a patient at the scene of
an emergency after having been dispatched thereto or cleared thereto
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by a police or fire dispatcher; provided, however, there shall be no
violation of this section if the sick, injured or incapacitated i
person or a relative at the scene affirmatively refuses to receive any aid
or assistance or refuses to be transported to a place of treatment;
provided further, this section shall not apply when circumstances indicate
beyond reasonable doubt that the person desiring transportation is not in
need of immediate first aid or medical treatment./
(b) in case of death in the ambulance, in the absence of
contrary instructions given by neat of kin or other responsible persons
related to deceased, or by a medical doctor, the body shall be delivered
to the Memorial Medical Center.
Section 19D -23. The attendant on each- emergency run will
make a report, using the Ambulance Patient Record form in use by the
public ambulance system. The holder of the Ambulance Operator Permit shall
preserve the reports for two years from the date of the emergency run
and will submit to the Corpus Christi Fire Department, Ambulance Service
Division, on the first of each month a copy of the report on each emer-
gency run made in the preceding month by any ambulance being operated
under authority of his permit.
Section 19D -24. When an ambulance authorized to operate under
this chapter 19D, or an ambulance of the Public Ambulance System, is
at the scene of an emergency the attendant shall have the authority to
determine the priority of assisting patients and shall supervise the
treatment and handling of all patients, under the general supervision
of the senior police or fire department employee at the scene. Police or
fire department personnel at the scene shall have authority to manage
vehicle traffic and bystanders, and to protect the public safety. Police
or fire department personnel at the scene may assist the ambulance per-
sonnel in handling or rendering care to patients when requested by the
attendant and may act as attendant or driver if requested by the attendant
or if necessary to protect the life or health of the patient.
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Section 19D -25. Provisions of this ordinance which relate
to permits, or which regulate the design and construction of ambulances,
necessary emergency equipment, or sanitation standards, shall not apply
to any of the following:
(1) Any agency of the United States government;
(2) Any ambulance owner or ambulance personnel assisting
holders of Ambulance Operator Permits in the case of a
major catastrophe or emergency when the holders of
permits cannot handle the extraordinary demand for am-
bulance service caused by said catastrophe or emergency.
(3) Any ambulance owner or ambulance personnel whose place
of business is located outside the corporate limits of
the City of Corpus Christi and who is engaged in trans-
porting a patient from some point outside the corporate
limits of the City of Corpus Christi to some point within
the City; ,
(4) Individuals who are employed by and are performing
their regularly assigned duties for the Corpus Christi
Fire Department, Corpus Christi Police Department, or
Nueces County Hospital District.
Section 19D -26. It shall be unlawful for any person to request
ambulance service from any public or private ambulance operator, or to
cause such a request to be made, or to make or cause to be made a report
of an emergency which would ordinarily cause an ambulance to be dispatched,
knowing that such ambulance service is not needed or that such emergency
does not exist.
Section 19D -27. It shall be unlawful for any person to utilize
and accept emergency ambulance service without paying a reasonable fee
therefor. Failure to pay for that service within thirty days after a
statement of costs for such services has been mailed to the user by registered
or certified mail with return receipt requested, or the parent in the event
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a minor is the user, in accordance with the address which is supplied to
the Ambulance Operator or obtained from the hospital or other place of
treatment where such person is delivered, shall constitute prima facie
evidence of an intention to violate this section.
Section 19D -28. Any violation of the terms of this ordinance
shall be subject-to a fine of not exceeding $200.00."
SECTION 2. If for any reason any section, paragraph, sub-
division, clause, phrase, or provision of this ordinance shall be held
invalid, it shall not affect any valid provisions of this or any other
ordinance of the City of Corpus Christi to which these rules and regula-
tions relate.
SECTION 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith shall be and are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. Publication shall be made one time in the official
publication of the City of Corpus Christi, after final passage, which
publication shall contain the caption stating in substance the purpose
of the ordinance and reciting the penalty for violation of the ordinance.
That the foregoing ordinance was read for the first time and passed
to its second reading on this the . 23 -4—day of 19 7 - by the
following vote:
Jason Luby
James T. Acuff
Rev. Harold T. Branch
Thomas V. Gonzales
Ricardo Gonzalez
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
J. Howard Stark
That the foregoing ordinance was read or the se and time and passed
to its third reading on this the 34-"flay of , 19_�, by the
following vote:
Jason Luby
James T. Acuff
Rev. Harold T. Branch
Thomas V. Gonzales
Ricardo Gonzalez
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
J. Howard Stark _
That the for of ordinance��aas read forhird time and passed
finally on this the day of 7/Ldaa 19, by the following vote:
Jason Luby
James T. Acuff
Rev. Harold T. Branch
Thomas V. Gonzales
Ricardo Gonzalez
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
J.: Howard Stark �y
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the d of - = -L %' 19.
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APPROVED:
' DAY OF 6LIL 19-2-6
City torney
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THE CM OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
(s) Bill G. ReW
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PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF TEXAS, 1
County of Nueces. f
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Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas, in said County and State, and that the publication of
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this_.__12. ........day of_._; November 19_74
Louise Vick��
0 tary Public, Nueces County, Texas