HomeMy WebLinkAbout023022 ORD - 07/29/1997AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 53, TRAFFIC,
SECTION 53-153, COURT COSTS, BY INCREASING THE ASSESSED
COURT COSTS ON EACH PARKING VIOLATION TO BE USED FOR THE
SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM FROM $1.00 TO $5.00;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERENCE; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
SECTION 1. That the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 53, Traffic, Section 53-153,
Court Costs, is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 53-153. Court costs.
(a) There is hereby assessed a court cost of one dull& ($1.00) five dollars ($5.00)
on each parking violation. "Parking violation" shall include a violation of any city
ordinance, regulation, or order regulating the stopping, standing, or parking of
vehicles, which presently exists or may be subsequently adopted. This section is
adopted pursuant to Article 102.014 of the Tcxaa Local Government Code Texas
Code of Criminal Procedure.
(b) The municipal court or other city agency which may be authorized to collect
fines or assessments for parking violations shall collect the court cost provided for
herein.
(c) The money received from court costs hereunder shall be used for the city's
school crossing guard program. If it exceeds the amount necessary for said program
such money may be deposited in an interest- bearing account or expended for
programs designed to enhance child safety, health, or nutrition, including child abuse
prevention and intervention and drug and alcohol abuse prevention, and such other
purposes as are hereafter authorized by state law.
SECTION 2. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase,
word or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment of a
court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect any other section, paragraph, subdivision, clause,
phrase, word or provision of this ordinance for it is the definite intent of this City Council that every
section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision hereof be given full force and
effect for its purpose.
SECTION 3. Publication shall be made one time in the official publication of the
City of Corpus Christi by publishing the caption stating in substance the purpose of the ordinance,
this ordinance to become effective upon such publication.
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MICROFILMED
Mat the foreg r ing ordinance was read for the first time and passed to its second reading on this the
Jf it d day of t, , 19 q '7 , by the following vote:
Loyd Neal
Jaime Capelo
Melody Cooper
Alex L. Garcia, Jr.
Arnold Gonzales
Betty Jean Longoria
John Longoria
Edward A. Martin
Dr. David McNichols
The foregoing ordinance was read for the second time and passed finally on this the4fl h day
of
, 19 G 1 , by the following vote:
Loyd Neal Betty Jean Longoria
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Jaime Capelo John Longoria
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Melody Cooper Edward A. Martin
Alex L. Garcia, Jr. Dr. David McNichols
Arnold Gonzales
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the Eh day of
ATTEST:
&retary
APPROVED: 1 (v DAY OF
JAMES R. BRAY, JR., CITY ATTORNEY
By X,..&n Arr4 r
Assistant City Attorney
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THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
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State of Texas
County of Nueces
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PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
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Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came Darrell
G. Coleman, who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that he is Vice -
President and Chief Financial Officer of the Corpus Christi Caller -Times, a daily
newspaper published at Corpus Christi in said City and State, generally
circulated in Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes,
Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria and Webb
Counties, and that the publication of, NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE
NO. 023022 which the annexed is a true copy, was inserted in the Corpus
Christi Caller -Times on 4TH day(s) of AUGUST. 1997.
ONE (11 Time(s)
$34.92
Vice -President and Chief Financial Officer
corpus Cpriati Gabor -`rimes, Morfd.y; August 4, 1997 tbscribed and sworn to before me this 5TH
rte.mon y(s) of AUGUST, 1997.
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NO.
the
nances, Chapter 53, Traffic,
Section 53-153, Court Costs,
by increasing the aeeeseed
court costs on each parking vi-
olation to be used for the
School Crossing Guard pro-
gram from $1.00 to $5.00;
providing for severance. This
ordinance was passed and ap-
proved by the City Council of
the
� day ly Christi
on
f Ju 1997.
the
c*y of
Notary Public, Nueces County, Texas
CONNIE HARALSON
Print or Type Name of Notary Public
My commission expires on 5/14/01.