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AMENDING CITY CODE SECTION 37-4 TO PROHIBIT REMOVAL OR
REDEMPTION OF PANNED ITEMS FROM PAWNBROKERS OR SECONDHAND
DEALERS FOR SEVENTY-TWO HOURS; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION;
AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERANCE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS.
SECTION 1 That Chapter 37 Personal property not to be removed etc
until seventy-two hours after date of purchase, exception, of the Code of
s
Ordin of the City of Corpus Christi be amended by amending Section 37-4 so
that said section shall hereinafter read as follows.
Sec. 37-4. Return of pledged goods, personal property not
to be removed, etc until seventy-two hours after
date of purchase, exception
a. Other provisions of this chapter notwithstanding, goods
pledged to a pawnshop shall be returned to the pledgor o
redeemer upon payment of the full a ount due the pawnbroker
n the pawn transaction, in accordance with State law and
this Code.
b. Except as otherwise provided in this section, n
personal property received by a pawnbroker p secondhand
dealer on deposit or pledge or by purchase shall be
permitted to be redeemed or nved from the place of
business of such pawnbroker or secondhand dealer or from the
City of Corpus Christi for a period of seventy-two (72)
hours after the close of business an the date such item
shall have been received
ved by such pawnbroker orsecondhand
o
dealer, nor shall any such property be altered in any way o
have any identifying markings, names or numbers, altered or
obliterated during such time.
c. Whereny paymbroker r secondhand dealer finds that
such period i11 work a hardship or constitutes an undue
burden, he may so notify the chief of police or his
designated representative in writing of his need to act and
that the item or items are
available for inspection. Upon
Inspection d release of the item or items by an officer of
the police division or the lapse of twelve (12) hours from
the receipt by the chief of police or his designated
representative of the required notification, the seventy-two
hour waiting period shall be deemed to have been satisfied.
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d. The seventy-two (72) hours waiting period provided for
in this section shalltbe applicable where pawned
property j sought to be redeemed by the depositor or
pledgor thereof, provided, however, that whenever such
pawned property is redeemed by such pledgor prior to the
lapse of the seventy-two (72) hour holding period, the
pawnbroker shall note such premature redemption in the
record book required by Section 37-1 of this Chapter, such
notation to Include the required identifying description and
information, and shall notify the police division thereof
not later than the close of business of the day of such
redemption
SECTION 2. Publication shall be made one time to the official
publication of the City of Carpus Christi by publishing the caption stating to
substance the purpose of the ordinance, this ordinance to become effective upon
such publication
SECTION 3 If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision,
clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid o
unconstitutional by final ,judgment of a court of competent .lunsdiction, it
shall not affect any other section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word
r 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.
That the foregoing ordinancea read for a first time and qaed to Its
second reading on this the 0:2day of 19A�siby the
following vote
Luther JonesLA�.t S Leo Guerrero GL,
Betty N. Turner 013{
David Berlanga Sr. CI
Welder Brown , l a
Or. Charles W. Kennedy
Joe McComb
Frank Mendez
Mary Pat Slavlk
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`""9 0
That the foregoing rdlnance,W a0 for d eeu yy ed to ile
thrrtl reading on this the D day of ,cart/..µ me 19 d5 by tM1e
following vote A _
Luther Jones / Leo Guerrero
Betty N Turner / _ Dr. Charles W. Kennedy
David Berlanga, Sr./_,Joe McComb
Welder Brown / Frank Mendez
Mary Pat Slavlk
That the foreg g ordi
on this the day f /n��'
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Luther Jones � Leo Guerrero LfLGfnn/
Betty N. Turner apZN,, Dr. Charles W. Kennedy
David Berlanga Sr Joe McComb
Welder Brown t. Frank Mendez
Mary Pat Slavlk
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the /S'4"day of 19 nn//
/V/
THE C Y OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
as
read for th t rd time and passed finally
19, by the fallowing vote
ATTEST
00005 Cr iy Secretary -` MAYOR
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PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
,mv OP TERAS les•
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Before me, the undersigned a Notay Publ. Nu day personally came _
NABGARET RAMAGE - who being first duly sworn.acrorNog N law, says that he a the
_ NMONITY SCIATI ONE S1NEBYISDB of the Corpus Cbristl Caller and The Corpus Christi Timm,
Deily Newspapers published at Corpus Chbruty Texas, to stud County and State, and That the publication o!
NOTICE OE PASSAGE of ORDINANCE NO__ 18fi52 AN___NG CITY BODE SECT;ON_37_4—_
of wlunh the annexed Is a we copy, was pubb$hed in .CALLER -TINES ELBLISRING. CO- - -- --
on the.21st day of _.-Iawuxy - - 19 B.. and once each. ___5101._ thereafter for - .9r2. —
mosecullve d?Y
011E _. Times.
25 as__
Subscribed and swore to before me this 321141 o(_ January 19 Ai
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