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AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING CHAPTER 33, OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS,
BY ADDING A NEW SECTION 33-22, LOITERING FOR PROSTITUTION;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR P BLICATION.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
SECTION 1. That Chapter 33, Offenses and miscellaneous provisions, is
hereby amended by adding a new Section 33-22, Loitering for prostitution, to
read as follows:
Sec. 33-22. Loitering for prostitution.
A. It is unlawful for any person to loiter in or near any
street or public place in a manner and under
circumstances manifesting the purpose of inducing,
enticing, soliciting or procuring another to commit an
act of prostitution. Among the circumstances which may
be considered in determining whether such purpose is
manifested are that the person repeatedly beckons to,
stops or attempts to stop, or engages male passersby in
conversation, or who repeatedly stops or attempts to
stop motor vehicle operators by hailing them or
gesturing to them. These circumstances do not
constitute an exclusive list of factors which the
officer may consider. In each case the officer must,
from all circumstances present, form a reasonable
belief that the crime prohibited herein has been
committed before he makes an arrest. No arrests shall
be made for a violation of this section unless the
arresting officer first affords the suspected person an
opportunity to explain his or her conduct, and no one
shall be convicted of violating this section if it
appears at the trial that the explanation given was
true and disclosed a lawful purpose.
B. The terms prostitution and public place as used in this
section shall have the same meaning as set out in the
Texas Penal Code.
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.
03P.037.01
18950 MICROFILMED
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That the foregoing ordinance was read for
second reading on this the `/e day of
following vote:
Luther Jones
Dr. Jack Best
David Berlanga, Sr..
Leo Guerrero
the first time
and pa sed to its
, 19 , by the
Joe McComb
Frank Mendez
Bill Pruet
Mary Pat Slavik
Linda Strong
That the foregoing ordinance was read for the fecond time and' sed to its
third reading on this the day of , ._„ , 1911 , by the
following vote:
Luther Jones
Dr. Jack Best
David Berlanga, Sr.
Leo Guerrero
Joe McComb
Frank Mendez
Bill Pruet
Mary Pat Slavik
Linda Strong
That the foregoqi7ng ordina was read for the third time and passed finally
on this the '3 4k day of , 19 Sr , by the following vote:
Luther Jones
Dr. Jack Best
David Berlanga, Sr.
Leo Guerrero
Joe McComb
Frank Mendez
Bill Pruet
Mary Pat Slavik
Linda Strong
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the 304' day of
ATTEST:
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City Secretary
APP OVED:
I9DAY OF
tant ity torney
MAYOR
THE CI OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
18950
PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF TEXAS, L.
County of Nueces. J""
Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public. this day personaBy came
MARGARET RAMAGE
who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that he is the
COMMUNITY RELATIONS SUPERVISOR of the Corpus Christi Caller and The Corpus Christi Mimes,
Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas,, in said County and State. and that the publication of
NOTICE OF PASSAGE OR ORDINANCE #18950 AMENDING CHAPTER 33,
of which the annexed is a true copy, was published in Ca11 er-Times Publishing Co.
on the.......— day of August 19 85 and once each day thereafter tar one
consecutive.
day
ONE gym.
26.45 MARGARET R?4AGE
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th
EUGENIA S. CORTEZ
6-30-89
a_ Au 19 85
Public, Nueces County,
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NOTICE OF FASSAGE OF
ORDINANCE 819950
AMENDING CHAPTER 33,
OFFENSES AND MISCELLA-
NEOUS PROVISIONS, BY
ADDING A NEW SECTION.
33-22, LOITERING FOR
PROSTITUTION; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERANCE; PROVID-
ING FOR PUBLICATION; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFEC-
TIVE DATE UPON
PUBLICATION.
Wee passed and approved
by the City Council of the City
of Corpus Christi, Texas on
the 30th day of July, 1985.
The full text of eald ordinance
Is available to the public In the
Office of the City Secretary.
/s/ ArmandoChaps
• City Secretary
Corpus Christi. Texas i