HomeMy WebLinkAbout19528 ORD - 10/21/1986AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING CHAPTER 17, FINANCE AND TAXATION, BY AMENDING
SECTION 17-60, AUTHORITY TO SELL AT AUCTION, AND BY ADDING A
SECTION 17-68, AUTHORITY TO DISPOSE OF HANDGUNS AND OTHER
DANGEROUS WEAPONS, SETTING FORTH GUIDELINES FOR DESTRUCTION
OF ABANDONED HANDGUNS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERANCE; AND
PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE. CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 17, Finance and Taxation, is hereby amended
by amending Section 17-60; Authority to sell at auction, to hereinafter read as
follows:
All abandoned, stolen or recovered property of every kind,
except motor vehicles, handguns, and other dangerous
weapons, which shall remain in the custody of the police
division for a period of forty-five (45) days, without being
claimed or reclaimed by the owner, whether known or not, may
be sold and disposed of at public auction as provided in
this division.
SECTION 2. That Chapter 17, Finance and Taxation, is hereby amended
by adding Section 17-68, Authority to dispose of handguns and other dangerous
weapons, to hereinafter read as follows:
Notwithstanding any other provision in this division, if the
property described in Section 17-60 is a handgun, a knife or
similar weapon, a club or other similar weapon, or any other
weapon deemed by the Police Chief to be primarily designed
or usable as a weapon, the Police Chief may cause it to be
destroyed, after written approval of the City Manager.
Prior to such destruction, thirty (30) days notice of the
destruction, and a descriptive list of the weapons to be
destroyed, shall be posted at the county courthouse door and
at any regular entrance to city hall, and notice of each
weapon to be destroyed shall be sent by the Police Chief to
the last known address of the owner or possessor by
registered mail. The Police Chief shall cause to be made
and maintained for two (2) years records which accurately
describe each weapon destroyed, and the date and manner of
destruction.
SECTION 3. 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
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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 4. 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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That the foregoing ordinance was read
second reading on this the 11 day
following vote:
Luther Jones
Dr. Jack Best
David Berlanga, Sr.
Leo Guerrero
That the foregoing ordinance v�yyas, read
third reading on this the /c/ day
following vote:
Luther Jones
Dr. Jack Best
David Berlanga, Sr.
Leo Guerrero
That the for oijg ordina
on this the dc/,.t day o
Luther Jones
Dr. Jack Best
David Berlanga, Sr.
Leo Guerrero
for
of
the first time
of
and passed to its
, 19(x, by the
Joe McComb
Frank Mendez
Bill Pruet
Mary Pat Slavik
Linda Strong
for second time
of L/�diid i
Joe McComb
Frank Mendez
Bill Pruet
Mary Pat Slavik
Linda Strong
and pa5sed to its
, 19J6, , by the
read for the hird time and passed finally
, 19, by the followig vote:
Joe McComb
Frank Mendez
Bill Pruet
Mary Pat Slavik
Linda Strong
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the Z/a day of
ATTEST:
City Secretary
APPROVED:
DAY OF ()c f - r
HAL GEORGE, CITY ATTORNEY
, 191C:
9_.
MAYOR
THE C Y OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
19528
PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF TEXAS }ss; AD# 58701.
County of Nueces. CITY OF C .0 .
Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came
',MURIEL LA RUE
_...._.._..._..__._.�.._..._ » who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that he is the
SENIOR ACCOUNTING CLERK of the Corpus Christi Caller and The Corpus Christi Times,
Daily,Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas, in said County and State, and that the publication of
NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. 19528 AMENDING CHAPTER 17, FINANCE
e: of which the annexed is a true copy, was published in
on the.27th day of OCTOBER
CALLER -TIMES
19.86., and once each......Slay thereafter for.....orie.
consecutive d:
ane Times.
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this 27 th
of....QGTQBER 19.86.
Not Public, Nueces County, as
EUGENIA S. CORTEZ 6-30-89
Corpus Chri` "st— 1��•}ena�
[ NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF
ORDINANCE NO 19528
AMENDING CHAPTER 17, FI-
, NANCE AND TAXATION, BY
1 AMENDING SECTION 17-60,
AUTHORITY TO SELL AT
AUCTION, AND BY ADDING
A SECTION 17-68, AUTHORI-
TY TO DISPOSE OF
HANDGUNS AND OTHER
DANGEG7US WEAPONS.
SETTING FORTH GUIDELINES
FOR DESTRUCTION ' OF
ABANDONED HANDGUNS,
PROVIDING 'FOR ,SEVER-
AN&E, PROVIDING FOR
PUBLICATION
Was passed and approved
by the Cay Council of the Cay
of Corpus Christi, Texas on
the' 21st day of October,
1986 and the full text pf sad
ordinance is available to the
public in the Office of the City
Secretary
/s/ Armando Chapa
City Secretary
City of Corpus Christi
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