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AN ORDINANCE
CONTINUING THE CURFEW ORDINANCE FOR MINORS, CORPUS CHRISTI
CITY CODE SECTIONS 33-40, 33-41, 33-42, AND 33-42,1" AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY,
WHEREAS the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi has previously adopted
ordinances relating to curfews for minors which are found at 33-40, 33-41, 33-42 and 33-42.1
of the Corpus Christi City Code; and
WHEREAS, as provided in Section 370,002 of the Texas Local Government Code,
the City Council must review the curfew ordinance every three years to determine whether the
ordinance should be abolished, continued or modified; and
WHEREAS Corpus Christi continues to experience juvenile violence, juvenile crime
and juvenile gang activity, resulting in juveniles being involved in a range of unacceptable
behavior including vandalism, assaults, public drinking and littering, drug use and burglaries;
and
WHEREAS persons under 17 years of age are particularly susceptible by their lack of
maturity and experience to participate in unlawful and potentially harmful activities, and to be
victims of other perpetrators of crime, and Corpus Christi has no more important resource
than its young people; and
WHEREAS lack of parental supervision and guidance contributes to unacceptable
levels of juvenile violence, crime and gang activity, and parental responsibility needs to be
supported; and
WHEREAS attendance at school by minors is vital to the community because it helps
prepare children to be responsible citizens, and a curfew during school hours reduces
distractions and alternatives which induce non-attendance and activities detrimental to minors
and to the community, and complements laws compelling school attendance and discourages
violations of those laws; and
WHEREAS it is necessary for the City of Corpus Christi to exercise its authority to
protect minors from each other and other persons, to promote parental control and
responsibility for children, to supplement state truancy laws; to protect the general public, and
to reduce juvenile criminal and delinquent activities; and
WHEREAS the City Council determines, pursuant to the above findings, that the
public health and safety demands continuation of the ordinances establishing curfews for
minors,
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NOW, mEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. That the curfew ordinance found at Sections 33-40, 33-41, 33-42, and
33-42.1 ofthe City Code of Ordinances is hereby continued.
SECTION 2. That upon written request ofthe Mayor or five Council members, copy
attached, the City Council (I) finds and declares an emergency due to the need for immediate
action necessary for the efficient and effective administration of City affairs, and (2) suspends
the Charter rule that requires consideration of an voting upon ordinances at two regular
meetings so that thi~ ,Qf~inance is p~sll4 and takes effect upon first reading as an emergency
measure this the ~ilay of 're f)-I. JJ.o.'-..l2j' 2002.
ATTEST:
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
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Armando Chapa
City Secretary
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Samuel Leal, Jr.
Mayor
Legal form approved
James R. Bray, Jr.
City Attorney
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Assi cut Attorney
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christ~ Texas
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance an emergency
exists requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon ordinances
at two regular meetings: I1we, therefore, request that you suspend said Charter rule and pass
this ordinance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City
Council.
Respectfully,
Respectfully,
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~amuel 1. eal Ji., May r
City of Corpus Chris i
Council Members
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
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Samuel 1. Nea~ Jr,
Brent Chesney
Javier D, Colmenero
Henry Garrett
Bill Kelly
Rex A. Kinnison
John Longoria
Mark Scott
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PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
State of Texas
County of Nueces
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CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
Ad # 4097103
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Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came EUGINA
S. CORTEZ, who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that she is
CREDIT CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, a
daily newspaper published at Corpus Chrsti 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. 24763 which the annexed is a true copy, was inserted in the Corpus
Christi Caller-Times and on the World Wide Web on the Caller-Times Interactive
TWO 12ITime(s)
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on the 18TH day(s) of FEBRUARY 2002.
CREDIT CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER
Corpus Chrisfl CalItr-Times, Monday, February 18,2002109 '
NOTICE OF PASSAGE' ' Subscribed and sworn to before me this
I OF OROINANCE NO, d () f MARCH 2002
024763 Ordinance ay S 0
continuing. the curlew
Qrdinance for mlno~,
Corpus Christl CIty
Code Sections 33-40,
33-41 , 33-42, a'.'d 33-
42.1. This ordtnance
was passed a~d
approved by the. CIty
Council of the CIty of
CorpusChrittl on,
February 12, 2002,
Is/ Armando ChaPB
City SOQi'etary "
City ot Corpus Chri8ti
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Notary Public, Nueces County, Texas
ROSA MARIA FLORES
Print or Type Name of Notary Public
My commission expires on 04/23/05.
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