HomeMy WebLinkAbout031396 ORD - 03/27/2018 AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING SECTION 2-79 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
REGARDING LIBRARY FEES TO INCREASE THE PHOTOCOPY FEE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. Section 2-79 is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 2-79. - Fees.
(a) Overdue fees:
(1) Each library item, per day $0.25 for books, $1.00 for recordings,
audiesassettes, compact discs, videocassettes-and DVDs and Blu-rays.
(2) Maximum overdue fee Actual replacement cost or original cost of item,
whichever is greater
(b) Collection fee: $10.00
Any account with a "Lost" item or any account of twenty-five dollars
($25.00)or more that is unpaid for sixty(60)days or more,and is referred
for collection to a private vendor, shall be assessed a ten-dollar(10.00)
collection fee.
(c) Photocopy fee, per page: $045 0.30
(d) Lost library item processing fee: An item is deemed lost on the 31st day after date
due. At that time, patron is assessed the cost of the item or actual replacement
cost, whichever is greater, plus a $5.00 processing fee.
(1) If a lost item is returned in good condition after patron has paid the cost of
the item and fees, the five-dollar processing fee is refunded and accrued fees
paid or up to half the cost of the item, whichever is less is refunded.
(2) If a lost item is returned in good condition and patron has not paid the cost
of the item and fees, patron is charged accrued fees or up to half the cost of the
item, whichever is less, and is not charged the $5.00 processing fee.
(3) If a lost item is not in good condition when returned, the cost of the item or
actual replacement cost, whichever is greater will be assessed plus the $5.00
processing fee.
(e) Annual nonresident library fee: $25.00
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The annual nonresident library fee shall not apply to the following:
(1) Members of the armed forces (and their dependents) stationed (i)within
the City limits or(ii)at the Coast Guard Station, Port Aransas, Texas;
(2) Temporary residents residing within the City limits for six(6)weeks or
more;
(3) Students currently enrolled at(i)Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi or
(ii) Del Mar College; and
(4) Nonresidents who own real property within the City limits.
(f) Interlibrary loan service fees:
(1) Residents of the city, per item: $2.75
(2) Nonresidents of the state, per item: $15.00
Residents of the city will also be charged for the full cost of any fees
assessed by the lending library.
(g) Replacement Library Cards: Lost or stolen cards must be reported immediately.
There is a two-dollar charge for replacement cards.
SECTION 2. This ordinance takes effect after official publication.
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 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 as required by the City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi.
That the foregoing ordin nce was read for the first time and passed to its second
reading on this the Del--day of C,1._ 2018, by the following vote:
Joe McComb Ben Molina _AL_
Rudy Garza Lucy Rubio _alk_
Paulette Guajardo / A! Greg Smith L. I_
Michael Hunter 1.42 .Garolyr i Vaughn VI ! i
Debbie Lindsey-Opel r :4:
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That th forsgoing ordinance was read for the second time and passed finally on this
the c l -day of LTYVL,r-C,L) , 2018, by the following vote:
Joe McComb a ,/ Ben Molina /
Rudy Garza I I! Lucy Rubio CU _ thfr
Paulette Guajardo i,,l Greg Smith _Azd,21
Michael Hunter a 4., Gafelyn-Vouglin
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PASSED AND APPROVED on this the 2:1 day of -1 kt • J, 2018.
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031396
Caller Times
PART OF THE USA TODAY NETWORK
Certificate of NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF
Publication ORDINANCE(S)
NO.031396,Ordinance amend-
ing section 2-79 of the code
In Matter of Publication of: of ordinances regarding
library fees to increase
the photocopy fee. This
ordinance was passed and
approved on second reading
by the Corpus Christi City
Council on March 27,2018.
Rebecca CORPUS CHRISTI /s/C City Secretaryta
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CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
PO BOX 9277
CORPUS CHRISTI,TX 78469-9277
State of Wisconsin)
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County of Brown)
I,being first duly sworn,upon oath depose and say that I am a legal
clerk and employee of the publisher, namely, 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, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio,
and San Patrick), Counties, and that the publication of which the
annexed is a true copy, was inserted in the Corpus Christi Caller-
Times on the following dates:
April 2,2018
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On this April 2,2018,I certify that the att. -d document is a true
and exact copy made by publisher.
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