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0RDINANCE NO. 2!73
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A CHARGE FOR FURNISHING
COPIES OF ACCIDENT REPORTS BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK; PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION
AND DISPOSITION OF SUCH CHARGES, PROVIDING AN EMERGENCY.
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WHEREAS, heretofore the Police Department has been furnishing
copies of investigating officers' reports on accidents to interested persons
without chargel and,
WHEREAS,. the cost of providing such copy work has increased to
such .an extent as to create an emergency and to becom·~ a burden on
the Police Department; and,
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WHEREAS, the City Commis~ion finds it would be to the public
interest to establish a reasonable charge for ihe furnishing of such
documents in order that the cost of furnishing such documents be
self-sustaining; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to furnish
a copy of the police invesigation report, made by the investigating officers
at the scene of an automobile accident, to the following persons onlyJ to
any party involved in an accident., either as driver, passenger or as a
person whose property has been da1naged as the result of an automobile
accident; to a representative of the insurance carrier for any of the above
mentioned persons; to the attorneys of any of the above mentioned persons
or their insurance carrier.
SECTION Z. THAT there BE and is hereby authorized a charge
of ONE DOLlAR ($1. 00) per copy for each copy of the investig;t.ting
officers1 report of investigation made at the scene of an automobile
accident, to any of the above named persons. Such charge to be paid
in cash to the Chief of Police or his representative and shall be deposited
in the general fund of the City of Lubbock.
SECTION 3. The authorization set out in. Section 1 shall apply
only to the report made by the investigating officers concerning an
automobile accident, and shall not include any written statement obtained
from any person, and shall not include any report, whether required to
be made by law or not, made by any person involved in any way in an
automobile accident.
Whereas, an emergency exists as shown by the preamble to this
Ordinance; the enactment of t~ ordinance is. declared to be an emergency
measure providing for the usual daily operation of the Police Departxnent,
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and the rule requiring more than one reading is-hereby ~uspended
and this ordinance 13hall be effective from and after the date of its
passage.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Passed by the City Commission this 28 day of llarch • 1957. .
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