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ORDINANCE NO. 3804
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 19-22, 19-23~ AND 19-24 OF
\vOLUME I OF THE LUBBOCK CITY CODE SO AS TO REVISE THE CURFEW
HOURS AS APPLIED TO SUB-MINORS~ AND THE PARENTS OF SUB-MINORS
rn THEIR SUPERVISION OF SUB-MINORS~ AND OPERATORS OF ESTABLISH ..
MENTS OR THEIR AGENTS OR EMPLOYEES WITH RESPECT TO ALLOWING
SUB-MINORS TO REMAIN ON THE PREMISES BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 11
0 1CLOCK P .. M. AND 6 0 1CLOCK A. M. OF THE FOLLOWING DAY, OFFICIAL
CITY TIME, EXCEPT THAT ON FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS AND NIGHTS NEXT
PRECEDING SCHOOL HOLIDAYS THE HOURS SHALL BE FROM 12 0 1CLOCK
P. M. MIDNIGHT TO 6 O'CLOCK A. M.; PROVIDlliG FOR PENALTIES; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF PUBLICATION AS PRO-
VIDED BY LAW; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDI-
NANCE.'
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that in the interest of the health,
safety, and general welfare of sub-minors under seventeen years of age the cur-
few hours with respect to such sub-minors should be revised as hereinafter set
forth; NOW THEREFORE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT Sections 19-22~ 19-23~ and 19-24 respectively of
Volume I of the Lubbock City Code be and the same are hereby amended to read
as follows:
11Sec. 19-22. Unlawful conduct of sub-minor.
(a) No s~b-minor shall remain in or upon any public place or any
establishment between the hours of 11 o 1clock p.m. and 6 o 1clock
a.m. of the following day, official city) time~ except that on Fridays
and Saturday s and nights next preceding school holidays the hours
shall be from 12 o'clock p.m. midnight to 6 o'clock a.m.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any sub-minor
accompanied by a parent .. or to a sub-minor upon an errand or other
legitimate business directed by such sub-minorts parent~ or to any
sub-minor who is engaged in gainful lawful employment during the
curfew hours.
Sec. 19-23. Unlawful conduct of parents.
(a) No parent shall knowingly permit any sub-minor to remain in or upon
any public place or any establishment between the hours of 11 o'clock
p.m. and 6 o'clock a.m. of the following day~ official city time, except
that on Fridays and Saturdays and nights next preceding school holidays
the hours shall be from 12 o'clock p.m. midnight to 6 o 1clock a.m.;
{b) The provisions of this section shall nbt apply to any parent who accom-
panies a sub-minor or to a parent who directs a sub-minor upon an errand
or other legitimate business or to any parent of a sub-minor engaged in
gainful lawful employment during the curfew hours.
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Sec. 19-24.. Unlawful conduct of owners or operators of establish-
ments.
No operator of an establishment or their agents or employees shall
knowingly permit any sub-minor to remain upon the premises of said
establishment between the hours of 11 o 1clock p. m. and 6 o 1clock a.
m. of the following day, official city time, except that on Fridays and
Saturdays and nights next preceding school holiday s the hours shall be
from 12 o'clock p .. m. midnight to 6 o'clock a. m."
SECTION 2. PENALTIES:
Any parent who shall violate any provision of section 19-23 after
having received notice of a prior violation shall be fined upon con-
viction pursuant to section 1-5 of this Code.
Any operator of an establishment and any agent or employees of any
operator who shall violate the provisions of section 19-24 shall be
fined upon conviction pursuant to section 1-5 of this Code.
Each violation of the provisions of this article shall constitute a
separate offense.
SECTION 3. The City Secretary-Treasurer is hereby authorized and
directed to cause the publication of the descriptive caption of this ordinance and
the penalty provisions contained in Section 2 of this ordinance in a newspaper
regularly published in the City of Lubbock once a week for two consecutive weeks
as an alternative method of publication as provided by law~ and this ordinance
shall become effective ten days after its last publication.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED
Passed by the Commission on first reading this '12th day of April ' 1962.
Passed by the Commission on second readi g this 26th day of April ' 1962.
~ City Anorney