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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 9 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
LUBBOCK, TEXAS, BY DELETING THE EXISTING CONTENTS THEREOF AND SUBSTITUTING
THEREFOR A NEW CHAPTER 9 ENTITLED "MUNICIPAL COURTS OF RECORD"; ESTABLISHING
MUNICIPAL COURTS OF RECORD IN ACCORDANCE~H. VERNON'S ANN.CIV.ST. ART. 1200gg;
PROVIDING FOR OPERATION OF SAID MUNICIPAL COURTS; PROVIDING FOR SUMMONING AND
IMPANELING OF JURY PANELS AND PAYMENT OF JURORS; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THIS ORDINANCE.
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it would be in the best
interest of the administration of justice and general welfare of the citizens
of Lubbock to provide Municipal Courts of Record; and
WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Texas has passed legislation
enabling the City of Lubbock to create Municipal Courts of Record; NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT Chapter 9 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Lubbock BE and is hereby amended by deleting the existing contents thereof and
substituting therefor the following:
CHAPTER 9
MUNICIPAL COURTS OF RECORD
Sec. 9-1. Municipal Courts of Record Established.
The City of Lubbock Municipal Courts are hereby established as
Municipal Courts of Record in accordance with Vernon's Ann.Civ.St.
art. 1200gg. >
Sec. 9-2. Operation and Procedure of Municipal Courts of Record.
The operation and procedure of Municipal Courts of Record shall
be as provided for by Vernon's Ann.Civ.St.,art. 1200gg, as amended.
Sec. 9-3. Summoning, Impaneling and Payment of Jurors.
Upon delivery of jury lists drawn for the Municipal Courts of
Record to the Clerk of the Municipal Courts of Record, such jurors shall
be summoned, impaneled and paid in accordance with procedures established
by the Presiding Judge of the Municipal Courts of Record.
SECTION 2. THAT should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase
or word of this ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any
reason, the remainder of this ordinance shall not be affected thereby.
SECTION 3. THAT this ordinance shall take effect and be implemented upon
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the first day following its passage upon final reading.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed by City Council on first reading this 27th day of ___ M_a~r_c~h~-----~1980.
Passed by City Council on second reading this lOthday of April ,1980.
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APPROVED AS
Ross, Jr., City Attorney
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