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AN ORDINANCE AMENDlNG ARTICLE IV OF CHAPTER 31 OF THE
CODE OF ORD1NANCES OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK . ." TEXAS., ENTITLED
'~REGULATION OF AMBULANCES," BY AMENDING SECTION 31-52 TO
PROVIDE FOR CLEARANCE OF DffiECT EMERGENCY CALLS; PRESCRIB~
lNG A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION; PROVIDlNG FOR PUBLICATION AND
DECLARIN'G AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS., the City Cotmcil of the City of Lubbock has found that it
would be in the best interest of the safety of the general public and aid those
in need of emergency ambulance service to make the changes in clearance
of direct emergency ambulance calls as set forth: NOW,. THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CttY OF LUBBOC&
SECTION 1. THAT Section 31e52 of Article IV of Chapter 31 of the Cod~
of Ordinances of the City' of Lubbock;, Texas., BE., and the same is hereby
amended to read as follows., to4!1Wit:
Section 31•52 Clearance of Direct Emergen~y Calls~·
{a) It shall be unlawful for any licensed operator to respond to a direct
call without first having called the police Emergency Dispatcher immediate~
upon receipt of such direct call~ giving lhe location of the patient and having
received clearance from said Dispatcher to make said emergency cal.4
{b) On notification of a direct emergency call,. the Police Emergency
Dispatcher shall authorize and direct the licensed operator to make said call
and shall inform all persons subsquently reporting said call that the emergen!P
cy call is already being responded to by the assigned licensed operator.!
Provided.;. in cases where additional ambulances are needed,. the Emergency
Dispatcher shall authorize the making of such calls by such other operators
as are needed.
SECTION ·2,. THAT any person who shall violate any of the provisions of
this orcilinance shall, upon conviction,. be fined in any amount not to exceed
$200. oo.
SECTION 3. That the City Secretary is authorized and directed to cause
the publication of the descriptive caption of this ordinance together with the
penalty provision as an alternative method of publication as provided by law,.
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. SECTION 4. THAT whereas. an emergency exists as shown in the pre•
amble to this ordinance,. the enactment of this ordinance is declared to be
an emergency measure thereby creating a public necessity that the rule
requiring proposed ordinances to be presented at two (2) separate council
meetings be dispensed with; and this ordinance shall be effective from the
date of its passage.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.