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ORDINANCE NO. 5145
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES~ CITY OF
LUBBOCK, TEXAS., BY ADDING SECTION 18-18., l TO .CREATE A VIOLATION
FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR IN CORPORATION COURT; PRESCRIBING A.
PENALTY; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the violation of "promise to appear11
as set out in Section 149 of the Uniform Act ( 6701d) V. A. C. S. can be issued .
only for violations issued in the Uniform Act ( 6701d); and,
WHEREAS, the City Council finds it would be in the public interest to
create a violation for "failure to appear11 and to prescribe: a penalty; and.,
WHEREAS., an emergency exists because this violation affects the usual
daily operation of the Corporation Court; NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT the Code of Ordinances· of the City of Lubbock BE and
the same is.hereby amended by adding a new Section., 18-18. l, which reads
hereafter as follows:
Section 18-18. 1
11Any person wilfully violating his written promise to appear in
Corporation Court as directed on a traffic citation is guilty of
a misdemeanor regardless of the dispostion of the charge upon
which he was originally arrested.11
11A written promise to appear in Court may be complied with by
an appearance by counsel. 11
SECTION 2. 11Any person who violates any provision of this Ordinance,
upon conviction~ shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed TWO HUNDRED
DOLLARS ($200. 00). 11
SECTION 3. This Ordinance is declared an emergency measure for the
reasons set.out in the preamble hereto and this Ordinance is hereby passed
on the day of its introduction as provided by Article IX., Section 16 of the
Charter of the City of Lubbock.
Lavenia
Approvecf
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.,