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ORDINANCE NO. 8468 -------
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 16-82 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, PERTAINING TO COLLISIONS, AND AMENDING SECTION 16-175(d):
PERTAINING TO SPEED; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY; AND
PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
WHEREAS, the decision in Cause No. A82-03577-2, a case appealed to
County Court at Law No. 2 from the Lubbock Municipal Court of Record, indicates
that the language of Section 16-82 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Lubbock should be changed to conform to recent decisions of the Court of
Criminal Appeals; and
WHEREAS, the penalty provided for by Section 16-175(d) of the Code of
Ordinances should be conformed to the provisions of Vernon's Ann.Civ.St., art.
6701d, Section 143; and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems such changes in wording to be in the best
interest of the citizens of the City of Lubbock, Texas; NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT Section 16-82 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Lubbock, Texas, BE and is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 16-82. Collision.
No person driving or operating or in charge of any motor vehicle,
animal or any other vehicle, shall cause, suffer or permit the same to
come into collision with any person, animal, street sign, street post,
water plug, mailbox, or any other obstacle or object whatsoever in or on
any street, roadway or highway, or any other public place whatsoever in
the limits of the City.
SECTION 2. THAT Section 16-175(d) of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Lubbock, Texas, BE and is hereby amended to read as follows:
(d) Any person violating the prima facie speed limit established by
this Section shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less
than One ($1.00) Dollar nor more than Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars.
SECTION 3. 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 4. THAT violation of any provision of this Ordinance shall be
deemed a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars
($200.00) unless another penalty is expressly provided by law.
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SECTION 5. THAT the City Secretary is hereby authorized to cause
publication of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance as an alternative
method of publication provided by law.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed by Council on first reading this
Passed by Council on second reading this
ATTEST:·-
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
28th
11 tf::i
day of ___ .,,.liu.ul~)~' __ , 1983.
day of August , 1983.
E. JACK .BROWN, MAYOR PRO I EM
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF LUBBOCK
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Before me Dennie: t-",cHea a Notary Public in and for Lubbock County. Texas on thi,s day
personally appeared Tw1 I il tuf1 I I, Account r·1;:,nzu·'er of the Southwestern Newspa-
pers Corporation. publishers of the Lubbock Avalanche-.Journal -Morning. Evening and Sunday. who
being by me duly sworn did depose and say that said newspaper has been published continuously for more
than fifty-two weeks prior to the first insertion of this le f' r.:. I h:t11: 1 cc-TtH) t10 r t:!.{16 Of. o t' r
war;l-t,'1':,n.ofi No. 7~:,n,1,:;n at Lubbock County. Texas and the attached print-
ed copy of the Not 1 ce is a true copy of the original and was printed in the Lubbock
Avalanche-.Journal on the following dates: Aur~ur:t 13 t~ :'.:'.Ot 1981
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LUBBOCK AVALANCHE-JOURNAL
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