HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 6964-1974 - Amending Section 18-37(A) Vehicle Driver Accident Report - 08/22/1974ORDINANCE NO. _::..69::.::6:...:.4 __ _
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 18-37(.A) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, LUBBOCK COUNTY, TEXAS, SO AS TO CHANGE
REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO VEHICLE DRIVER ACCIDENT REPORTS TO
THE LUBBOCK POLICE DEPARTMENT AS SET FORTH IN THE BODY OF THIS
ORDINANCE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PRESCRIBING A PENALTY FOR
VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
WHEREAS,. the City Council of the City of Lubbock finds it would be to the pub-
lic interest,. health., safety,. and general welfare to amend the Code of Ordinapces
. of the City of Lubbock so as to more clearly define the duties of a driver of a moto
ehicle as regards reporting an accident to the Lubbock Police Department; NOW
THEREFORE
E IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.: THAT Section 18-37 (A) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Lubbock .. Texas which now reads as follows:
11Sec. 18-37
(a) The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident within the corporate
limits of the City of Lubbock .. Texas resulting in injury to or death of an
person or damage to any property. real or personal,. shall immediately
and by the quickest means of communication give notice oe such accident
to the police department of the City of Lubbock .. Texas. (Ord. No. 4116.
6-27-63)11
E AND THE SAME IS hereby amended to read hereafter as follows:
11Sec~: 18-37(.A)
The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in death, inJury
or apparent property damage of TWENTY-FIVE ($25. 00} DOLLARS or
more within the corporate limits of the City of Lubbock., Texas., shall
immediately and by the quickest means of communication, give notice of
such accident to the police department of the City of Lubbock,. Texas.
This includes all accidents occurring on public streets, or highways. or
other public property., or on any private property commonly used by the
public such as supermarkets., or shopping center parking lots., parking
areas provided by business establishments for the convenience of their
customers. clients., or patron~, parking lots owned and operated by the
state or any other parking area owned and operated for the convenience o
and commonly used by. the public; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this
section shall not apply to accidents occurring on privately owned resident
ial parking areas or on privately owned parking lots where a fee is charg d
for the privilege of parking or storing a motor vehicle. 11
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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 any person., firm or corporation violating the terms of
Section 18-37(A) of the Lubbock City Code as established by this Ordinance shall.,
upon conviction, be fined any sum not to exceed TWO HUNDRED ($200. 00) DOLLA
SECTION 4. 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.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed by the City Council on first reading this 22nd day of
Passed by the City Council on second reading this 12th day of
August , 1974.
September ., 1974.
ROY BASS. MAYOR
TTEST:
PPROVEDAS TO FORM:
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