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ORDINANCE NO. 1482
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of North Richland
Hills, Texas, that:
1.
The Municipal Court may require the person requesting a Driving
Safety Course to pay a fee set by the Court at an amount that does not exceed
$10.00 including any special fees authorized by Statute or Municipal Ordinance
to cover the cost of administering this section. Fees collected under this
subsection by the Municipal Court shall be deposited in the Municipal Treasury.
2.
The Municipal Court shall require a payment of $10.00 fee before
dismissing proceedings under subsection (a) of Sec. lC of Article 670lh,
Vernon's Civil Statutes (Failure to Maintain Financial Responsibility).
The fee collected shall be deposited in the Municipal Treasury and used to
defray expenses in administering the terms of said Sec. lC.
3.
The City Council adopts the powers conferred by the 1987 Amendment
to Article 4.4 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure and the 1987 Amendment
to Article 1011, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas. The Municipal Court of this
city shall have the powers to punish by a fine not to exceed $2,000.00 upon
conviction of a violation of city ordinances that govern fire safety, zoning
and public health and sanitation other than vegetation and litter violation.
The fine in all other cases, including vegetation and litter violation shall
not exceed $500.00. However, if a motor vehicle is used in illegal dumping,
a conviction for said illegal dumping is punishable by a fine not to exceed
$2,000.00.
4.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict therewith, are
repealed to the extent of said conflict.
5.
If any portion of this ordinance is declared to be invalid it shall
not affect the remaining valued portion.
6.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
date of passage, approval and publication.
.
Passed and approved this 24th
day of
August
, 1987.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
LEGAL AFFIDAVIT
THE STATE OF TEXAS:
COUNTY OF TARRANT
Before me, the undersigned authority on this day personally ap-
peared
Virqinia Rankin known to me to be a credible person, who
first being sworn, deposed and upon her oath said:
That she is the
of the Mi(l r.it-ipi=: DAily, anewspa-
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per which has been regularly and continuously published and of general
circulation in the City/Town of
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more than one year next preceding the first publication of the attached
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and that he caused said notice to be published in
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That the attached is a true and correct copy of said notice as
published on said date(s) in said
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DALLAS County, Texas
ORDINANCE 1482
An ordinance autho-
rizing the Municipal
Court to set a fee of
510,00 to a person re-
questing Driving Safety
Course; requiring a fee
of 510,00 before dismiss-
ing violation of Finan-
cial Responsibility Law;
authorizing a fine not to
exceed 52,000,00 in cases
involving the violation
of ordinances that gov-
ern fire safety, zoning
and public health and
sanitation, of her than
vegetation and litter vi-
olations; authorizing a
fi ne not to exceed 5500.00
in all other cases and au·
thorizing a fine not to
exceed 52,000.00 for ille-
gal dumping involvinjla
motor vehicle; repealing
certain ordinances; pro-
viding for a savings
clause and an effective
date.
Passed and approved
this 24th day of August,
1987.
APPROVED:
/s/ Dan Echols
Mayor
ATTEST:
/s/ Jeanette Rewis
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO
FROM AND LEGALITY:
/s/ Rex McEntire
Attorney
MCDN CPN #741
PUB.: 8/30/87