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ORDINANCE N0. $4-2,575
Ala ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NOS. 84-2550, PROVIDING A
PEI3ALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF TH;E ELECTRICAL CODE AND
PROVIDING FOR THE PASSAGE OF SUCH ORDINANCE AS AN EMER-
GENCY.
WHEREAS, VERNON'S TEX. CIV. STAT. ANN.. art. loll and art. 1195
have been amended by the Texas Legislature authorizing
municipalities to assess a fine of u.p to One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00) upon conviction of viola't3.ng certain designated city
ordinances; and
WI~EREAS, the City Council has determined that it would be in
the best interest and to the benefit of the citizens of Plainview,
Texas t:hat the penalty for violating said electrical code should be
increased in accordance with said statute,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY 7CHE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PLA:LNVIEW, TEXAS THAT SECTION 7.4 OF ORDINANCE N0. 84-2550 BE
AMENDEI) AS F'OL]LOWS
7.4 GENERAL PENALTY; CONTINUING VIOLATIONS. Whenever,
in t~ii°.s Code, an act is pro i ited or is made or
declared to be unlawful or a violation or a mis-
demeanor, or whatever in such Cade the doing of any
act is required or the failure to do any act is
hereby declared to be unlawfu]_. The violator of any
such prevision of this Code shall be punished by a
fine of not exceeding One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00). Each day any violation of this Code
shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.
The necessity to amend Section 7.4 of Ordinance No. 84-2550
creates, an emergency and it is an imperative public necessity that
more than one reading thereof be, and the same is hereby suspended;
this ordinance shall be passed and take effect as an emergency
measures and shall be in full force and. effect from and after its
passage as provided by law, and it is scr ordained.
PASSED th:Ls the ~ day of December , 1984 , . by unanimous vote
of the City Council, City of Plainview.
AP'PRROVED this the ~ day of Dece b 4.
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V. P~idlehuber, Mayor
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Walter S. Do son, City Cler