HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1983-070 CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 83-70
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 8 RELATING TO
COURTS AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE BY ADDING A NEW
SECTION 8-4; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAOSE; PROVIDING
AN EFFECTNE DATE AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
� NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
� CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS:
� Section 1. That Chapter 8 of the City Code of the City of Grapevine,
Texas, relating to Courts and Criminal Procedure is hereby amended in the
following particulars and all other existing Sections, Subsections, Paragraphs,
Sentences, Definitions, Phrases and Words of said City Code are not amended
but shall remain intact and are hereby ratified, verified and affirmed:
A. That a new Section 8-4 is added which shall read as follows:
"Sec. 8-4. Warrant Fee - Special Expense Prescribed.
A warrant fee of Twenty Five Dollars ($25.00) shall
be charged as a special expense each time any person
is required to or agrees to appear in the municipal
court and fails to do so thereby causing the issuance
and service of a warrant of arrest for such person for
the purpose of bringing such person before the
municipal court, and such warrant fee shall also be
charged for the issuance and service of any warrant
of arrest after due notice has been given for any
reasono The warrant fee shall be paid into the City
treasury for the use and benefit of the City."
Section 2. If any section5 article, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or
word in this ordinance, or application thereto any person or circumstance is held
,. invalid or unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction such holding
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the ordinance; and the
City Council hereby declares it would have passed such remaining portions of the
, ordinance despite such invalidity, which remaining portions shall remain in full
force and effect.
Section 3. The fact that the present ordinances and regulations of the
City of Grapevine, Texas, are inadequate to properly safe�uard the health,
safety, morals, peace, and general welfare of the inhabitants of the City of
Grapevine, Texas, creates an emergency for the immediate preservation of
public business, property, health, safety, and general welfare of the public which
requires that this ordinance shall become effective from and after the date of
its passage and it is accordingly so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED on the lst day of Novenber , 1983.
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Mayor, City of Grapevine, Texas
'� ATTEST:
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City Secretary, City of Grap�vine, Texas
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APPROVED AS TO FORM: ���
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City Attorney, City of Grapev� , xas —_ _