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(A) If the legislative body shall desire to amend any existing chapter or section of this code, the chapter or section shall be specifically repealed and a new chapter or section, containing the desired amendment, substituted in its place.
(B) Any ordinance which is proposed to add to the existing code a new chapter or section shall indicate, with reference to the arrangement of this code, the proper number of the chapter or section. In addition to such indication thereof as may appear in the text of the proposed ordinance, a caption or title shall be shown in concise form above the ordinance.
(A) As histories for the code sections, the specific number and passage date of the original ordinance, and the amending ordinances, if any, are listed following the text of the code section. Example: (Ord. 10, passed 5-13-1960; Ord. 15, passed 1-1-1970; Ord. 20, passed 1-1-1980; Ord. 25, passed 1-1-1985)
(B) (1) If a statutory cite is included in the history, this indicates that the text of the section reads substantially the same as the statute. Example: (Tex. Local Gov’t. Code, § 54.001) (Ord. 10, passed 1-17-1980; Ord. 20, passed 1-1-1985)
(2) If a statutory cite is set forth as a “statutory reference” following the text of the section, this indicates that the reader should refer to that statute for further information. Example:
§ 39.01 PUBLIC RECORDS AVAILABLE.
This municipality shall make available to any person for inspection or copying all public records, unless otherwise exempted by state law.
Statutory reference:
Inspection of public records, see Tex. Gov’t. Code, §§ 552.001 et seq.
It shall be an offense for any unauthorized person to change or amend, by addition or deletion, any part or portion of this code, or to insert or delete pages or portions thereof, or to alter or to tamper with this code in any manner whatsoever which will cause a law of the city to be misrepresented thereby.
Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) Whenever in this code or in any ordinance of the city an act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or whenever in the code or ordinance the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, and no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provision of this code or any such ordinance shall be punished by:
(1) A fine not to exceed $2,000 in all cases arising under municipal ordinances that govern fire safety, zoning and public health and sanitation;
(2) A fine not to exceed $2,000, if a motor vehicle is used in illegal dumping or an offense under the law or city ordinance violated by the illegal dumping; or
(3) A fine not to exceed $500 in all other cases; provided, however, that no penalty shall be greater or less than the penalty provided for the same or a similar offense under the laws of the state.
(B) Each day any violation of this code or of any ordinance shall continue shall constitute a separate offense. In the event that any such violation is designated as a nuisance under the provisions of this code, the nuisance may be summarily abated by the City Manager or the Director of Public Safety or their assigns.
Statutory reference:
Municipal penalties, see Tex. Local Gov’t. Code, § 54.001