Ord. 0543-02 1999-08-23ORDINANCE NO. 543-2
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, CREATING A NEW CHAPTER OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND
CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 32, TO BE ENTITLED, TAXICABS,
ESTABLISHING MINIMUM STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
OPERATION OF TAXICAB SERVICES WITHIN THE CITY; DEFINING
TERMS; REQUIRING PERMITS; REQUIRING INSURANCE; ESTABLISHING
FEES; REGULATING FARES; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION;
HAVING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND A
REPEALER CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, PUBLICATION
AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS:
Section 1. That a new Chapter shall be and is hereby created, and shall be
added to the City of Pearland Code of Ordinances, which Chapter shall be entitled,
Taxicabs, and which said Chapter shall hereafter read as follows:
"CHAPTER 32
TAXICABS
Sec. 32-1. Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have
the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly
indicates a different meaning:
Driver or chauffeur means every person in actual charge of the operation of a
taxicab, as defined in this section, whether as owner or agent, servant or employee
of the owner, as defined in this section.
Limousine means any automobile or self-propelled vehicle used for transportation
of a passenger for hire over a public street of the city, whereby the rate for hire of
such vehicle is based solely upon the time the vehicle is used, with a minimum time
being charged of at least two hours, and the vehicle is routed to a destination under
the direction of the passenger or person hiring the vehicle.
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Manifest means a daily record prepared by the taxicab driver of all trips made
by such driver showing place of origin, destination, number of passengers, the amount
of fare for passengers and the total number of hours driven.
Owner and taxicab operator means any person who has the control, direction,
maintenance and the benefit of the collection of revenue derived from the operation
of taxicabs on or over the streets or public ways of the city, whether as owner or
otherwise, except a driver.
Permit means authority granted to the owner allowing such owner to operate
a taxicab, and the permit shall authorize such operator of a taxicab to engage in the
business of transportation by taxicab. The term "permit" includes the term "license."
Taxi subterminal means any place other than a taxi terminal in which the drivers
or chauffeurs of taxicabs shall receive calls from a dispatcher and the calls are relayed
from a taxi terminal, and which shall likewise mean and embrace the space and area
used by taxicabs while waiting for passengers.
Taxicab means every automobile or self-propelled vehicle used for transportation
of a passenger for hire over the public streets of the city, irrespective of whether or
not the operations extend beyond the city limits, at rates for distance traveled, wait
time or for both or at rates per hour, whereby such vehicle is routed to a destination
under the direction of the passenger or person hiring the vehicle. However, the term
"taxicab" shall not apply to vehicles or motorbuses operating over a fixed or definite
route under permit, franchise or license issued by the city or other regulatory authority;
school buses, either private or public; church buses; authorized emergency vehicles;
limousines or vehicles hired in connection with funeral services; or to any vehicle for
hire whose route originates outside of the city and passes through the city without
discharge or pickup of a passenger or whose route is terminated within the city
without picking up a passenger.
Taximeter means a machine adapted automatically to calculate, at a
predetermined rate, and to register the charge for hire of a taxicab. Such charges shall
be indicated by means of figures. Terminal means the taxi depot, at which place the
taxicabs shall be housed or parked, at which place the telephone calls and requests for
service shall be made and at which place a dispatcher shall dispatch the taxicabs to
points of request for taxicab service. This term shall likewise be synonymous with taxi
terminal and shall mean and embrace that space and area of land and buildings off the
streets of the city and upon private property and shall be and constitute the main
office of the owner and taxicab operator.
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Waiting time means such time as may be consumed or lost at the special
instance and request of a passenger after such passenger has first entered the taxicab
to make a trip and before reaching his final destination or such time as may be
consumed or lost due to extreme traffic conditions.
Sec. 32-2. Enforcement.
It shall be the duty of the city manager or his duly authorized subordinates,
particularly the chief of police and the police department, to enforce this article under
their police power and all sections of this article with respect to any violation of this
article and to the regulation of taxicabs in the city.
Sec. 32-3. Penalties.
Each violation of this article shall upon conviction be punishable as provided in
section 1-11 of the City Code of Ordinances.
Sec. 32-4. Responsibility for solvency of insurer; suits on insurance policy.
Neither the city nor any officer thereof shall be held liable for the pecuniary
responsibility or solvency of any insurer or in any manner become liable for any sum
on account of any such claim or act or omission relating to any taxicab nor shall the
liability of the owner of any taxicab or his insurer be in any manner limited or changed
in connection with this article, but the judgment creditors having causes of action
secured thereby shall be authorized to sue directly on such policy of insurance without
impleading the city. All persons known to any insurer to have been injured or damaged
in the same accident and claiming damages thereunder may be parties without priority
of claim on payment in any suit had or instituted because of such matters.
Sec. 32-5. Permit Required.
No individual, firm or corporation shall drive or operate or cause to be driven or
operated any taxicab or taxicab service for the transportation for hire of persons upon
or over any street in the city unless there has first been obtained a permit duly issued
by the city. It shall be unlawful to drive or operate a taxicab or taxicab service without
the permit, which is in full force and effect.
Sec. 32-6. Application for Permit.
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(a) An application for a permit for taxicab service within the city shall be filed
with the city secretary on a form provided by the city. An application for renewal of
an existing permit shall be filed on or before December 30 of each calendar year.
Application for initial service may be made at any time. The applicant shall provide the
following information:
(1) The name of the company;
(2) The address of the company;
(3) The telephone number of the company;
(4) If a corporation, the name and address of the major officers of the
corporation and the major stockholders;
(5) If a partnership, the names and addresses of partners;
(6) If a sole proprietorship, the name and address of the owner;
(7) A description of the make, vehicle identification number and
license number of each taxicab;
(8) The name, address, age, driver's license number, social security
number, copy of a valid Texas driver's license and a state
department of public safety driving record for the applicant and
each driver. Such information shall be kept current during the
permit period. The driving record shall be reviewed for each driver
by the city secretary. No driver who has been convicted of two
or more traffic violations involving motor vehicle accidents within
the past 12 months shall be allowed to drive a taxicab or taxicab
service upon or over any street in the city. Failure to provide such
information to the city secretary for each driver operating a taxicab
within the city shall be grounds for revoking the permit of the
taxicab company;
(9) Written proof that the minimum standards for each vehicle as
required in this article have been met or surpassed;
(10) The seating capacity of each taxicab according to its trade rating;
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(11) The terminal location;
(12) The standard color or combination of colors adopted by the
applicant for the applicant's taxicab fleet; and
(13) A color visa -sized photograph cut to 1 Y4 inches by 1'/4 inches of
each driver requesting an official identification or renewal of such.
(b) The application shall include a sworn statement by the applicant that the
information provided in the application is true and correct.
Sec. 32-7. Permit Fee.
Each application for the permit required by this division shall be accompanied
by a nonrefundable permit fee of $75.00 per vehicle for ten and fewer vehicles and
$25.00 for each vehicle thereafter, to cover the expense of carrying out the provisions
of this article.
Sec. 32-8. Insurance Required.
(a) Any applicant for a permit required under this division shall, before the
permit can be issued, procure, maintain and furnish proof of financial responsibility as
required by law and as prescribed in this section. The applicant shall keep in full force
and effect during the entire term of his permit a policy of public liability and property
damage insurance, insuring the public against any loss or damage that may result to
any person or property from the operation of such vehicle. Specifically, such coverage
shall be no less than $20,000.00 for bodily injury to or death of one person in any one
accident and, subject to such limit for one person, in the amount of $40,000.00 for
bodily injury to or death to two or more persons in any one accident and in the amount
of $15,000.00 for injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident.
Insurance coverage means an insurance policy or a certificate of insurance covering
all taxicabs of the insured, insured by a company licensed to do business in the state.
The insurance company shall be of sufficient assets, with an agent in the state upon
whom service of process may be made, and shall be approved by the city attorney.
Every insurance policy and certificate of insurance must contain a provision or an
endorsement requiring that the city secretary shall be given at least 30 days' written
notice prior to the date of cancellation before such policy may be canceled by the
insurer for any cause.
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(b) If the city attorney determines that the public liability and property
damage insurance policy provided for in subsection (a) of this section has become
impaired and requires new and additional insurance, the city attorney shall require such
additional insurance in such company as he may feel is required to insure a faithful
performance by the operator of taxicabs and his agents, servants and employees, as
well as a payment by such operator of taxicabs, his agents, servants and employees
or because of the violation by the operator of taxicabs, individually or through his
agents, servants or employees, of any city ordinance or any of the laws of the state
or of the United States.
(c) If the insurance policy is canceled and no insurance policy is filed by the
owner or taxicab operator before the cancellation, the permit to operate taxicabs
granted to such person shall be automatically revoked.
Sec. 32-9. Inspection of Taxicabs.
(a) The chief of police or his designee shall have the right to inspect all
taxicabs permitted or to be permitted under this division to determine if such vehicles
meet the following minimum standards:
(1) Each vehicle shall be equipped with a fire extinguisher that has a
fire extinguisher tag evidencing that the extinguisher was
inspected by a fire extinguisher service during the 30-day period
immediately preceding the application or renewal of such
application for a taxicab permit;
(2) Each vehicle shall be free from dirt or rubbish and shall be
otherwise clean and sanitary;
(3) The vehicle identification number and permit number shall be
compared to the numbers listed on the taxicab permit application
for accuracy;
(4) Each vehicle shall have the proper lettering painted on the door as
required by this article;
(5) Each vehicle shall be inspected each year by a person authorized
to conduct vehicle safety inspections by the state. Such
inspection shall be the same as the yearly state vehicle safety
inspection;
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(6) Each vehicle shall be equipped with an air conditioner that is in
good working order and shall have windshields that are free from
cracks; and
(7) Each vehicle shall be equipped with a taximeter and shall have a
certificate of calibration showing that such taximeter was
calibrated within the 30-day period immediately preceding the
application or renewal of such application for a taxicab permit and
that the taximeter is in good working order.
(b) The chief of police or his designee shall forward his findings to the
city secretary prior to the issuance or transfer of a taxicab permit so that a
determination can be made by the city secretary that all inspection requirements have
been met.
(c) At no time shall any taxicab that is found to be unsafe by the chief of
police or his designee be operated over the streets of the city. Nothing in this section,
however, shall prevent the city from inspecting any taxicab at any time and if the city,
through its agents, servants or employees, finds that any taxicab is in a defective
condition, the chief of police or his designee shall order the use of the taxicab
discontinued until the taxicab is reinspected and approved.
Sec. 32-10. Issuance of permit and official identification.
(a) Under this division, the city secretary shall issue to each applicant a
permit or renewal for each vehicle upon the filing of written proof of insurance as
required in this division, upon ensuring that all city taxes on each vehicle and on all
other personal and real property used in such business have been paid and upon a
determination that all requirements of this article have been met. Permits shall be
issued for a 1 2-month period. Such period shall run from January 1 to December 31
of each year. Any new permit issued during the year shall begin on the date of
issuance and shall end on December 31 of that year. The permit shall state the period
for which the permit is issued, the name of the owner or operator of the vehicle, the
make of vehicle, the vehicle identification number, the current permit number and that
the vehicle is a taxicab.
(b) After the city secretary has issued the taxicab permit, the chief of police
or his designee shall issue an official identification to each driver of the permitted
taxicab company who has met all of the requirements in this article and is therefore
authorized to operate a taxicab within the incorporated limits of the city. This official
identification shall be entitled "Official Identification -- Pearland Taxicab Driver" and
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shall contain a photograph of the driver, the driver's name, the name of the taxicab
company, the issue date of the official identification and the expiration date of such.
The identification shall expire no later than two years after its issuance on December
31. It shall be the responsibility of the applicant for the permit to ensure that each
driver's official identification is current.
Sec. 32-1 1. Payment of ad valorem taxes.
It shall be the duty of every owner of a taxicab that is operated in the city limits
to pay all ad valorem taxes assessed by the city against such vehicle and all other
personal and real property used in such business. Failure to pay such ad valorem taxes
before they become 90 days delinquent shall operate as a revocation of the permit
issued in accordance with this division.
Sec. 32-12. Renewal; transferability.
Each permit issued under this chapter may be renewed from year to year by the
holder of the permit, provided the permit has not been canceled for any violation of
this chapter. The permit issued under this chapter shall be deemed personal to the
holder and shall not be transferable or assignable.
Sec. 32-13. Alteration of terms by city council.
The city council expressly reserves the right to modify, amend, change or
eliminate any of the provisions of any permit issued under this division, during the life
of the permit, to:
(1) Eliminate or delegate any conditions that might prove obsolete or
impractical; or
(2) Impose any additional conditions upon any owner, as may be just and
reasonable, and which are deemed necessary for the purpose of
promoting adequate, efficient, safe taxicab service to the public.
Sec. 32-14. Revocation.
Every operator of a taxicab in the city shall be permitted in accordance with
state laws. In addition to the penalties as provided in this Code for the violation of any
section of this Code or any city ordinance, any owner or operator of a taxicab service
who violates any section of this chapter, including permitting drivers to operate or
drive any vehicle while not properly permitted, is subject to the immediate cancellation
of his permit to operate in the city by the chief of police. However, not less than ten
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days before such cancellation, the owner shall be given written notice and an
opportunity to be heard before the chief of police as to why the permit should not be
canceled. No such notice or hearing shall be deemed necessary prior to the revocation
of a permit for failure to maintain proper insurance as required in section 32-8.
Sec. 32-15. Driver approval; driving limit; display of permit; age of driver.
(a) No person may drive or operate any taxicab unless and until the applicant
has provided his name, address, age, driver's license number, social security number,
a copy of a valid driver's license from this state, and his state department of public
safety driving record to the city secretary. Further, during the term of the permit, if
any driver is involved in a traffic accident, receives a ticket for a traffic violation which
is reflected on such driver's state department of public safety driving record or
commits any offense which is so reflected, the permittee shall immediately provide the
city secretary an updated state department of public safety driving record for that
driver. No operator or driver of any taxicab shall operate any motor vehicle for more
than 12 hours in any 24-hour period. Every driver shall display upon request and shall
have on his person a valid driver's license issued by this state. No person under 19
years of age shall operate a taxicab.
(b) No driver shall operate a taxicab in the city unless he has signed an
affidavit stating under oath that he has not been convicted of a felony crime within the
preceding five years or a crime of moral turpitude. Further, such affidavit shall state
that the driver has not been convicted of the following specific crimes: driving while
intoxicated (a final conviction within the most recent two years of permitting),
aggravated assault, rape or theft over $200.00. Such affidavit shall be filed by the
applicant or permittee with the city secretary prior to the driver operating a taxicab in
the city.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any owner or taxicab operator to permit any
taxicab to be driven or operated within the corporate limits by any person except the
owner of the taxicab or a legally authorized agent or employee of the owner or
operator who has satisfied all the requirements of this section.
Sec. 32-16. Posting of permit and identification of driver.
Both the permit issued by the city secretary under this chapter and the official
identification of each taxicab driver required shall be posted by the applicant within the
vehicle in a conspicuous place, visible to all passengers, and it shall be unlawful to fail
to do so.
Sec. 32-17. Lettering on vehicle.
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Each vehicle permitted under this article shall have on each side and in the rear
or viewable from the rear of the taxicab the name of the owner or the assumed name
under which the owner operates, together with the company's telephone number and
the taxicab number. All of the lettering mentioned in this section shall not be less than
2'h inches in height and not less than 5/16 of an inch in stroke. The letters shall be
of such a nature that will weather the elements, and they must be kept legible at all
times.
Sec. 32-18. Uniform coloring.
Each taxicab owner shall adopt a standard color or combination of colors and
shall not operate a taxicab until all of the taxicabs are painted the color or combination
of colors adopted by the permit holder.
Sec. 32-19. Overcrowding.
It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in the taxicab business to overcrowd
the taxicab and thereby endanger the passengers carried therein. As used in this
section, the term "overcrowded" shall mean that the driver is transporting a greater
number of people in the vehicle than has been recommended by the manufacturer of
the vehicle or for whom there is not a seat belt, inclusive of the driver.
Sec. 32-20. Passenger's right of exclusive occupancy.
When a taxicab is engaged, the passenger shall have the exclusive right to the
full and free use of the passenger compartment, and it shall be unlawful for the taxicab
driver or permittee to solicit or carry additional passengers therein, except with the
consent of the passenger who engaged the taxicab originally.
Sec. 32-21. Soliciting prohibited.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any driver or operator of any taxicab or for any
other person to seek or solicit passengers for any such taxicab by word or by sign,
directly or indirectly, while driving on any public street or public place of the city or
while parked on any public street or alley of the city.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any driver or operator to speak or call out in a loud
manner the term "taxicab," "automobile for hire," "hack," "carriage," "bus,"
"baggage" or "hotel" or in any manner attempt to solicit passengers at any passenger
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depot or upon any passenger depot platform, grounds or premises of any railroad
company, air terminal or bus station, or upon any city sidewalk or street.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any driver or operator of any taxicab to respond
to a call unless he is properly dispatched. A taxicab is properly dispatched when a
customer or his designee requests service:
(1) From a taxicab company and the company upon which such
request is made directs one of its taxicab drivers or operators to
respond to such request; or
(2) Of a taxicab driver or operator and such taxicab driver or operator
contacts the taxicab company for which he works to advise the
company that the taxicab driver or operator is responding to the
request.
Sec. 32-22. Transportation for unlawful purposes.
It shall be unlawful for any driver of a taxicab to knowingly transport any person
to the abode of a prostitute or to knowingly transport any person, criminal, narcotic
peddler or prostitute for the purpose of aiding in the commission of a crime or the
violation of the law in any manner or to act in any manner as a pimp for prostitutes or
to act as a contact man for any unlawful establishment of any character.
Sec. 32-23. Lost or misplaced property.
(a) It shall be the duty of every taxicab driver to return immediately to the
owner, if known, all luggage, merchandise or other property left in his taxicab. If the
owner of such property is not known, the driver shall immediately turn over property
to the manager of the taxi terminal from which he operates all property whatsoever
left in his taxicab, giving a complete report of when and where it was left in his
taxicab.
(b) All of such property shall be tagged for identification purposes. If it is not
called for by its owner within seven days, it shall be placed in storage by the taxicab
owner, where it shall be held for at least 90 days, after which, if not called for by its
owner, it may be sold for storage charges according to state law pertaining to public
sales.
Sec. 32-24. Daily manifest.
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Every driver of a taxicab shall maintain a daily manifest upon which is recorded
all trips made each day, showing the place of origin and destination of each trip, the
number of passengers, the amount of the fare and the total number of hours driven.
All such completed manifests shall be returned to the owner of the taxicab by whom
the driver is employed at the conclusion of the driver's tour of duty of the day. It shall
be the duty of the owner to furnish the forms for such manifest record and to see that
such manifest is kept daily by each driver.
Sec. 32-25. Taximeters.
Every taxicab operating upon the streets in the city shall be installed and
equipped with a taximeter, which taximeter shall be in good working order and subject
to inspection at any and all reasonable times by the city or the city manager.
Sec. 32-26. Refusal to pay fare.
It shall be unlawful for any passenger to refuse to pay the legal fare due from
him for the use of any taxicab after having hired the taxicab. It shall be unlawful for
any person to hire any taxicab with the intent to defraud the person from whom it is
hired and, after using the taxicab, to fail or refuse to pay the taxicab fare due from
him.
Sec. 32-27. Terminals and subterminals.
(a) Every taxicab operator shall maintain 24-hour-per-day toll -free public
telephone service for customers to request taxicab services.
(b) The driver of a taxicab using a subterminal shall remain seated in his
vehicle at all times while such vehicle is at a subterminal. However, such driver may
leave the vehicle when actually necessary to assist passengers to enter or leave the
taxicab or in any case of accident, necessity or emergency beyond the control of the
driver.
(c) The form and type of terminals, if any established within the city, shall
be of such a nature that affords a safe, sanitary and lawful operation of transportation
by the taxicabs. The site, location and type of proposed buildings and the sanitary
conditions of the terminal shall be reflected in the application.
Sec. 32-28. Fares.
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(a) All fares charged by a taxicab must be posted within the vehicle in a
conspicuous place, visible to all passengers. Waiting time shall be posted as "waiting
time/traffic delays." Failure to post the fares as required in this section shall be a
violation of this section. The city council shall, by ordinance, have the right to change
or establish the rates and fares to be charged by taxicabs in the city at any time it
deems necessary. Fares may be charged on a lump -sum basis per trip for
governmental programs if specifically approved by ordinance. Until otherwise changed
by the city council, the following taxicab rates and fares shall be effective as the
maximum rates and fares in the city:
(1) The rate of fare for one or more passengers picked up from the
same point and delivered to a common destination shall be no
more than $1.50 for the first one -tenth of a mile and $0.30 for
each one -fifth of a mile thereafter;
(2) Waiting time consumed by the taxicab at the instance of the
passengers or due to traffic delays shall not exceed $18.00 per
hour. Waiting time shall be registered on the taxicab's meter with
the selector lever in the time position;
(3) For trips that originate between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 6:00
a.m., an additional fee not to exceed $1.00 shall be added to the
metered rate; and
(4) If two or more passengers are going to the same destination, the
driver shall collect only one fare as recorded on the taximeter. If
the passengers are going to different destinations, the driver shall
clear his meter at the first destination and charge the first
passenger the amount recorded on the taximeter and proceed to
the next destination as though it were a completely new trip.
Other destinations shall be treated likewise.
(b) No taxicab shall be operated at any time with a passenger unless the
meter is correctly operating and showing the rates that are being charged. If at any
time the taximeter stops or fails to operate or is operating incorrectly, it shall be the
duty of the operator of the taxicab to immediately take the taxicab to its terminal and
not operate such taxicab until the meter has been fixed and adjusted.
(c) It shall be the duty of the applicant or permittee to have the taximeter in
each taxicab inspected during the 30-day period immediately preceding the application
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for the taxicab permit and to provide written proof that each taximeter is in good
working order and free from mechanical defects. The city shall have the right to
inspect the taximeter at any time it so desires.
Sec. 32-29. Overcharging.
It shall be unlawful for any owner, driver or operator of any taxicab to refuse to
convey a passenger over the most direct route practical or to demand or receive an
amount in excess of the rates displayed on the rate cards displayed in the taxicab or
the rate shown on the meter, freewill tips excepted."
Section 2. Repealer. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict only.
Section 3. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase
or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid, unconstitutional or otherwise
unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a
separate, distinct, and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions thereof.
Section 4. Savings. All rights and remedies which have accrued in favor of
the City under this Ordinance and amendments thereto shall be and are preserved for
the benefit of the City.
Section 5. Codification. It is the intent of the City Council of the City of
Pearland, Texas, that the provisions of this Ordinance shall be codified in the City's
official Code of Ordinances as provided hereinabove.
Section 6. Publication and Effective Date. The City Secretary shall cause this
Ordinance, or its caption and penalty, to be published in the official newspaper of the
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City of Pearland, upon passage of such Ordinance. The Ordinance shall then become
effective ten (10) days from and after its publication, or the publication of its caption
and penalty, in the official City newspaper.
PASSED and APPROVED ON FIRST READING this the 9TH day of August
A. D., 1999.
TOM REID
MAYOR
ATTEST:
PASSED and APPROVED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING this the 23'd day
of August , A. D., 1999.
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TOM REID
MAYOR
ORDINANCE NO. 543-2
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
c.A.L. 1'1 )2,86.,
DARRIN M. COKER
CITY ATTORNEY
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VOTING RECORD (SECOND AND FINAL READING
AUGUST 23, 1999)
Voting "Aye" - Councilmembers Berger, Beckman, Seeger,
Tetens, and Wilkins.
Voting "No" - None.
Motion passes 5 to 0.
PUBLICATION DATE: SEPTEMBER 1, 1999
EFFECTIVE DATE: SEPTEMBER 10, 1999
PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 3.10 OF
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
The Pearland Reporter News
2404 South Park
Pearland, Texas 77581
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LATING FARES; PROVID-
G A PENALTY FOR VIO
TION; HAVING A SAV-
GS CLAUSE, A SEVER-
BILITY CLAUSE, AND A
EPEALER CLAUSE; PRO -
DING FOR CODIFICA-
ON; PUBLICATION AND
EFFECTIVE DATE.
Sec. 32-3. Penalties.
ch violation of this article
shall upon conviction be un-
able as provided in section_
1 of the City Code of
nances.
SSED and APPROVED
FIRST READING (his the
day of August A.D. 1999.
EST:
/ YOUNG LORFING
TY SECRETARY_._
TOM REID
YOR
I VASSED and -APPROVED
JON SECOND AND FINAL
DING this .the .23rd day of_
August, A.D., 1999 .
1 OM REID
1,MAYOR
aA TEST:
r/S/ YOUNG LORFING
TY SECRETARY
A 'PROVED AS TO FORM:
/S/ DARRIN M. COKER
OITY ATTORNEY
'VOTING RECORD (SECOND
"4ND FINAL READING
6UGUST 23, 1999)
Noting "Aye"-Councilmembers
Beckman, Tetens, Berger,
Wilkins, and Seeger.
it
%toting "No" -None
;;Motion passes 5 to 0.,
PWBLICATION DATE:
iSEPTEMBER 1, 1999
EFFECTIVE DATE:
SEPTEMBER 10, 1999
PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED
SECTION 3.10 OF THE
g--TARTER OF THE CITY OF
ARLAND, TEXAS