HomeMy WebLinkAbout1120 09-14-1993ORDINANCE NO. 1120
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS,
CREATING THE EULESS MUNICIPAL COURT OF RECORD
NUMBER 1; FINDING THAT THE FORMATION OF SUCH
COURT IS NECESSARY TO PROVIDE A MORE EFFICIENT
DISPOSITION OF CASES ARISING IN THE CITY;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Euless, Texas, after
study, finds and determines that the formation of a municipal court
of record is necessary to provide a more efficient disposition of
cases arising in the City of Euless; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires, by this ordinance, to
create said municipal court of record in the City of Euless.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EULESS, TEXAS:
I.
That there is hereby created within the City of Euless, Texas,
a municipal court of record, which hereafter shall be designated
and known as the Euless Municipal Court of Record Number 1 °. Said
Municipal Court of Record Number 1 shall be officially created and
shall commence operations on October 1, 1993.
II.
That the presently existing and operating municipal court in
the City, which is not a court of record, shall cease operations on
October 1, 1993, at the time that the Euless Municipal Court of
Record Number 1 is created and commences operations. All records
of the Euless Municipal Court shall, at that time, become records
of the Euless Municipal Court of Record Number 1.
III.
The City Council hereby adopts the provisions of House Bill
2841, enacted by the 73rd Legislature of the State of Texas, and
codified as Subchapter X of Chapter 30 of the Texas Government
Code, to govern operations and procedures in the Euless Municipal
Court of Record Number 1.
IV.
That, pursuant to the provisions of Subchapter X of Chapter 30
of the Texas Government Code, as amended, the City Council hereby
provides that, in lieu of providing a court reporter at trials, the
proceedings in the Municipal Court of Record Number 1 shall be
recorded by a good quality electronic recording device.
V.
Severability Clause. That it is hereby declared to be the
intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs,
sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and
if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this
ordinance shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional by the
valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction,
such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the
remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of
this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City
Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such
invalid or unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or
section.
VI.
Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage and publication as provided by
the Euless City Charter and the laws of the State of Texas;
provided, however, that the Municipal Court of Record hereby
created shall actually come into existence and begin operations on
October 1, 1993.
PRESENTED AND GIVEN FIRST READING and approved at a regular
meeting of the Euless City Council on the 14th day of September,
1993; by a vote of 5 ayes, 0 nays, and 0
abstentions.
APPROVED:
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Mary Lib Saleh, Mayor
ATTEST:
Susan Cri.m, C14C, City Secretary
OVED O FO
McFar and, City Attorney
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