HomeMy WebLinkAbout1831 09-23-2008ORDINANCE NO. 1831
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 50, "OFFENSES," SECTION 50-
27, "CURFEW HOURS FOR MINORS," OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
SECTION 1
THAT Chapter 50, "Offenses," Section 50 -27, "Curfew Hours for Minors," Subsection
(a) "Definitions," "Curfew Hours" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Euless, Texas,
hereby be amended to hereafter be and read as follows:
Section 50- 27Curfew Hours for Minors
(a) Definitions. In this section:
Curfew hours means:
(1) 11:00 p.m. on any Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or
Thursday until 6:00 a.m. of the following day;
(2) 12:01 a.m. until 6:00 a.m. on any Saturday or Sunday; and
(3) Between 9:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, or Friday, while school is in session, a minor who remains,
walks, runs, idles, wanders, strolls, or aimlessly drives or rides about
in or on a public place.
SECTION 2
THAT Chapter 50, "Offenses," Section 50 -27, "Curfew Hours for Minors," Subsection
(c) "Defenses," of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Euless, Texas, hereby be amended
by adding the following to hereafter be and read as follows:
(3) It is a defense to prosecution under subsection (a)(3) that:
a. The school the minor attends is not in session.
b. The minor is a high school graduate or has an equivalent certification.
C. The minor is on an excused absence from the minors school, which in
the case of a child being home schooled includes permission or
absence from a parent.
d. The minor is on lunch break from a school that permits an open
campus lunch.
e. The minor is off campus on a work study program.
(4) Subsection (1)(f) is not a defense to violation 50- 27(a)(3).
SECTION 3
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.
SECTION 4
SAVING CLAUSE. That applicable chapters of the Code of Ordinances, City of
Euless, Texas, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect, save and except as
amended by this ordinance.
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.
PRESENTED AND APPROVED ON FIRST AND FINAL READING at a regular
meeting of the Euless City Council on the 23`d day of September, 2008, by a vote of 7
ayes, 0 nays, and 0 abstentions.
APPROVED: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Mary Lib Sa eh, Mayor
ATTEST:
96s-an Com, TRMC, City Secretary
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