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04-94-Ordinance-Amending Chapter 5, Amount of Reward - Arsonists-04/18/1994CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS ORIGINAL Copy ORDINANCE NO. #04-94 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SANGER BY RAISING THE AMOUNT OF THE REWARD OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST AND CONVICTION OF ARSONISTS IN THE CITY; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR ANY CONFLICTING PROVISIONS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THIS ORDINANCE. NOW BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS: SECTION I: CODE OF ORDINANCES AMENDED That from and after the effective date of this ordinance, Chapter 5, Section 5.400(a) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Sanger, Texas, regarding the reward offered by the City for the provision of information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person(s) committing arson in the City shall read as follows: "(a) The Mayor of the City of Sanger is hereby required, authorized, and empowered to offer a standing reward of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), payable to the person or persons who shall be responsible for the arrest and conviction of any person committing in said City the crime of arson as the same is now defined by the penal code of the State of Texas." SECTION II: SEVERABILITY That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word in this Ordinance, or application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid 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 thatit would have passed such remaining portions of the Ordinance despite such invalidity. SECTION III: CONFLICTING PROVISIONS That any and all Ordinances of the City of Sanger heretofore adopted which are in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby expressly repealed insofar as the same are in conflict therewith. SECTION IV: EFFECTIVE DATE That this Ordinance shall take effect immediately, from and after its passage and publication of the caption, as the law in such cases provides. Page 1 of 2 PASSED AND APPROVED BY ORDER CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS, ON THIS April 19 1994. ATTEST: CITY SECRETARY 6 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF T THE 18th — DAY OF MAYOR Page 2 of 2