Ordinance 1988-07
ORDIIIIAIICE NO. g,f -7
BEING AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE,
A HOME RULE SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OF
TEXAS ENTITLED "DIALING 9-1-1 WHEN NO
EMERGENCY EXISTS"; CREATING AN OFFENSE
FOR DIALING A 9-1-1 EMERGENCY TELEPHONE
NUMBER WHEN NO EMERGENCY EXISTS; CREATING
A PRESUMPTION AS TO WHO DIALED A 9-1-1
EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBER; PROVIDING
FOR A REPEALING CLAUSE, PROVIDING SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION
OF THIS ORDINANCE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00) FOR EACH
OFFENSE; AND DECLARING AM EFFECTIVE DATE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE,
COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS THAT
SECTION 1 DIALING 9-1-1 WHEN NO EMERGENCY EXISTS.
(a) A person commits an offense if he knowingly
dials a emergency telephone number when no
no emergency exists.
(b) A person is presumed to have dialed a 9-1-1
emergency telephone number if the telephone
from which the number is dialed is listed in
his name with the local telephone company.
SECTION 2 REPEALING CLAUSE - That all ordinances of the
City in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed
and all other ordinances of the City not in
conflict with the provisions of this ordinance
shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3 SEVERABILITY CLAUSE - Should any paragraph,
sentence, subdivision, clause, phrase or section
of this ordinance be adjudged or held to be
unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, the same
shall not affect the validity of this ordinance
as a whole or any part or provision thereof
other than the part so decided to be invalid,
illegal or unconstitutional and shall not affect
the validity of the remaining portions of this
ordinance.
SECTION 4 PENALTY - Any person firm or corporation
violating any of the provisions or terms of this
ordinance shall be subject to a fine not to
exceed the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00)
for each offense, and each day such violation
shall continue to exist shall constitute a
separate offense.
SECTION 5 PUBLICATION CLAUSE - This ordinance shall take
effect immediately from and after its passage
and publication of its caption, as the law in
such cases provides.
DULY PASSED
THIS /,-;/ f)" DAY
OF ~'P'~~OF WYLIE,
;:/ /,1988 .
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uck Trimble, Mayor
TEXAS,