HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 92-30 ORDINANCE NO. Y
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ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT
TO AMEND THE ELEMENTS CONCERNING SPEEDING IN
THE CITY LIMITS TO REMOVE THE NECESSITY OF
PROOF OF CULPABLE MENTAL STATE; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND
PROVIDING A PENALTY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
Chapter 26, Section 26-21 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont be, and
the same is hereby, amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-21. State speed limits applicable except as otherwise provided.
The state traffic laws regulating the speed of vehicles shall be applicable upon
all streets within this city, except as this chapter, as authorized by state law, hereby declares
and determines upon the basis of engineering and traffic investigation that certain speed
regulations shall be applicable upon specified streets or in certain areas, in which event it shall
be prima facie unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of any speed so
declared in this chapter when signs are in place giving notice thereof.
Proof of a culpable mental state of mind, as defined in Chapter 6 of the Texas Penal
Code, is not required to prove an offense under this section.
Section 2.
That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance, or the
application of same to a particular set of persons or circumstances should, for any reason, be
held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, and,
to such end, the various portions and provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 3.
That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the extent
of the conflict only.
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Section 4.
That any person who violates any provision of this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be
punished, as provided in Section 1-8 of the Code of Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this them day
of )22cA 1992.
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