HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 92-28 ORDINANCE NO. `' '--?d'
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1,
SECTION 1-8.1 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF BEAUMONT TO AMEND THE REGULATIONS
CONCERNING THE NECESSITY OF PROVING A CULPABLE
MENTAL STATE AS AN ELEMENT OF A CRIMINAL
OFFENSE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND
PROVIDING FOR REPEAL.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
That Chapter 1 Section 1-8.1 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont be,
and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1-8.1. Mental state required.
In each instance in which a criminal offense is established in this Code of
Ordinances and any amendment thereto, if the definition of that offense does not
prescribe a culpable mental state, a culpable mental state is nevertheless required unless
the definition plainly dispenses with any mental element.
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That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the extent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.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this theaz day
of a h , 1992.
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