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City of Beaumont
Becky Ames
Mayor
EMERGENCY POWERS
WHEREAS, by proclamation issued on August 29, 2008,the Mayor declared a state
of disaster for the City of Beaumont resulting from the impact of Hurricane Gustav; and
WHEREAS, said state of disaster requires that certain emergency measures be
taken pursuant to the Executive Order of the Governor Relating to Emergency
Management;
NOW, THEREFORE, the following regulations shall take effect immediately upon
issuance, and shall remain in effect until the state of disaster is terminated:
1. PRICE CONTROLS.
A person shall not sell any of the following goods or services for more than the price
the person charged for the goods or services from and after the date of the
declaration of the disaster:
(a) groceries, beverages, toilet articles, ice;
(b) construction and building materials and supplies, and earthmoving
equipment and machinery;
(c) electric and gas generating/transmitting equipment, parts and
accessories;
(d) charcoal briquettes, matches, candles, lamp illumination and heating
unit carbides, dry batteries, light bulbs, flashlights and hand lanterns;
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(e) hand tools (manual and power), hardware and household supplies,
and equipment rental;
(f) automotive parts, supplies, and accessories;
(g) plumbing and electrical tools and supplies;
(h) apartment, duplex, multi-family dwelling, rooming house, hotel and
motel rental;
(i) gasoline, diesel oil, motor oil, kerosene, grease, and automotive
lubricants;
0) restaurant, cafeteria, and boarding-house meals;
(k) services of roofing and building contractors, plumbers, electricians,
mechanics, tree surgeons, and automobile wrecker companies;
(1) medicine, pharmaceutical, and medical equipment and supplies;
(m) blankets, quilts, bedspreads, bed linens, mattresses, bedsprings,
bedsteads, towels, and toilet paper; and
(n) furniture and clothing.
2. SUSPENSION AND MODIFICATION OF ORDINANCES.
(a) The following ordinances and regulations are hereby suspended or
modified as indicated:
Competitive bidding regulation
(b) The suspension or modifications of the ordinances and regulations
listed in Subsection (a) shall remain in effect until (date 60 days from the date these
regulations are issued), or until the state of disaster is terminated, whichever is sooner.
3. PENALTIES.
A person who violates any provision of these regulations, upon conviction, is
punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
4. EMERGENCY.
This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage and
publication and it is accordingly so ordained.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 31st day of August, 2008.
�FAUMO���,,� Mayor Becky Ames
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