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ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
CHAPTER 26 , SECTION 26-40 (f)
TO INCREASE WRECKER CHARGES
IN IMPOUNDMENT SITUATIONS;
PROVIDING FOR WRITTEN NOTIFI-
CATION OF MAXIMUM WRECKER CHARGES
IN IMPOUNDMENT SITUATIONS; REGULATING
WHEN STORAGE CHARGES SHALL BE BEGIN;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING
FOR REPEAL; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
THAT Chapter 26, Section 26-40 (f) be and the same is hereby
amended to read as follows:
26-40 (f) - Any wrecker removing a vehicle from a street
or highway pursuant to the provisions of this
section must make the vehicle available to
the owner or operator on a twenty-four hour
basis. A wrecker company shall present a
written bill for wrecker services to each
person when the vehicle is retrieved by the
owner or operator. The bill for wrecker
services shall contain, in bold type or
capital letters, a statement in substantially
the following form:
MAXIMUM CHARGES
1. TOWING - $25. 00
2. STORAGE (DAILY) - 4 . 00
3. DOLLY - 15. 00
4. CALL OUT AFTER HOURS - 7 . 50
CHARGES FOR TOWING AND IMPOUNDMENT
IN EXCESS OF STATED MAXIMUMS VIOLATES
THE LAW AND MAY RESULT IN A FINE OF
UP TO $200. 00. REPORT VIOLATIONS
TO THE POLICE.
A wrecker company may charge not to exceed
$25. 00 for such towing as provided in this
section and a storage charge not to exceed
$4. 00 per twenty-four hours of storage or
a fraction thereof. Storage charges shall
not begin to accrue until the vehicle has
been upon the premises of the wrecker company
for twenty-four hours. Wrecker companies
may charge not to exceed $7. 50 for releasing
a vehicle to its owner or operator any time
it is necessary to release the vehicle other
than during normal working hours. This $7. 50
charge may be collected by wrecker companies
only when such vehicle is release within one-
hour of the request by the owner or operator.
When the owner or operator does not appear
within the specified one-hour time limit to
reclaim the vehicle, the wrecker company may
charge an additional $7 . 50 call out fee when
the vehicle is reclaimed. The $25. 00 towing
charge applies to automobiles only, and does
not apply to vehicles requiring a heavy duty
wrecker. When it is necessary to use a dolly
to tow a vehicle, an additional charge of
$15. 00 is authorized. A wrecker company may
charge up to $10. 00 if a vehicle is releasedi,
to the owner or operator after a vehicle is
actually attached to the wrecker, but before
the vehicle is moved.
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.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are repealed to the extent of the conflict only.
Section 4 .
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 the day of 1980.
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