HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 92-29 ORDINANCE NO.
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT
TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF NEGLIGENT COLLISION;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR
REPEAL AND PROVIDING A PENALTY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
That Section 26-10(a) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont be, and the
same is hereby, amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-10. Negligent collision.
(a) If any person while driving or operating any vehicle within the corporate
limits of the city shall cause, suffer, or permit the same to come into collision with any
other vehicle, animal, person, or property in, on, or near any street or highway, such
person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Proof of a culpable 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That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the extent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 thee3�day
of 1992.
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