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ORDINANCE NO. 1 ' V0
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 29 OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS,
BY ADDING SECTIONS TO BE NUMBERED 29-2.1,
29-2.25 29-2.35 AND 29-2.4, PROVIDING FOR
INTERLOCAL POLICE ASSISTANCE TO OTHER CITIES
AND COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, AND
PROVIDING FOR COMPENSATION FOR POLICE
OFFICERS OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT AND POLICE
OFFICERS FROM OTHER CITIES OR COUNTIES
WHEN OPERATING UNDER THE PROPER AUTHORITY:
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND REPEALING
ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS. OF ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT THEREWITH.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TEXAS:
1.
That the'Code of Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas,
is hereby amended by adding sections to be numbered 29-2.1,
29-2.21 29-2.3, and 29-2.4, which said sections read as
follows:
"Sec. 29-2.1 Interlocal Police Assistance
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 999b,
Vernon's Texas Civil Statutues,the Chief of
Police of the City of Beaumont is authorized
to assign regularly employed law enforcement
personnel of his department to assist any other
county or municipality in this State, when a
,state of civil emergency in such other county
or municipality has been declared by proper
authority, upon request by such proper authority,
and when, in the opinion of such proper authority,
a need exists in such other county or muni;c.ipplify.,
for the services of additional law enforcement
officers to protect the health, life and property
of such other county or municipality, its
inhabitants, and the visitors thereto, by reason
of riot, unlawful assembly characterized by the
use of force and violence, or threat thereof by
three or more persons acting together or without
lawful authority, or during time of natural disaster
or man-made calamity.
"Sec. 29-2.2 Same
Whenever any 1aw,eriforcement officer of any other
county or municipality is assigned to the City of
Beaumont, under authority of an order adopted by
the governing body of such other county or
municipality, to assist under dircumstances as
described above which may exist in the City of
Beaumont, that such officer shall be a peace
officer of the City of Beaumont and shall be under
the command of the Chief of Police of the City
of Beaumont, while so assigned, and he shall have
all the powers of a regular law enforcement officer
of the City of Beaumont as fully as though he
were within the county or niunicipality, where
regularly employed and his qualification,
respectively, for office where regularly
employed shall constitute his qualification
for office in the City of Beaumont, and no
other oath, bond, or compensation shall be
made."
"Sec. 29-2.3 Same
When any law enforcement officer of the City of
Beaumont is ordered by proper authority to
perform peace officer duties outside the
territorial limits of the City of Beaumont,
he shall be entitled to the same wage, salary,
pension, and all other compensation and all
other rights for such service, including
injury or death benefits, the same as though
the service had been rendered within the limits
of the City of Beaumont and he shall also be
paid for any reasonable expenses of travel,
food, or lodging, as well as for damage to
equipment and clothing, and medical expenses
which he may incur while on duty outside such
limits, or while traveling to or from such
assignment."
"Sec. 29-2.4 Same
When any law enforcement officer is assigned
to the City of Beaumont from another county or
city under the circumstances described above,
and upon request of the proper authority of
the City of Beaumont, that the City of Beaumont
will, upon proper request, reimburse the county
or city furnishing the services of such law
enforcement officer for his actual expenses
of travel, food, lodging, and for such cost of
damage to equipment and clothing resulting from
the services of such law enforcement officer in
the City of Beaumont and for which the county
or city where he is regularly employed has paid."
-. 2.
That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or
phrase of this ordinance of the application of same to a
particular set of persons or circumstances should for any
reason be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall in no
wise affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, and to
such end the various portions and provisions of this ordinance
are declared to be severable.
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3.
That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
PASSED by the City Council this `J day of
November, 1969.
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