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DRAFT attorney\ordwork\current\Hand-Held Mobile Phones Ord 2008 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 31, TRAFFIC CODE, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ADDING A NEW DIVISION 4, USE OF HAND HELD DEVICES IN SCHOOL ZONES, AND SECTION 31-58, REGULATING THE USE OF HAND-HELD MOBILE TELEPHONES AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES IN REDUCED SPEED SCHOOL ZONES; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISION RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City council finds that the use of a hand-held mobile telephone to engage in a call or the use of a mobile communication device to send, read, or write a text, email or other form of electronic message while operating a moving motor vehicle in a designated school zone during the hours that the school zone is in effect is a traffic hazard and a danger to the public and creates a particular danger or probability of danger to school children traveling to and from schools and other educational facilities in the City of Paris; and, WHEREAS, the City Council believes that prohibiting the use of hand-held mobile telephones to engage in calls or mobile communication devices to send, read, or write text, e-mail or other form of electronic messages while driving in a designated school zone during the hours that the school zone is in effect, with certain defenses, would further protect the public health, safety, and welfare, especially of school-aged children. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. The findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That a new Division 4, "Use of Hand-Held Devices in School Zones" and Section 31-58, "Regulating the use of hand-held mobile telephones and mobile communication devices in reduced speed school zones" to Chapter 31 "Traffic Code" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas, be and the same is hereby established to read as follows: "DIVISION 4. USE OF HAND-HELD DEVICES IN SCHOOL ZONES "Sec. 31-58. Regulating the use of hand-held mobile telephones and mobile communication devices in reduced speed school zones. (a) In this section: -1- 000()71.