87-042 ORD PROVIDING CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY REVISING CHAPTER 15 1/2 OF SAID CODE

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ORDINANCE N0. $7-042 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF PARIS, BE AMENDED BY REVISING CHAPTER 152 UF SAID CODE; PROVIDING THAT THF. JURISDICTIONAL LIMITS OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT TO HEAR ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS PUNISHABLE BY FINES UP TO $2,000.00, AND PROVIDING FOR FINES AND SPECIAL EXPENSES AS AUTHORIZED BY STATE LAW; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $2,000.00; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF SEPTEMBER l, 1987. BE IT OkDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS: Section 1. That Chapter 152 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be amended so that such shall read as follows: "ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL Sec. 152-1. Department created. Sec. 152-2. Purpose. Sec. 152-3. Responsibilities, duties and functions. Secs. 152-4-10. RESERVED. ARTICLE II. MUNICIPAL COURT Sec. 152-11. Hierarchial governance: Hierarchial governance shall be the following: The Constitution of the United States, those Federal Statutes which control states under the Supremacy clause, the Constitution of Texas, the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, the Texas Penal Code, Texas Civil Statutes, Charter of the City of Paris, Urdinances of the City of Paris, Texas Rules of Criminal Eviclence and Common Law of England. Sec. 152-12. L,ocal Rules. RESERVED Sec. 152-13. Jurisdictional limits. (a) The municipal court has exclusive original jurisdiction withiri the city limits of the City of Paris in all criminal cases that: (1) Arise under the ordinances of the City of Paris; (2) Are punishable only by a fine not to exceed: (A) $2,000.00 in all cases arising under City of Paris ordinances that govern fire, safety, zoning, and public