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ORDINANCE NO d !J
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 19, "HEALTH AND SANITATION,"
OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH (1964), AS AMENDED,
BY INCREASING THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE FEES AT THE SEXU-
ALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE CLINIC, THE IMMUNIZATION CLINIC;
AUTHORIZING PUBLICATION IN PAMPHLET FORM; MAKING THIS
ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES; REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES AND PROVISIONS OF THE FORT WORTH CITY CODE IN
CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND
DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That Section 19-440.1 of Chapter 19 of the Code of the City of
Fort Worth (1964), as amended, be, and the same is hereby amended so
that hereafter same shall read and be as follows:
"Sec. 19-440.1. Public Health Service Fees.
"The Department of Public Health shall be entitled to
collect the following fees from those individuals using
the facilities and/or services of the department as listed
below:
(a) Public Health Laboratory
(1) bacteriological analysis of standard
water sample ................ ............ $ 5.00 '`-~
(2) chemical analysis of standard water
sample........ ....................... $50.00
Regulatory or complaint water samples that are sub-
mitted to the laboratory from the Environmental
Health Division of the City of Fort Worth Health
Department, the Environmental Health Division of the
Tarrant County Health Department, or the State Health
Department, Region V., shall be exempt from imposi-
tion of these fees.
(b) Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic
(1) clinic fee, includes initial and two
follow-up visits ....... ................. $ 6.00
(2) laboratory fee
(a) Tarrant County Hospital District
facilities ..... ............... .... $ 3.00
(b) All other outside agencies. .... .... $ 5.00
(c) Immunization Clinic
(1) yellow fever immunization ........ ... ... $10.00
(2) clinic fee . ............ .. .. ...... $ 2.00
(3) copy of immunization record.......... .. $ 2.00
(d) Dental Clinic -
1 clinic fee ............. .............. $ 4.00"
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SECTION 2.
That the City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is hereby
authorized to publish this ordinance in pamphlet form for general
distribution among the public, and this ordinance as so published
shall be admissible in evidence in all courts without further proof
than the production of said pamphlet, as provided in Section 3,
Chapter XXV of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth.
SECTION 3.
This ordinance shall repeal every prior ordinance and provi-
sions of the Fort Worth City Code in conflict herewith but only
insofar as any portion of such prior ordinance or provision shall be
in conflict, and as to all other ordinances or provisions of the
Fort Worth City Code not in direct conflict herewith, this ordinance
shall be and is hereby made cumulative.
SECTION 4.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council
that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of
this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence,
paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitu-
tional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent
jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the
remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of
this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City
Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such un-
constitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
SECTION 5.
That this ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and
effect from and after its passage, and it is so ordained.
AP ROVED AS TO FORM A LEGALITY:
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City Attorney
Date: 5~~~3
ADOPTED:
EFFECTIVE:
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