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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 3693 i ORDINANCE NO. 3 9� AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REGISTRATION WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE OF CERTAIN PERSONS CONVICTED OF CRIME; DEFINING TERMS; PROVIDING CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS; PROVID- ING FOR THE KEEPING OF CERTAIN RECORDS; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL OTHER ORDI- NANCES; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: Section 1. For the purposes of this ordinance, a "convicted person" shall mean any person who has been finally convicted in any Federal Court or in the Court of any state of any offense of the grade of felony or of the crimes of theft, larceny, embezzlement, forgery or obtaining money by false pretense, or of the violation of any provision of any national or state law pertaining to the possession, sale or transportation of narcotics. Section 2. Every convicted person living in the City of Fort Worth or who comes into the City of Fort Worth from any point outside of said City, whether in transit through said City or otherwise, shall report to the Chief of Police of the City of Fort Worth, within twenty-four (24) hours after his arrival within the boundaries of said City, and shall furnish a written statement signed by such person, giving the true name of such person and each other name or alias used by such person, a completedescription of himself, the place of his birth, the name or description of each crime enumerated in Section 1 of which he shall have been convicted and the date of conviction, the name of any and the location of each prison, reformatory or other penal institution in which he was confined, address of his residence when so convicted, the address or location of his in- tended residence, stopping place or living quarters in this City, and the length of time for which he expects or intends to reside within the City. Said person shall be photographed and fingerprinted by said Chief of Police, and said photo- graph and fingerprints shall be made a part of the permanent record of the Police Department herein provided for. r - Section 3- In the event that any person specified in Section 1 hereof changes any such place or residence, stopping place or living quarters to any new or diff- erent place or places within said City other than any place last shown in such report to said Chief of Police, he shall within twenty-four (24) hours after the making of such change, notify said Chief of Police in a written statement of said new address and each one thereof. Section 4. No person required by any provision of this ordinance to furnish any report or information shall fail, neglect or refuse to make such report or to furnish such information, photographs or fingerprints or shall fail, neglect or refuse to render or furnish the same within the time hereinbefore prescribed, or shall fail, neglect or refuse to furnish to said Chief of Police, within such time any information, photograph or fingerprints required to be furnished by any provision of this ordinance, or shall furnish any false, untrue or misleading information or statement relating to any information required by any provision of this ordinance to be made or furnished. Section 5. Nothing in this ordinance shall be deemed or constructed to apply to any person who has or who shall have received a full pardon from each such crime whereof he shall have been convicted, nor to any person who is or shall be on parole or probation under the laws of the State of Texas, or of the United States of America, or whose parole or probation under the laws of the State of Texas, or the United States of America, shall have expired without any revocation of such parole or probation having been made. Section 6. The Chief of Police shall cause to be made a permanent record of all information, photographs and fingerprints required by the provisions of this ordinance to be furnished to or by him; said records, photographs and finger- prints shall at all reasonable times be open to the inspection of any Peace Officer having jurisdiction within the territorial boundaries of said City of Fort Worth. section 7. This ordinance shall be cumulative of all other ordinances of the City of Fort Worth except in those instances where such ordinances are in conflict herewith, in which instances the terms of this ordinance shall prevail. Section 8. Should any section, article, prevision or part of this ordinance be declared to be unconstitutional and void by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall in no way affect the validity of any of the remaining parts of this ordinance unless the part held unconstitutional or void is inseparable from and indispensable to the operation of the remaining parts. The City Coun- cil hereby declares that it would have passed those parts of this ordinance which are valid and omitted any parts which may be unconstitutional if it had known that such parts were unconstitutional at the time of the passage of this ordinance. Section 9. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00). Section 10. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage and publication as provided by law. P OVED � Assistant City Attorney ORDINANCE No. Title s Adopted Final Adoption Publishl Filed Day of 19-,e 4, City Secretary ' P. o.No. 429 i 8-U