HomeMy WebLinkAbout(0015) Ordinance_Repealing_22_XII.pdfORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 22 (MOTOR
VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY
OF FORT WORTH (2015), AS AMENDED, BY REPEALING
ARTICLE XII, "AUTOMATED RED LIGHT
ENFORCEMENT;" PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE
SHALL BE CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, on July 31, 2007, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 17677 creating
an automated red light enforcement program in the City of Fort Worth;
WHEREAS, HB 1631, effective June 2, 1019, was passed by the 86th Legislature
prohibiting automated red light enforcement programs;
WHEREAS, the City's automated red light enforcement program terminated effective
June 2, 2019;
WHEREAS, Council is repealing Article XII to remove the automated red light
enforcement program from its City Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That Chapter 22, "Motor Vehicles and traffic," Article XII, "Automated Red Light
Enforcement," of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (2015), as amended, is hereby
repealed in its entirety.
SECTION 2.
That this ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code
of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (2015), as amended, except where provisions of this ordinance
are in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such Code, in which the
conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections,
paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of the ordinance are severable, and if any phrase,
clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the
valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall
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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 unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph
or section.
SECTION 4.
All rights and remedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, are expressly saved as to any
and all violations of these provisions of the Code of the City of Fort Worth that have been
adjudicated as of June 2, 2019, which shall not be affected by this ordinance.
SECTION 5.
The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is hereby directed to engross and enroll this
ordinance by copying this caption and effective date in the minutes of the City Council and by
filing the ordinance in the ordinance records of the City.
SECTION 6.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its adoption,
and it is so ordained.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: ATTEST
Assistant City Attorney
ADOPTED AND EFFECTIVE:
Mary J. Kayser, City Secretary
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