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ORDINANCE NO,
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE PROTECTION OF
PERSONAL PROPERTY AGAINST THEFT BY CREATING A
POLICE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER KEEPER REGISTER,
MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO ERASE, DEFACE OR ALTER
A POLICE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WHICH HAS BEEN
INSCRIBED OR ATTACHED TO AN ARTICLE OF PER-
SONAL PROPERTY; MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO POSSESS
AN ITEM OF PERSONAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE
POLICE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER HAS BEEN ERASED,
DEFACED OR ALTERED; PROVIDING PENALTIES; PRO-
VIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE
OF PRIOR ORDINANCES; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1,
There is hereby created a police identification number
keeper register which shall be maintained by the Police De-
partment of the City of Fort Worth for the purpose of regis-
tering and recording identification numbers which have been
assigned by the Police Department to private individuals or
businesses in the City of Fort Worth for use in identifying
their articles of personal property for protection against
loss, theft or burglary and as a means of identification and
recovery of such items if lost or stolen. Participation in
the police identification number keeper program shall be on
a voluntary basis and at the option of the citizen.
SECTION 2.
As used in this ordinance the term "Police Identification
Number" shall mean a number or a combination of digits and
letters which has been assigned by the Police Department of
the City of Fort Worth to a particular person or business
for the purpose of identifying articles of personal property,
which number shall have been recorded and registered in the
police identification number keeper register, and which has
been permanently inscribed, etched, affixed or attached to
an item of personal property by the owner for the purpose
of identifying same.
SECTION 3.
It shall be unlawful for any person to alter, change,
deface, erase or mutilate, for the purpose and intent of
changing the identity, any police identification number
which has been permanently inscribed, etched, affixed or
attached to any article of personal property by the owner
for the purpose of identification. It shall also be unlawful
for any person to have in his possession any article of
personal property, knowing that the police identification
number placed on same by the owner for the purpose and
intent of identification has been altered, changed, defaced,
erased or mutilated, for the purpose and intent of changing
the identity of said article of personal property.
SECTION 4.
Any person, firm, corporation, associations of persons
or any agent or employee thereof who violates any of the
provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and., upon conviction thereof, shall be fined
not to exceed $200.00 for each offense. Each day of viola-
tion shall constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 5.
This ordinance shall repeal every prior ordinance in
conflict herewith, but only insofar as the portion of such
prior ordinance shall be in conflict, and as to all other
sections of ordinances not in direct conflict herewith,
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this ordinance shall be and is hereby made cumulative.
SECTION 6.
That if any section, part of a section or provision
of any section of this ordinance shall be held to be void,
ineffective or unconstitutional by a court of competent
jurisdiction, the holding of such section, part of a sec-
tion or provision of any section to be void, ineffective
or unconstitutional for any cause whatsoever shall in no
way affect the validity of the remaining sections and pro-
visions of this ordinance, which shall remain in full force
and effect. The City Council would not have passed any
sections, parts of sections or provisions of any section
of this ordinance that were unconstitutional, void or in-
effective if it had known that they were unconstitutional,
void or ineffective at the time of adopting this ordinance.
SECTION 7.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its passage and publication as required by law
and it is so ordained.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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Adopted by the City Council: - w
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Mayor and Council Communication
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Identification of IteMS Sww1bj TMCt taw being stolen. This sytem provides for
citizens to mark their property with an identification number (their driver's
license in most cases) whieb Is recorded with the Police Department. This
number will then make It easie r for the police and property owners to identify
property and assure its return two the rightful owner.
In eSEablishing this program, it uscessary that a City ordinance be adopted
providing for the protection of the oli identification number and making
it unlawful two areas-, deface or alter such a number, At the request of the
Police Department, the City Attorney has ep r such an ordinance which
provides for a fine, upon conviction,.on not two exceed $200.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the City Council adopt an ordinance ro din for
the protection of personal property g t t theft by creating a police
identification numbet keepe r register and making it unlawful 1. to erase,
deface or alter the number which has been ascribed of attached to tw article
of personal property.
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