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2009046322 Received:
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ORDINANCE NO. 20,130
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND §1 -9 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO
INCREASE THE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF AS AUTHORIZED
BY ACT 341 OF 2009; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, Act 341 of 2009 (the "Act ") authorizes cities to increase penalties for violations of the
City Code for the first time in over twenty years; and
WHEREAS, the authorized penalty has been amended from a fine not exceeding $500.00 to
$1,000.00, and from $250.00 to $500.00 for continuous violations; and
WHEREAS, the effective date of Act 341 is July 31, 2009, ninety days after adjournment of the
legislature.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
Section 1. Little Rock, Ark., Rev. Code § 1 -9 (c) is hereby amended to read as follows:
(c) Except as otherwise provided, a person convicted of a violation of this Code shall be
punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or double such sum for each
repetition thereof. If the violation is, in its nature, continuous in respect to time, the penalty for
allowing the continuance thereof is a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each
day that the same is unlawfully continued.
Section 2. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, which shall remain in full force and
effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of this
ordinance.
Section 3. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same that are inconsistent
with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
Section 4. Emergency Clause. Whereas, it is hereby found and determined that an increase in the
penalty amounts authorized pursuant to Act 341 of 2009 is warranted in that it that it will act as a
deterrent to city ordinance violations; therefore an emergency is hereby declared and this Ordinance shall
take effect on August 1, 2009, one day after the effective date of its authorizing legislation.
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Ordinance
To amend § 17 -202 of the Code of Ordinances pertaining to
Records of scrap metal dealers
1 PASSED: July 7, 2009
2 ATTEST:
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10 Thomas M. Carpenter, CH4 Attorney
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Ordinance
To amend § 17-202 of the Code of Ordinances pertaining to
Records of scrap metal dealers
APPROVED:
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Mark Stodola, Mayor