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City CouncIl MeetIng 2-26-85
Santa Monica} CalifornIa
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1331 (CCS)
(City Council SerIes)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING SANTA
MONICAL MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 3606
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Santa MonIca MuniCIpal Code SectIon 3606 IS
amended to read as follows:
SECTION
3606.
Issuance
of
CItatIons in Lieu of Arrest.
(1) Except
when
otherwise
requIred by thIS Code or the Vehicle
Code~ whenever a person IS arrested
for a VIolation of th1S Code, the C1ty
Charter, or any ordInance of the City,
the VIolation of Wh1Ch IS punIshable
eIther
as
a
mIsdemeanor
or an
InfractIon,
unless such person is
taken
before
a
magistrate
In
accordance With the Penal Code or
demands to be so taken, the arrestIng
offIcer shall prepare a written notIce
1n accordance With the Penal Code and
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shall release the person upon his or
her wrItten promise to appear 1n court
In accordance wIth the Penal Code.
(2) Any
person who wilfully
vIolates his or her wrItten promise to
appear In court gIven in accordance
wIth this SectIon shall be gUIlty of a
mIsdemeanor regardless of the
dISposItIon of the charge upon WhICh
he or she was orIginally arrested.
SECTION 2 Any provIsion of the Santa Monica MunIcIpal
Code or appendIces thereto Inconsistent WIth the provIsIons of
thIS ordInance} to the extent of such InconsistencIes and no
further, are hereby repealed or modIfied to that extent
necessary to affect the provisIons of thIS ordinance.
SECTION 3. If any sectIon} subsection, sentence,
clause} or phrase of thIS ordInance IS for any reason held to
be InvalId or unconstitutIonal by a deCISIon of any court of
any competent JurisdIctIon, such decision shall not affect the
valIdIty of the remaInIng portIons of the ordInance. The CIty
CouncIl hereby declares that It would have passed this
ordInance and each and every section} subsectIon} sentence,
clause or phrase not declared InvalId or unconstitutIonal
WIthout regard to whether any portion of the ordInance would
be subsequently declared InvalId or unconstItutional.
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SECTION 4.
The Mayor shall sIgn and the City Clerk
shall attest to the passage of thIS ordInance. The CIty Clerk
shall cause the same to be pUblIshed once In the offIcial
newspaper withIn 15 days after Its adoptIon. The ordinance
shall become effectIve after 30 days from Its adoptlon.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ROBERT M. MYERS
City Attorney
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Adopted and approved this 26th day of February, 1985.
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Mayor
I her eby certi fy that the foregoIng OrdInance No. 1331 (CCS)
was duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the CIty
Council on the 19th day of February 1985; that the said Ordinance
was thereafter duly adopted at a meeting of the City Council on
the 26th day of February 1985 by the fOllowIng CouncIl vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers: Conn, Epstein, Jennings, Katz,
Zane and Mayor Reed
Noes: Councilmembers: None
Abstain: Councilmembers: None
Absent: Councilmembers: Edwards
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ATTEST: ,
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