Ordinance No. 3,67930922 --1
ORDINANCE NO. 3579
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 17 -2, "FIREARMS AND TARGET
RANGES" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE;
CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE
EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1: That Section 17 -2(b) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended by adding a new Subsection (b) (5) to read as
follows:
(5) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution if the discharge:
(a) is confined to property owned or lawfully hunted by
the suspect;
(b) does not occur within the City of Baytown or within
five hundred (500) feet thereof; and
(c) consists of shot no larger than number four (4)
birdshot.
Section 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms
of this ordinance are hereby repealed, provided however, that such repeal shall be
only to the extent of such inconsistency and in all other respects this ordinance
shall be cumulative of other ordinances regulating and governing the subject matter
covered by this ordinance.
Section 3: If any provision, section, exception, subsection, paragraph,
sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to any
person or set of circumstances, shall for any reason be held unconstitutional, void or
invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of
this ordinance or their application to other persons or sets of circumstances and to
this end all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 4: This ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage by the
City Council.
INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City
Council of the City of Baytown, this the 22nd day of September, 1983.
ALLEN CANNON, Mayor
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LEE P.—HALL, Ity Clerk
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