This article is and shall be deemed an exercise of the police powers of the State of Texas and of the City of Collinsville for the public safety, convenience, comfort and protection of said City and the citizens thereof, and all of the provisions hereof shall be construed for the accomplishment of that purpose.
[Adopted 8-16-1983 by Ord. No. 202]
Whenever a person is arrested for any violation of the ordinances of this City, and/or the laws of the State of Texas; and such person is not immediately taken before a magistrate as required by state law, the arresting officer shall prepare in duplicate written notice to appear in court containing the name and address of such person, the license number of his vehicle, if any, the offense charged and the time and place when and where such person shall appear in court. The time specified in said notice to appear must be at least 10 days after such arrest unless the person arrested shall demand an earlier hearing.
The arrested person, in order to secure release, must give his written promise so to appear in court by signing in duplicate the written notice prepared by the arresting officer.
Any person violating his written promise to appear in court is guilty of a misdemeanor regardless of the disposition of the charge upon which he was originally arrested.
Each and every provision, paragraph, sentence and clause of this article has been separately considered and passed by the City Council of the City of Collinsville, and each of said provisions would have been separately passed without any other provision, and if any provision hereof be ineffective, invalid or unconstitutional for any cause, it shall not impair nor affect the remaining portions or any part thereof; but the valid portions shall be enforced as if they had been passed alone; and all ordinances and parts of ordinances of the City of Collinsville in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
It appears to the City Council that there is an emergency and for the protection and general welfare of the citizens of Collinsville, an emergency is declared and this article shall be in full force and effective upon passage.