The city shall establish and maintain a fire department adequate
to the necessity of the city for fire protection.
The city shall maintain an adequate city police department,
prescribe the qualifications and duties of policemen, and regulate
their conduct.
The city shall provide a court for the trial of misdemeanor
offenses, known as the corporation court, with such powers and duties
as are defined and prescribed by the general laws of the State of
Texas.
The city manager shall appoint some suitable person for the
position of judge or recorder of the corporation court, who may or
may not be a member of the city council, and who shall discharge the
duties of said office, under the terms and provisions of state laws,
creating said court.
The city shall provide for the enforcement of ordinances enacted
by it by a fine not to exceed $2000.00, for those violations of provisions
which govern fire safety, zoning, or public health and sanitation,
and for all other violations, by a fine not to exceed $500.00, provided
that no ordinance shall provide a greater or lesser penalty than is
prescribed for a like offense by the laws of the state.
(Ordinance 2011-02-02, pt. 1(a),
adopted 2/15/11)
The city shall provide for the council [sic of fines imposed,
by labor on the public streets and public highways of the city, and
for collection of any fine imposed. Executions may be enforced as
executions issued in civil cases.
