HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-2014-069-O-14Effective Date: July 26, 2014
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AN ORDINANCE
Amending City Code Subsection 10-3-13(0) to Increase Fines for Using
Mobile Telephones While Operating a Motor Vehicle
NOW BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That Subsection 10-3-13(D) of the Evanston City Code of
2012, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
(D) Penalty: Any person who violates Subsection (B) of this Section shall be subject
to a fine of seventy-five dollars ($75.00), provided however, that if a violation
occurs at the time of a traffic accident, the driver shall be subject to an additional -
fine not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00).
SECTION 2: The findings and recitals contained herein are declared to
be prima facie evidence of the law of the City and shall be received in evidence as
provided by the Illinois Complied Statues and the courts of the State of Illinois.
SECTION 3: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 4: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage, approval and publication in the manner provided by law.
SECTION 5: If any provision of this ordinance or application thereof to any
person or circumstance is ruled unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such invalidity
shall not affect other provisions or applications of this ordinance that can be given effect
without the invalid application or provision, and each invalid provision or invalid
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application of this ordinance is severable.
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Attest:
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Rod y Gree, City Clerk
Approved:
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1EWbeth B. �IT_isdahl, Mayor
Approved as to form:
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