HomeMy Public PortalAboutResolution No. 026-93 11-09-1993 RESOLUTION NO. 2 6 - 9 3
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING DRUG-FREE ZONES.
WHEREAS, the 73rd Legislature of the State of Texas passed Senate Bill 16,
establishing drug-free zones around schools, institutions of higher learning,
playgrounds, public and private youth centers, public swimming pools and video
arcade facilities; and
WHEREAS, since Senate Bill 16 provides for a doubling of the minimum term of
confinement or imprisonment and of the maximum fine for certain drug-related
offenses committed within such drug-free zones; and
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 16 also provides for the preparation of a map by the
City Engineer for the purpose of showing the location and boundaries of such
drug-free zones, for use as evidence in the prosecution of certain drug-related
offenses; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Richland Hills, Texas, desires by
this resolution to approve the map prepared by the City's Engineer as an official
finding and record of the location and boundaries of drug-free zones within the City
of Richland Hills, Texas.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS:
I.
That the map attached hereto as Exhibit "A" is hereby approved as an official
finding of the Richland Hills City Council and is a record of the location and the
boundaries of drug-free zones within the City of Richland Hills, Texas, under the
provisions of subchapter D of Chapter 481 of the Texas Health and Safety Code.
Be it further resolved by the City Council of the City of Richland Hills, Texas,
that the City Engineer is hereby directed to file a certified copy of the approved
map attached hereto with the county clerk of Tarrant County, Texas.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Richland Hills,
Texas, by a vote of 5 ayes, ~ nays and ~ abstentions this 9t:h day
of November 1993. /
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C. F. Kelley, Mayor
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APPROVE AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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City Attorney
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