8468-94 Amending Chapter 13 of the South Bend Municipal Code Selected Weapons & Instruments of Violence Prohibited

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• Anti-Crime Ordinance Page 8 the person issuing the citation. The citation shall have instructions thereon as to the disposition of the citation. (d) In addition to adult violators being issued ordinance violation citation(s), any such person found in violation of this Division shall be required to attend and successfully complete a minimum of two (2) educational seminars on firearms safety and perform a minimum of twenty (20) hours of community service for each violation. Said seminars shall be conducted by the South Bend Police Department and/or the City's duly authorized agent. All costs related to said seminars shall be paid by the violator. (e) Any firearm, found in the possession of a minor, shall be confiscated, and the South Bend Police Department shall be immediately contacted. Said minor shall be required to attend and successfully complete a minimum of two (2) educational seminars specifically focusing on minors and safety awareness. Said seminars shall be conducted by the South Bend Police Department and/or the City's duly authorized agent. All costs related to said safety awareness seminars shall be paid by said minor's parent(s) or guardian(s). Additionally, said minor shall be required to write, in his or her own handwriting, a minimum of a two-page report on safety awareness and perform a minimum of twenty(20) hours of community service for each violation,with credit being given against the community service hours for reports deemed acceptable by the department of the City's agent. Said report must be turned into the principal of the minor's school within seventy-two (72)hours of successfully completing the last seminar. Copies of such reports with the name of the minor being held confidential, shall be sent to the Common Council's Health and Public Safety Committee on the last business day of the month when said seminar was held. Quarterly Committee reports shall be given on the progress of such youth educational safety awareness seminars. (f) Penalties up to a total of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) for all citations, seminar fees and fines may be imposed upon an adult when found in violation of this Division for each and every violation. Sec. 13-102 Through Sec. 13-104 Reserved for Future Use. Division III. Firearms Prohibited or Restricted in Selected Public Places. 3 Sec. 13-105 Public Places Where Firearms Are Prohibited-Exceptions; Signs to be Conspicuously Displayed. 4 (a) Firearms are prohibited in the following public places: (1) Buildings and grounds governed by a school corporation, with "school corporation"having the defmition as that set forth in Indiana Code § 36-1-2-17; (2) Buildings and grounds governed by the provisions set forth in Indiana Code § 12-17.2-1-1 et seq., addressing day cares, child care centers, child care homes, and child care ministries;