Amending Chapter 13 Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions

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Bill No. 73�' (S Ordinance No. 0 [10- S/ AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AMENDING SECTION 13-96 OF ARTICLE 10, CHAPTER 13 OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS AND AMENDING SECTION 2-213 OF CHAPTER 2 ADDRESSING SCHEDULE OF ORDINANCE AND CODE VIOLATIONS OF THE SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL CODE STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT The South Bend Common Council, in collaboration with the City Administration,believe that the limited technical amendments set forth in this ordinance are in the best interests of the City of South Bend. The amendments clarify the penalty provisions so that they are all consistent and compliant with Indiana law. 9167•;, /ei mre, Y% ;✓/ Orda;n(r/4y the javxniaii Jounerl/b e (ay/o� t %�/�eiu/ r%v,a, ad Section I. Section 13-96 of Article 10 of Chapter 13 addressing "Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions" of the South Bend Municipal Code is amended to read in its entirety as follows: Sec. 13-96 Penalties and Confiscation of Firearms. (-a) Any person intentionally displaying a firearm in violation of this Article, or found to be in violation of Section 2-141(b)(4), or Section 13-58, or Section 19-44 of this Code, shall be issued an ordinance violation citation with a fine of up to two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00). fines for all subsequent violations. Citations shall contain the date, time, name, and address of the violator, the Code section violated, the nature of the violation, location of the violation, and the name of the person issuing the citation. The citation shall have instructions thereon as to the disposition of the citation. (b) Any firearm displayed in violation of this article,may be seized and held for evidence. Said Section II. Chapter 2, Article 19, Section 2-213(a) of the South Bend Municipal Code is amended in part as follows by the addition of the following language to the chart in appropriate numerical order: 2-141(b)(4) Discharging Firearms in Cemeteries $2,500.001 South Bend Municipal Code§ 2-141 (b)(4)exempts the discharging of firearms at"military funerals and memorial celebrations".