ORDINANCE 5403716
ORDINANCE NO. 540
AN ORDINANCE OF 7H E CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, APENDING "THE CODE OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, 19581,
BY ADDING SECTIONS TO "CHAPTER 1911 s
PROVIDING PROCEDURE RELATING TO ARREST
FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE CODE AND CITY
ORDINANCES.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA,
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That eight new sections, to be known and
designated as Sections 19.15 to 19.22, inclusive, shall be, and
the same are hereby, added to "Chapter 19t1 of "The Code of the
City'of E1 Segundo, California, 195811 and which said new sections
shall read as follows, to wit:
"SEC. 19.15. ARREST. If any person is arrested for
the violation of any ordinance or the Code of the City and
such person is not immediately taken before a magistrate, as
is more fully set forth in the Penal Code of the State of
California, the arresting officer shall prepare, in duplicate,
a written notice to appear in court, containing the name and
address of such person, the offense charged, and the time and
place where and when such person shall appear in court.
"SEC. 19.16. TIME SPECIFIED IN NOTICE TO APPEAR.
The time specified in the notice to appear shall be not less
than five days after such arrest.
4 "SEC. 19.17. APPEARANCE BEFORE MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE.
The place specified in the notice to appear shall be before a
municipal court judge who has jurisdiction of the offense and
who is nearest and most accessible.
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"SEC. 19.18. COPY OF NOTICE TO APPEAR GIVEN ARRESTED
PERSON. The officer shall deliver one copy of the notice to
appear to the arrested person and the arrested person, in or-
der to secure a release, must give his written promise so to
appear in court by signing the duplicate notice, which shall
be retained by the officer. Thereupon the arresting officer
shall forthwith release the person arrested from custody.
"SEC. 19.19. .COPY OF NOTICE TO APPEAR FILED WITH
COURT. The officer shall, as soon as practicable, file a
duplicate notice with the court specified in such notice. The
defendant may, prior to the date upon which he promised to
appear in court, deposit with the court the amount of bail set
by a judge thereof. Thereafter, at the time when the case is
called for arraignment before the court, if the defendant
does not appear, either in person or by counsel, the court may
declare the bail forfeited and may in its discretion order
that no further proceedings shall be had in such case.
"SEC. 19.20. NO ISSUE OF WARRANT. A warrant shall
not issue on such charge for the arrest of a person who pur-
suant to the provisions of this chapter has given such written
promise to appear in court unless and until he has violated
such promise, or has failed to deposit bail, to appear for
arraignment, trial or judgment, or to comply with the terms
and provisions of the judgment as required by law.
"SEC. 19.21. MISDEMEANOR TO NOT APPEAR. Every per-
son wilfully violatipg his written promise to appear in court
is guilty of a misdemeanor regardless of the disposition of
the charge upon which he was originally arrested.
"SEC. 19.22. WARRANT TO ISSUE ON NON- APPEARANCE.
When a person signs a written promise to appear at the time and
place specified in the written promise to appear and has not
posted bail as provided in Section 19.19, the court shall issue
and have delivered for execution a warrant for his arrest with-
in twenty days after his failure to appear as promised."
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO
I, ___ Euni-ce --U. ---Creason- - _ __ - -_ ___ -- City Clerk of the City of El Segundo,
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California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council
of the said City is five; that the foregoing ____ or_ diaann�____________ ___________________ ___________
being______ Ordinance__No _.__.540 ---------------------- - was passed and adopted by the said
City Council, approved and signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested by the
City Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of the said Council held on the
--------- 13_th__day of -------------- APB' l____________- ______________- 195.9 ___, and that the same was
so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen ..... Baker� Frederick_? Meschuk and
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Mayor Benfield;
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NOES: Councilmen --- Nome-;------------------------------------------------------------------------
ABSENT:Councilman Gordon.
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WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City this ----- 11th -------------- day of
......... April -------------------------------- 19- _59__.
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City Clerk of the City of
El Segundo, California
(SEAL)
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. )
I. Eunice i.. Creason ,City Clerk of the City of El Segundo,
California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council
of the said City is five; that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No ----- 5A0_......
is a full, true and correct original of Ordinance No...._5_.`:!-Q .......... of the said City of El
Segundo, California, entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING t1THE CODE OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, 195811
BY ADDING SECTIONS TO "CHAPTER 1911,
PROVIDING PROCEDURE RELATING TO ARREST
FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE CODE AND CITY
ORDINANCES.,
which was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, approved and signed
by the Mayor of said City, and attested by the City Clerk of said City, all at a regular
meeting of the said Council held on the.... 13th ----- day of ...... Pr 1 ............. . .. 9.59_,
and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen - faker-,- _.Fre_deri ck,_1te:schuk.- ,and--------------------------
- May_Qr__ �enfa..eld. - - - - --
NOES: Councilmen . None;---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ABSENT: Councilman - Gdonor.
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I do hereby further certify that pursuant to the provisions of Section 36933 of the
Government Code of the State of California, that the foregoing Ordinance No._.540____
was duly and regularly published according to law and the order of the City Council
of said City in the El Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper of general circulation,
printed, published and circulated within the said City and that the same was so pub-
lished therein on the following date, to wit: ___ Apr l___1(_,___] 959 ______ _______________________
City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California.
By - - - -- --------------------------------------------------------
(SEAL) Deputy.
Affidavit of Publication
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) as
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
... X a.X:i.` n... Re' I. G. O. Mb ............ ............................... .........-----... being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That
She is, and at all of the times hereinafter mentioned was, a citizen of the United States of America,
over the age of eighteen years, and a resident of the County of Los Angeles, State of California; that %e
was, at, and during all of the time of the publication of the instrument hereunto attached the ............
.... px.ir)c.in l..... alerk ...... . . .. .. ..... ... ... ...... .. ...... .......... .......... ............... ................
KMX� of EL SEGUNDO HERALD, a newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated weekly in
the City of El Segundo, in said County and State; that said newspaper has been so published and
circulated at regular intervals of one week for more than one year immediately preceding the
publication of the instrument hereunto annexed; that said newspaper is, and was, at all of the times
herein mentioned, a newspaper of general circulation within the meaning of Section 4460 of the Political
Code of the State of California; that as provided by said section, said newspaper is published for the
dissemination of local or telegraphic news and intelligence of a general character, having a bona fide
subscription list of paying subscribers; that said newspaper is not and was not at any of the times herein
referred to, devoted to the interests, or published for the entertainment or instruction of a particular
class, profession, trade, calling, race or denomination, or for any number of such classes, professions, trades,
callings, race; or denominations, and that said newspaper is not devoted to or published for, nor was it
at any of the times herein mentioned devoted to or published for the purpose, whether avowed or
otherwise, of entertaining or instructing such classes, professions, trades, callings, races or denomin-
ations, or any of such elzsses, professions, trades, callings, races or denominations.
That the notice, order, ordinance, resolution or instrument hereunto attached on page ............ numbered
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hereof in all respects, including subject matter, and size and arrangement of type, is a full true and
correct copy of the said notice, ordinance, resolution or instrument, in words and figures exactly as
published; that the same was set and printed in type not smaller than nonpareil and that the body of
the same was preceded with words printed in black -face type not smaller than nonpareil, describing
and expressing in general terms the purpose and character of the notice, order, ordinance, resolution
or instrument intended to be published, as will appear from an inspection of the said annexed instru-
ment; that the ......... r lnan.ce...ITO a .15n:O
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of which the annexed is a printed copy as hereinabove stated, was published and printed in said news-
paper at least ................ I.... week by ... ............•.................. consecutive publication ......... commencing on the
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this .....,2./... �q —
day of ........... ......................I A. D. 19..5:.-%.'
City clerk of the City of El Segundo, County
of Los Angeles, State of California.
By.................. ° -- ---......................•••---........... .......- °----..................
Deputy City Clerk of said City.
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