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INTRODUCED BY:_______________________ DATE:_____________________ <br />BILL NO.: 9068 ORDINANCE NO.:_____________ <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 9.20 OF THE <br />UNIVERSITY CITY MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO OFFENSES <br />BY OR AGAINST MINORS, BY ENACTING THEREIN A NEW <br />SECTION TO BE KNOWN AS “SECTION 9.20.015 PARENTAL <br />RESPONSIBILITY”; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND <br />PROVIDING A PENALTY. <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY <br />CITY, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1 <br />. Chapter 9.20 of the University City Municipal Code, relating to <br />offenses by or against minors, is hereby amended by enacting therein a new section to be <br />known as “Section 9.20.015 Parental responsibility”, which shall read as follows: <br />9.20.015 Parental responsibility. <br />A. It shall be an ordinance violation for a parent, guardian or other person legally <br />charged with the care or custody of a child less than seventeen (17) years old to fail or <br />refuse to exercise reasonable care, supervision, protection or control over the child to <br />prevent the child from becoming an abused, neglected or delinquent child, or in need of <br />care or treatment, under State law, Chapters 210 and 211 RSMo. <br />B. Whenever a child less than seventeen (17) years of age is arrested or detained for <br />committing a crime or ordinance violation within the City, the Police Department, as <br />soon as practicable, shall notify the parent, guardian or other person legally charged with <br />the care or custody of the child of the arrest or detention, and shall advise such person of <br />his or her responsibility under this ordinance. The Police Department shall keep a record <br />of the notifications. <br />Section 2. This ordinance shall not be construed so as to relieve any person, firm <br />or corporation from any penalty heretofore incurred by the violation of Chapter 9.20, nor <br />bar the prosecution for any such violation. <br />Section 3. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this <br />ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalty provided in Chapter <br />1.12, Section 1.12.010 of the University City Municipal Code. <br />Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its <br />passage as provided by law. <br />PASSED this _______ day of ____________________________, 2010. <br /> <br />