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TOWN OF PROSPER ORDINANCE NO. " Q
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF PROSPER, TEXAS REPEALING
ORDINANCE NO. 02-10; REGULATING BURGLAR, ROBBERY, FIRE AND
MEDICAL EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE ALARMS AND REGULATING
PERSONS ENGAGED IN RELAYING ALARM NOTIFICATION; PROVIDING
FOR THE ISSUANCE AND REVOCATION OF PERMITS AND FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF PERMIT FEES; PROVIDING AN APPEAL PROCEDURE
FOR DENIAL OR SUSPENSION OF A PERMIT; PROVIDING FOR THE
ENFORCEMENT OF SUCH REGULATIONS; PROVIDING FOR A SERVICE
CHARGE FEE FOR FALSE ALARMS; ALLOWING FOR RESPONSE
TERMINATION BY TOWN POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE
EVENT OF NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR A
PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR
SAVINGS, REPEALING AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSES; PROVIDING FOR
AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE
CAPTION HEREOF.
WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of Prosper, Texas (the "Town Council") finds
that it is in the best interest of the citizens of the Town of Prosper, Texas (the "Town") to: (1)
regulate burglar, robbery, fire, and medical emergency assistance alarms; (2) regulate those persons
engaged in relaying alarm notification installed and maintained by citizens and businesses in the
Town; (3) require permits and permit fees for such alarms; (4) require a service charge fee for false
alarms; (5) allow response termination by the Town's Police and Fire Departments; (6) provide for
the enforcement of these regulations; and (7) provide for penalties for the violation of this Ordinance.
WHEREAS, the Town Council finds it is advantageous, beneficial and in the best interest of
the citizens of Prosper to repeal Ordinance 02-10 and adopt this Ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF TOWN OF
PROSPER, TEXAS:
SECTION 1: Findings Incorporated. The findings set forth above are incorporated into the
body of this Ordinance as if fully set forth herein.
SECTION 2: Repeal of Town Ordinance No. 02-10. Town Ordinance No. 02-10 is hereby
repealed in its entirety and replaced by this Ordinance. Such repeal shall not abate any pending
prosecution or prevent any prosecution from being commenced for any violation of Ordinance No.
02-10 occurring before the effective date of this Ordinance.
SECTION 3: Definitions. The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and
enforcement of this Ordinance and shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except
where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
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Alarm Permit means a certificate, license, permit, registration, or other form of permission
that authorizes a person to operate an alarm system.
Alarm Site means a premises or location serviced by an alarm system.
Alarm System means a device or system that transmits or relays a signal intended to summon
emergency services of the Town, as illustrated by, but not limited to, local alarms. Alarm
system does not include:
(a) An alarm installed on a vehicle unless installed at a permanent site;
(b) An alarm designed to alert only the inhabitants of a premises; nor
(c) An alarm installed upon premises occupied by the Town.
Burglar Alarm Notification is the notification intended to summon the police, which is
initiated or triggered manually or by an alarm system designed to respond to a stimulus
characteristic of unauthorized intrusion.
Director means the Chief of Police or Fire Chief, or their respective authorized
representatives.
Emergency medical assistance alarm means an alarm system which summons emergency
medical assistance.
False Burglar Alarm Notification means a burglar alarm notification to the police after
which: (1) the responding police officer finds no evidence of unauthorized intrusion or
attempted unauthorized intrusion; or (2) a call is received to disregard the alarm after a
response has been initiated.
False Fire Alarm Notification means a fire alarm notification to the Fire Department after
which: (1) the responding fire personnel finds no evidence of fire; or (2) a call is received to
disregard the alarm after a response has been initiated.
False Robbery Alarm Notification means a robbery alarm notification to the police after
which: (1) the responding police officer finds no evidence of a robbery; or (2) a call is
received to disregard the alarm after a response has been initiated.
False Emergency Medical Assistance Alarm Notification means an emergency medical
assistance alarm notification to the communications center after which: (1) the responding
public safety personnel find there is no evidence of need for medical assistance; or (2) a call
is received to disregard the alarm after a response has been initiated.
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Fire Alarm Notification means notification to summon the Fire Department initiated or
triggered by smoke or fire or other stimulus characteristic of fire.
Local Alarm means an alarm system that emits a signal at an alarm site that is audible or
visible from the exterior of a structure and has as its primary purpose the summoning of aid
from a Town department.
Person means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, organization or similar
entity.
Robbery Alarm Notification is a notification by means of an alarm system designed to be
purposely activated by a human who intended to summon the police when a robbery occurs.
Town Administrator means the Town Administrator or his/her authorized representative and
shall not be a police officer or a firefighter of the Town.
SECTION 4: Permit and Fee Required: Application Duration Renewal, Transferability &
False Statements.
A. An annual, non-refundable fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) is required for each
permit or renewal of a permit. The permit is valid for a period of twelve (12) months from the date
of issuance.
B. A person commits an offense if he/she operates or causes to be operated an alarm
system without first obtaining a permit from the Director. A separate permit application is required
for each alarm site and each type of alarm system.
C. Any person without an existing, valid permit for an alarm system on the effective date
of this Ordinance must apply for a permit upon the earlier of. (a) sixty (60) days of installation of the
system; or (b) sixty (60) days after the effective date of this Ordinance.
D. Upon receipt of the required fee and completed application form, the Director shall
issue a permit unless there is cause to believe the equipment responsible for initiating an alarm will
not be maintained and operated in accordance with this Ordinance or the applicant will not comply
with each provision of this Ordinance. The permit will be affixed in a location at the alarm site as
proscribed by the Director or his/her authorized representative.
E. Each permit application must contain the name, address and telephone number of the
individual or alarm user representative who will be the permit holder and be responsible for the
proper maintenance and operation of the alarm system and payment of fees or charges levied under
this Ordinance.
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F. An alarm permit is non -transferable. However, the individual designated to respond
to an alarm or relay an alarm may be changed. A permit holder shall inform the Director in writing
of any changes that alter information listed on the permit application. No fee will be assessed for
such changes.
G. Any false statement or misrepresentation of a material fact made by an applicant or
person for the purpose of obtaining an alarm permit or renewal, or while making a change thereto,
shall be sufficient cause for refusal to grant or suspension of a permit.
SECTION 5: Other Types of Alarms.
A. A person shall not install or maintain an alarm system except for the purpose of
eliciting responses to burglaries, robberies, fires or medical emergencies unless specifically
authorized by the Director.
B. If innovations in alarm systems or other types of alarm devices adversely affect
emergency services of the Town, the Director may promulgate other rules and regulations in order to
protect the Town's emergency services.
SECTION 6: Service Charge.
A. If, within the previous twelve (12) month period, five (5) false burglar alarm
notifications are emitted from an alarm site, the Director shall assess the permit holder in control of
that alarm site a fee for each subsequent false burglar alarm notification emitted from the site. The
fee for a false burglar alarm under this subsection shall be seventy-five dollars ($75.00).
B. The Director shall assess a permit holder for each false robbery alarm notification
emitted from the alarm site. The fee for each false robbery alarm shall be seventy-five dollars
($75.00).
C. If, within the previous twelve (12) month period, four (4) false fire alarm notifications
are emitted from an alarm site, the Director shall assess the permit holder in control of that alarm site
a fee for each subsequent false fire alarm notification emitted from the site. The fee for a false fire
alarm under this subsection shall be seventy-five dollars ($75.00).
D. If, within the previous twelve (12) month period, four (4) false emergency medical
assistance alarm notifications are emitted from an alarm site, the Director shall assess the permit
holder in control of that alarm site a fee for each person subsequent emergency medical assistance
alarm notification emitted from the site. The fee for a false emergency medical alarm under this
subsection shall be seventy-five dollars ($75.00).
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E. A permit holder shall pay a fee assessed under this section within thirty (30) days after
receipt of notice that it has been assessed.
F. The permit holder will be exempt from any fee charged for a false alarm notification
which is later shown to have been, in the Director's sole determination, justified or which was due to
a natural or manmade catastrophe or other situation specifically exempted by the Director.
SECTION 7: Reporting of Alarm Systems. A permit holder shall not report his/her alarm
signals through a relaying intermediary that: (1) does not meet the requirements of this Ordinance
and any rules and regulations promulgated by the Director; and (2) is not licensed by the Texas
Board of Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies.
SECTION 8: Proper Alarm System Operation and Maintenance.
A. A permit holder shall:
Cause an adjustment to be made to the sensory mechanism of his/her alarm
system in order to suppress false indications of force so that the alarm system
will not be activated by impulses due to:
a. Transient pressure changes in water pipes;
b. Flashes of light;
C. Wind noise caused by the rattling or vibrating of doors or windows;
d. Vehicular noise adjacent to the installation;
e. Other forces unrelated to actual emergencies; or
f. Pets.
2. Maintain the premises containing an alarm system in a manner that insures
proper operation of the alarm system.
3. Comply with current Underwriters Laboratories restrictions or guidelines
with reference to his/her alarm system or alarm equipment.
4. Adjust the mechanism so that an alarm signal will sound for not longer than
fifteen (15) minutes after being activated.
5. Provide personnel who will, within thirty (30) minutes after being notified,
reset the alarm system and provide access to the premises. This shall not
prevent public safety personnel from forcibly entering the structure when they
reasonably believe that an emergency exists inside.
6. If the permit holder, or designee, fails to respond to the scene within thirty
(30) minutes to reset the alarm system and provide access to the premises, a
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fee of fifty dollars ($50.00), in addition to the actual expenses incurred in
securing the premises, will be charged to the permit holder. Failure of the
permit holder to pay the assessed fee will result in suspension of the permit.
SECTION 9: Manual Reset Required. A person in control of a local alarm or an alarm
system that causes an alarm notification to be sent directly to the Town shall adjust or cause the
adjustment of the mechanism so that upon activation of the system, the system will transmit only one
(1) alarm signal and will not transmit another alarm signal without first being manually reset.
SECTION 10: Inspection. Upon reasonable notification, the Director may inspect an alarm
site and alarm system of a permit holder.
SECTION 11: Suspension of Permit Offense to Operate and Termination of Response by the
Town.
A. The Director may suspend or refuse to renew an alarm system permit for failure to
meet the standards set out in this Ordinance.
B. The Director may suspend or refuse to renew an alarm permit if the Director
determines, in his/her sole discretion, that the system in question has a history of unreliability, which
unreliability shall be presumed upon the occurrence in a twelve (12) month period of:
1. Ten (10) false burglar alarms;
2. Five (5) false robbery alarms;
3. Ten (10) false fire alarms; or
4. Ten (10) false medical emergency assistance alarms.
C. A suspension may be lifted or permit renewed upon a sufficient showing that the
conditions which caused the false alarms have been corrected, and if the Director determines that the
alarm system is likely to be maintained and operated in a responsible manner in accordance with the
provisions of this Ordinance.
D. A person commits an offense if he/she operates an alarm system during a period of
suspension or after the Director refuses to renew his/her permit.
E. Responses from the Police and Fire Departments maybe terminated to non -permitted
sites after notification to the owner has been made by regular and certified mail, return receipt
requested.
F. Responses will not be terminated because of excessive false alarms to a site with a
valid permit, if all fees are paid in full.
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SECTION 12: Appeal from Denial or Suspension or Suspension of a Permit.
A. If the Director refuses to issue or renew a permit, or suspends a permit, the Director
shall send to the applicant or permit holder by certified mail, return receipt requested, written notice
of the Director's action and a statement of the right to an appeal. The applicant or permit holder may
appeal the decision of the Director to the Town Administrator by filing with the Town Administrator
a written request for a hearing, setting forth the reasons for the appeal, within ten (10) days after the
receipt of the notice from the Director. The filing of a request for an appeal hearing with the Town
Administrator stays an action of the Director in suspending a permit until the Town Administrator
makes a final decision. If a request for an appeal hearing is not made within the ten (10) day period,
the action of the Director is final.
B. The Town Administrator shall serve as hearing officer at an appeal hearing and
consider evidence offered by any interested person. The formal rules of evidence do not apply at an
appeal hearing, and the hearing officer shall make his/her decision on the basis of a preponderance of
the evidence presented at the hearing. The hearing officer must render a decision within thirty (30)
days after the request for an appeal hearing is filed, or the appeal shall be deemed granted. The
hearing officer shall affirm, reverse or modify the action of the Director, and his/her decision is final.
shall:
SECTION 13: Indirect Alarm Reporting.
A. A person who is engaged in the business of relaying alarm notifications to the Town
Send notification of an alarm to the Town by a human operator;
2. Keep his/her business premises locked and secured at all times;
Allow an inspection of his/her business premises by the Director at any time;
4. Report alarms only over a special telephone number, or numbers, designated
by the Director;
5. Send alarm notifications to the Town in a manner and form determined by the
Director.
B. A person commits an offense if he/she engages in the business of relaying alarm
notification in the Town without complying fully with the items listed above.
SECTION 14: Direct Alarm Reporting. It shall be unlawful for any person or business to
operate or energize an alarm system or, alarm device, which activates an automatic dialing device,
which sends a signal to the communications center, without the written approval of the Director.
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SECTION 15: Protection of Financial Institutions.
A. A financial institution required by applicable law to have an alarm system may install,
with permission of the Director, a signal line directly to the Police Department for the purpose of
reporting burglaries and robberies. If such an installation is approved, all other requirements of this
Ordinance must be met. The financial institution shall execute a letter of agreement with the Town
permitting the installation of all necessary equipment on an indicator panel monitored in the
communications division of the Police Department. The installation shall be accomplished at the
institution's expense.
B. The financial institution, at its expense, shall make arrangements to provide service
for the alarm system on a twenty-four (24) hour basis, seven (7) days a week. In no event shall the
Town become liable for service charges for repairs and maintenance to the indicator panel monitor.
C. The financial institution shall pay a monthly fee for each indicator. The fee for
monitoring alarms for financial institutions shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) per month. The Director
shall have the right, at reasonable times and upon oral notice, to inspect the alarm system at the alarm
site and require necessary repairs or improvements. If the Director finds that the alarm system
continually fails to operate or be operated to his/her satisfaction, he/she may terminate the privilege
to have equipment and indicators in the communications center of the Police Department and require
prompt removal of same at the expense of the financial institution.
D. The financial institution may cancel its agreement with the Town at any time by
giving the Town written notice through the Director; whereupon such institution, at its sole expense,
shall have its equipment and indicators promptly removed from the monitor panel in the
communications center.
E. The Director has the right to require any change, modernization or consolidation of
alarm signaling equipment that he/she deems advisable. In no event shall the Town become liable
for such changes.
F. Instead of a direct line, a financial institution may choose to report burglaries and
robberies by transmission through an alarm reporting service using a telephone number designated
by the Director.
SECTION 16: Intentional Activation Unlawful. From and after the effective date of this
Ordinance, it shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally activate or cause to be activated any
alarm without the existence of an emergency situation and with the intent of causing a response by
the Town's public safety personnel.
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SECTION 17: Violations of Ordinance/Penalty Provision.
A. Any person who operates an alarm system in violation of this Ordinance shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not in excess of five hundred dollars
($500.00). Each day of violation shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
B. A person commits an offense if he/she violates by commission or omission
any provision of this Ordinance that imposes upon him a duty or responsibility.
C. In addition to prohibiting or requiring certain conduct of individuals, it is the
intent of this Ordinance to hold a corporation, partnership, association, or other business
entity criminally responsible for acts or omissions performed by an agent acting on behalf of
the corporation, partnership, association, or business entity and within the scope of the
agent's employment.
D. The penal provisions imposed under this Ordinance shall not preclude the
Town from filing suit to enjoin the violation. The Town retains all legal rights and remedies
available to it pursuant to local, state and federal law.
SECTION 18: Savings/RepealingClause. lause. All provisions of any ordinance in conflict with
this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent they are in conflict; but such repeal shall not abate
any pending prosecution for violation of the repealed ordinance, nor shall the repeal prevent a
prosecution from being commenced for any violation if occurring prior to the repeal of the
ordinance. Any remaining portions of said ordinances shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 19: Severability. Should any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of
this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, it is
expressly provided that any and all remaining portions of this Ordinance shall remain in full force
and effect. The Town hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance, and each section,
subsection, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections,
subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases be declared unconstitutional or invalid.
SECTION 20: Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective upon its passage and
publication as required by law.
DULY PASSED AND APPROVED B THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
PROSPER, TEXAS on this JQ K`day of 2002.
J ES DUNMIRE, Mayor
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and the lime 1 P,m yd hereon by"end was duly RECORDED, In the 011icial Public Reco dsol Real Props tyof Collin County, TeMes on
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Filed for Record in:
C011ill County, McKinney TX
Honorable Helen Starnes
Col.l.il7 County Clerk.
On Se 12 2002
At I 36am
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PUB1E,=SI4E1P_' S AFFIDAVIT
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY QF COLLIN
Before me, this undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Jim Moser who being by me duly sworn, deposes
and says that he is the Publisher of The McKinney Courier -Gazette and that said newspaper meets the requirements of
Section 201.004, 201.005 and 201.006 of the Texas Governffieut Code, to wit:
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1. 1t devotes not less than twenty-five percent (251) of its total column lineage to general interest
items;
2. it is published at least once each week;
3. it is entered as second-class postal matter in the county where it is published;
4. it has been published regularly and continuously since 1897; and
5. it is generally circulated within Collin County.
Publisher further deposes and says that the attached notice was published in said newspaper on the following date(s)
to wit;
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on this the day of
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McKinney Courier -Gazette on cKinney Courier -Gazette on
Wednesday, September 18, ednesday, September 18,
2002 2002
LEGAL NOTICE
TOWN OF PROSPER
ORDINANCE NO.02-10
AN ORDINANCE OF THE
TOWN OF PROSPER. TEXAS
REPEALING ORDINANCE
NO. 02-10, REGULATING
BURGLAR, ROBBERY, FIRE
AND MEDICAL EMERGENCY
ASSISTANCE ALARMS AND
REGULATING PERSONS
ENGAGED IN RELAYING
ALARM NOTIFICATIONS;
PROVIDING FOR THE
ISSUANCE AND
REVOCATION OF PERMITS
AND FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF
PERMIT FEES; PROVIDING
AN APPEAL PROCEDURE
FOR DENIAL OR
SUSPENSION OF A PERMIT;
PROVIDING FOR THE
ENFORCEMENT OF SUCH
REGULATIONS; PROVIDING
FOR A SERVICE CHARGE
FEE FOR FALSE ALARMS;
ALLOWING FOR RESPONSE
TERMINATION BY TOWN
POLICE AND FIRE
DEPARTMENTS IN THE
EVENT OF
NONCOMPLIANCE WITH
THIS ORDINANCE;
PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY
FOR THE VIOLATION OF
THIS ORDINANCE;
PROVIDING FOR SAVINGS,
REPEALING AND
SEVERABILITY CLAUSES;
PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE; AND
PROVIDING FOR THE
PUBLICATION OF THE
CAPTION HEREOF.
LEGAL NOTICE
PU13LIC NOTICE
The City of Melissa will submit
a Texas Community
Development Program
Community Development
Fund application for $250,000
for water improvements in a
targeted area. The application
will be available for review at
Melissa City Hall during
regular business hours.
To be published in
the , McKinney
Courier -Gazette on
Tuesday, September
17, and Wednesday,
September 18, 2002
Application has
been .made for a
Private Club
Registration Permit
for an
unincorporated
association of
persons doing
business as
Storybook Ranch at
FM 2478 West Side
$ Miles North of
Hwy 121, `A',
McKinney, Collin
County, Texas.
Said application
made In accordance
with the provisions
To be published in a Of the Texas
McKinney Courier -Gazette on e AICOhOI1C Beverage
Wednesday, September 18. g
2002- Code.
LEGAL NOTICE
TOWN OF PROSPER
ORDINANCE NO.02-26
AN ORDINANCE OF THE
TOWN OF PROSPER,
TEXAS, AMENDING THE
FINDINGS AND CERTAIN
DEFINITIONS IN
ORDINANCE 02-04
(REGULATING SOLICITORS
AND HANDBILLS);
PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY
FOR THE VIOLATION OF
THIS ORDINANCE;
PROVIDING FOR
REPEALING, SAVINGS AND
SEVERABILITY CLAUSES:
PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
ORDINANCE: AND
An
Unincorporated
Association of
Persons:Jeong Nim
Kim, President.
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McKinney Courier -Gazette on
Wednesday. September 18,
and Wednesday. September
25. 2002
LEGAL NOTICE
Collin County Community
College District. Courtyard
Center, 4800 Preston Park
4',,� rim 9An^ p' 1 TY
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Wednesday. September 11
and Wednesday, September
18, 2002.
LEGAL NOTICE
Collin County Community
College District, Courtyard
Center, 4800 Preston Park
Blvd., 4th Floor- Suite A400,
P.O. Box 869055, Plano, TX
75086-9055 will receive
sealed bids until 3:00 p.m.
September 25, 2002 for Bid
#2163: Annual Contract for
Fall Color. Bids will be publicly
opened and read aloud at the
above time and date.
Specifications may be picked
up at the above address, or
call Jan Crowe at (972) 758-
3874 Bids are posted on our
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notice.html. Copies of bids
may also be requested by e-
mail, bidline@ccccd.edu.
"CCCCD encourages
participation in the bid process
by small, minority and female -
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does not discriminate on the
basis of race, color, religion,
sex, national origin. age,
disability or veteran status"
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Wednesday, August 28;
Wednesday, September 4;
Wednesday, September 11
and Wednesday. September
18. 2002.
LEGAL NOTICE
THE STATE OF TEXAS
To: Preveen Sinha
Whose whereabouts are
unknown.
DEFENDANT,. Greeting:
"YOU HAVE BEEN USED.
YOU MAY EMPLOY AN
ATTORNEY. IF YOU OR YOUR
ATTORNEY DO NOT FILE A
WRITTEN ANSWER WITH
THE CLERK WHO ISSUED
THIS CITATION BY 10:00 A.M.
OF THE FIRST MONDAY
NEXT AFTER THE
EXPIRATION OF FORTY-
TWO DAYS FROM THE DATE
OF THE ISSUANCE OF THIS
CITATION, A DEFAULT
JUDGMENT MAY BE TAKEN
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YOU (AND EACH OF YOU)
ARE HEREBY COMMANDED
to appear before the
Honorable County Court at
Law #3 of Collin County, Texas
at the Court Fp:;Oita thereof, in
Legal Notices
hand and seal of said Court in
McKinney. Texas, on August
21, 2002.
Helen Starnes
County Clerk. Collin County,
Texas
University Drive Courts Facility
1800 N. Graves, McKinney,
Texas 75069.
By: MARY ANN RHYS,
Deputy
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Wednesday, September 4:
Wednesday, September 11
and Wednesday, September
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THE STATE OF TEXAS
To: WILLIAM E. BAIRD
Whose whereabouts are
unknown.
DEFENDANT, GREETING:
"YOU HAVE BEEN SUED.
YOU MAY EMPLOY AN
ATTORNEY. IF YOU OR YOUR
ATTORNEY DO NOT FILE A
WRITTEN ANSWER WITH
THE CLERK WHO ISSUED
THIS CITATION BY 10:00 A.M.
OF THE FIRST MONDAY
NEXT AFTER THE
EXPIRATION OF FORTY-
TWO DAYS FROM THE DATE
OF THE ISSUANCE OF THIS
CITATION, A 0EFAULT
JUDGMENT MAY BE TAKEN
AGAINSTYOU:'
YOU (AND EACH OF YOU)
ARE HEREBY COMMANDED
to appear before the
Honorable 296th District Court
of Collin County, Texas at the
Courthouse thereof, in
McKinney. Texas, by filing a
written answer at or before 10
o'clock A.M. of the first
Monday next after the
expiration of forty two days
from the date of issuance of
this citation, same being on
October 7. 2002, to ORIGINAL
PETITION was filed in said
court, on May 10, 2002 in this
cause, numbered 296-00917-
02 on the docket of said court
and styled:
PLAINTIFF:
CITY OF MELISSA
VS.
DEFENDANT:
WILLIAM E. BAIRD
KATHLEEN K. BAIRD
said ORIGINAL PETITION
was filed in said court by
REBECCA BREWER,
Attorney for plaintiff, whose
address is. 1700 REDBUD
TRAIL, SUITE 30C
MCKINNEY. TX v69.
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