HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-1561 UNLAWFUL TO DEFRAUD A TAXICAB OPERATOR. ORDINANCE NO. A-5
AN ORDINANCE relating to public safety and morals; declaring it to be
unlawful to defraud a taxicab operator; and enacting Sec-
tion 6.04.307 as a new section of the City of Yakima
Municipal Code.
INF BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA :
Section 1. Section 6.04.307 is hereby enacted as a new section
of the City of Yakima Municipal Code which shall read as follows:
"6.04.307 Defrauding taxicab operator. It shall be unlaw-
ful for any person to hire services of a taxicab, with the intent
to defraud the operator thereof, and to refuse to pay such
operator the fare for such services according to rates established
by law. For purposes of this section, the refusal of any person
who hires taxicab services to pay for such services shall con-
stitute prima facie evidence of intent to defraud, and the amount
of the fare indicated on the taxi meter in' such taxicab shall
constitute prima facie evidence of the fare due for such ser-
vices according to rates established by law."
Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
thirty days after its passage, approval and publication as provided
by law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 4--• day
of 1973.
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