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public in reporting an emergency situation or summoning emergency <br />assistance from a public safety agency. <br />Public safet a enc . Any sheriff, police, fire or emergency <br />medical entity operated by the state, county or cit within Lane <br />C y <br />aunty. <br />4.904 Emer enc Tele hone S stem - Im ra er Use. A person commits the <br />crime of improper use of emergency telephone system by; <br />~a} Knowingly or intentionally dialing the 9-1-1 number for <br />any purpose other than to report an event which the caller reason- <br />ably be] ieves to be an emergency; <br />fib} Knowingly or intentionally programming and activating an <br />automatic dialing and announcing device or an automatic protection <br />device which results i n the transmission of a prerecorded messa e <br />to a ubl i c safet g <br />p y agency via 9-1-1; <br />. .~c} ,Knowingly allowing their telephone equipment to be used <br />~n v~olat~an of ~a} or fib} above. <br />Section 2. Section 4.990 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is amended b addin <br />y ~ <br />a new Subsection X14} thereto, to provide: <br />4.990 <br />X14} Violation of section 4.904 is punishable by fine not to ex- <br />ceed $500 or confinement in jail not to exceed thirty days, or both fine and <br />imprisonment. <br />Section 3, That the matters contained herein concern the ublic health <br />p , <br />welfare and safety and therefore, an emergency is hereb declared to exist <br />y , <br />and this Ordinance shall become effective immediately u vn its assn e b the <br />p p g y <br />City Caunci 1 and approval by the Mayor. <br />Passed by the City Council this <br />lit day of September, 1988 <br />;. <br />i y Recorder <br />Approved by the Mayor this <br />12th da~ Septemb~r,~1988 <br />ayor <br />ordinance - 2 <br />