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-2- (c) Special assignment services shall be performed in ten hour shifts during the police officers', police corporal's, and/ or police sergeant's regular ten hour duty shift with the police department and such special assignment services personnel shall at all times while on special assignment services duty continue to perform their regular police functions and duties when not actively engaged in the performance of such special assignment services. (d) Special assignment K-9 handler while on duty as such shall remain under the supervision of the officer in charge at the police department. Sec. 21-43. Compensation. The designated police K-9 handler or handlers shall be compensated ten Dollars ($10.00) per 10 hour shift in addition to regular pay for performance of special services duly related to their K-9 assignment during their regular police duty shift. Such officer or officers shall not be compensated pursuant to this section for overtime (any time over ten (10) hours) duty performed during any period of time other than the officers' regular ten-hour police shift. Sec. 21-44. Status of employees. Police department personnel performing special assignment services under this division are in an on-duty status with full workers' compensation, health and medical, disability, pension and retirement coverages and benefits and all other related benefits and coverages. Such personnel shall obey all laws, rules, regulations, and policies of the city and all other applicable jurisdictions while performing special assignment services duty. Sec. 21-45. Interference with police officer. It is unlawful for any person to interfere with a police officer who is performing official duties under this division. Violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor punishable upon conviction by a fine not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) and not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00) PART 2. That Article III, Fire Department, of Chapter 21, Sections 21-41 through 21-52 are hereby renumbered in proper sequential order accordingly. PART 3. If any provision, section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance, or its application to any person or set of circumstances is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, void or invalid, or for any reason unenforceable, the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance or its application to other persons or sets of circumstances shall not be affected thereby, it being the intent of the City Council of the City of San Marcos in adopting this ordinance that no portion of it or provision or regulation contained in it shall become inoperative or fail by reason of any unconstitutionality or invalidity of any other portion, provision or regulation. SECTION 4. That this Ordinance shall be in effect ten (10) days from and after its passage, and it shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area as required by the Charter of the City of San Marcos, Texas. PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading September 11, 1989. PASSED AND APPROVED on second read i ng September 25, 1989.