When a fine is assessed for violation of an ordinance, it shall
be within the discretion of the Judge assessing the fine to provide
for the payment of the fine on an installment basis under such terms
and conditions as he/she may deem appropriate.
[Ord. No. 2010-25 §1, 7-12-2010]
A.
In
addition to any fine that may be imposed by the Municipal Judge in
any case filed in the Pine Lawn Municipal Division of the 21st Judicial
Circuit Court, and in addition to all other fees authorized or required
by law, there shall be assessed as costs the following:
1.
Costs of Court in the amount of twelve dollars ($12.00).
2.
Police Officer training fee. A fee of three dollars
($3.00) is hereby established and assessed as additional Court costs
in each Court proceeding, except that no such fee shall be collected
when the proceedings against the defendant have been dismissed.
a.
Two dollars ($2.00) of each such Court cost shall be transmitted
monthly to the Treasurer of the City and used to pay for Police Officer
training as provided by Sections 590.100 to 590.180, RSMo. The City
shall not retain for training purposes more than one thousand five
hundred dollars ($1,500.00) of such funds for each certified Law Enforcement
Officer or candidate for certification employed by the City. Any excess
funds shall be transmitted quarterly to the City's General Fund.
b.
One dollar ($1.00) of each such Court cost shall be sent to the State
Treasury to the credit of the Peace Officers Standards and Training
Commission Fund created by Section 590.178, RSMo.
3.
Crime Victims' Compensation Fund. An additional sum of seven dollars fifty cents ($7.50) shall be assessed and added to the basic costs in Subsection (1) of this Section, provided that no such cost shall be collected in any proceeding when the proceeding or the defendant has been dismissed by the Court. All sums collected pursuant to this Subsection shall be paid at least monthly as follows:
4.
There may also be assessed a two dollar ($2.00) cost per case for
each criminal case and each County or municipal ordinance violation
case for the purpose of providing operating expenses for shelters
for battered persons as set out in Section 488.607, RSMo.
5.
Other costs, such as for the issuance of a warrant, a commitment
or a summons, as provided before the Associate Circuit Judge in criminal
prosecutions.
6.
Actual costs assessed against the City by the County Sheriff for
apprehension or confinement in the County Jail or costs assessed against
the City by any other detention facility.
7.
Mileage, in the same amount as provided to the Sheriff in criminal
violations, for each mile and fraction thereof the officer must travel
(both directions) in order to serve any warrant or commitment or order
of this Court.
8.
Any other reasonable cost as may be otherwise provided by ordinance including, but not limited to, costs of confinement, including any necessary transportation related thereto, medical costs incurred by the City while a defendant is in City custody, and costs related to the arrest and testing of any person for any intoxication-related traffic offense as set out in Subsection (9) hereof.
9.
Reimbursement of certain costs of arrest.
a.
Upon a plea or a finding of guilty of violating the provisions of Sections 342.020 or 342.030 of this Code or any ordinance of the City of Pine Lawn involving alcohol- or drug-related traffic offenses, the Court may, in addition to imposition of any penalties provided by law, order the convicted person to reimburse the Police Department for the costs associated with such arrest.
b.
Such costs hereby authorized shall include the reasonable cost of
making the arrest, including the cost of any chemical test made as
authorized or required by law or ordinance to determine the alcohol
or drug content of the person's blood, and the costs of processing,
charging, booking and holding such person in custody.
c.
The Chief of Police may establish a schedule of such costs hereby
authorized and shall submit the same to the Municipal Judge. However,
the Court may order the costs reduced if it determines that the costs
are excessive.
d.
Upon receipt of such additional costs authorized by this Subsection,
the City Treasurer shall retain such costs in a separate fund to be
known as the "DWI/Drug Offense Cost Reimbursement Fund". Monies with
such fund shall be appropriated by the Board of Aldermen to the Police
Department in amounts equal to those costs so collected and shall
be used by such department specifically to enhance and support the
enforcement and prosecution of alcohol- and drug-related traffic laws
within the City.
10.
A surcharge of two dollars ($2.00) shall be assessed as costs in
each Court proceeding filed in the City of Pine Lawn Municipal Court
in all matters filed in said Municipal Court for violation of a municipal
ordinance to provide biometric verification systems to insure that
inmates can be properly identified and tracked within local jail systems.
Upon the installation of the biometric verification systems, funds
in the Inmates Security Fund may be used for the maintenance of the
biometric verification system, and to pay for any expenses related
to custody, housing and other expenses for prisoners. The City shall
deposit funds generated by the surcharge into the "Inmate Security
Fund".
[CC 1991 §130.270; Ord. No. 525 §28, 11-27-1978]
The costs of any action may be assessed against the prosecuting
witness and judgment be rendered against him/her that he/she pay the
same and stand committed until paid in any case where it appears to
the satisfaction of the Municipal Judge that the prosecution was commenced
without probable cause and from malicious motives.
[Ord. No. 870 §I, 9-9-2002]
For all non-parking violations which become matters in the City
of Pine Lawn Municipal Court, costs shall be assessed at not less
than twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
[Ord. No. 848 §§I —
III, 5-14-2001; Ord. No.
889 §I, 3-8-2004]
A.
The
Board of Aldermen hereby finds that requests to non-prosecute filed
with the Pine Lawn Police and/or prosecutor result in substantial
and unnecessary expense to the Pine Lawn Police including, but not
limited to, expense incurred from the officers' time, efforts and
resources.
B.
The
Pine Lawn Police are therefore hereby authorized to charge a fee of
fifty dollars ($50.00) to any person who wishes to request or file
any statement of request for non-prosecution with the Pine Lawn Police
or prosecutor.
C.
The
Police are authorized to condition acceptance of any such request
upon payment of the fee.
[Ord. No. 889 §I, 3-8-2004; Ord. No. 2013-018 §1, 6-28-2013]
The following fees shall be charged to any person or entity
for the following procedures and/or services:
Provision of a Police report: $35.00.
Release of a vehicle: $15.00.
Bond fee: $10.00.
