[R.O. 2007 § 130.010; CC 1979 § 17-1; Ord. No. 442 § 2, 10-26-1978]
There is hereby established in the City a Municipal Court, to be known as "the City of St. Peters Municipal Court, a Division of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of the State of Missouri". This Court is a continuation of the Police Court of the City as previously established and is termed in this Chapter "the Municipal Court".
[R.O. 2007 § 130.020; CC 1979 § 17-2; Ord. No. 442 § 3, 10-26-1978]
Violations of municipal ordinances shall be heard and determined only before divisions of the Circuit Court as hereinafter provided in this Chapter. The term "heard and determined," for purposes of this Chapter, shall mean any process under which the Court in question retains the final authority to make factual determinations pertaining to allegations of a municipal ordinance violation.
[R.O. 2007 § 130.030; CC 1979 § 17-3; Ord. No. 442 § 8, 10-26-1978]
The Municipal Court shall be subject to the rules of the Circuit Court of which it is a part and to the rules of the State Supreme Court. The Municipal Court shall be subject to the general administrative authority of the Presiding Judge of the Circuit Court, and the Judge and Court personnel of such Court shall obey his/her directives.
[R.O. 2007 § 130.040; CC 1979 § 17-4; Ord. No. 442 § 4, 10-26-1978]
The Judge of the City's Municipal Court shall be known as a Municipal Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court and shall be elected to his/her position by the qualified voters of the City, for a term as specified in this Chapter.
[R.O. 2007 § 130.050; CC 1979 § 17-5; Ord. No. 442 § 5, 10-26-1978; Ord. No. 3555 § 1, 10-25-2001]
The Municipal Judge shall hold his/her office for a term of four (4) years, effective at and after the general municipal election held in the City in April, 2003, and shall take office every four (4) years beginning on the first Tuesday in April, 2003, and thereafter. If, for any reason, the Municipal Judge vacates his/her office, his/her successor shall complete that term of office, even if such term is for less than four (4) years.
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Cross Reference: As to vacancies in elective offices, see § 115.040.
[R.O. 2007 § 130.055; Ord. No. 3555, 10-25-2001]
The salary of the Municipal Judge shall be established from time to time by ordinance.
[R.O. 2007 § 130.060; CC 1979 § 17-6; Ord. No. 442 § 6, 10-26-1978]
A. 
The Municipal Judge shall vacate his/her office under the following circumstances:
1. 
Upon removal from office by the State Commission on Retirement, Removal and Discipline of Judges, as provided in Missouri Supreme Court Rule 12;
2. 
Upon attaining his/her 75th birthday; or
3. 
If he/she should lose his/her license to practice law within the State.
[R.O. 2007 § 130.070; CC 1979 § 17-7; Ord. No. 442 § 7, 10-26-1978]
A. 
The Municipal Judge shall possess the following qualifications before he/she shall take office:
1. 
He/she must be a licensed attorney, qualified to practice law within the State.
2. 
He/she must reside within the City and be a resident for a period of one (1) year prior to election and remain a resident for the term of office.
3. 
He/she must be a resident of the State.
4. 
He/she must be between the ages of twenty-one (21) and seventy-five (75) years.
5. 
He/she may serve as Municipal Judge for any other municipality.
6. 
He/she may not hold any other office within the City Government.
B. 
He/she shall be considered as holding a part-time position and may accept other employment within the requirements of the Code of Judicial Conduct, Missouri Supreme Court Rule 2.
C. 
If no qualified person is a candidate for or elected to the office of Municipal Judge, the Mayor, by and with the consent of the Board of Aldermen, shall appoint a person possessing the qualifications set forth in this Section, with the exception of Subsection (A)(2).
D. 
No Municipal Judge shall serve as a Municipal Judge in more than five (5) municipalities at one (1) time. A Court that serves more than one (1) municipality shall be treated as a single municipality for the purposes of this Subsection.
[R.O. 2007 § 130.080; CC 1979 § 17-8; Ord. No. 442 § 11, 10-26-1978; Ord. No. 2444 § 1, 3-26-1996]
A. 
The Municipal Judge of the St. Peters Municipal Court:
1. 
Shall administer oaths and enforce due obedience to all orders, rules and judgments made by him/her and, consistent with Sections 476.110 to 476.140, RSMo., as amended, fine and imprison for contempt committed before him/her while holding Municipal Court, in the same manner and to the same extent as a Circuit Judge, if such person or persons be guilty of:
[Ord. No. 7232, 11-14-2019]
a. 
Disorderly, contemptuous or insolent behavior committed during the Municipal Court's session, in the Municipal Court's immediate view and presence, and directly tending to interrupt its proceeding or to impair the respect due to its authority;
b. 
Any breach of the peace, noise or other disturbance directly tending to interrupt the judicial proceedings;
c. 
Willful disobedience of any order, rule or process lawfully issued or made by the Municipal Court; or
d. 
Resistance willfully offered to the lawful order or process of the Municipal Court; and
e. 
The contumacious and unlawful refusal of any person to be sworn as a witness, or, when so sworn, to refuse to answer any legal and proper interrogatory.
2. 
May commute the term of any sentence, stay execution of any fine or sentence, suspend any fine or sentence and make such other orders as the Municipal Judge deems necessary relative to any matter that may be pending in the Municipal Court.
3. 
Shall establish a Traffic Violations Bureau as provided for in the Missouri Rules of Practice and Procedure in Municipal and Traffic Courts and Section 479.050, RSMo.
4. 
Shall periodically review the data entry function of the Court's automated Court docketing; the preparation of the monthly reports of the Court's cases and dispositions, fines, costs, training fees and crime victims' compensation; and the accounting for all funds collected by the Municipal Court and maintenance of appropriate records of the Court's fiscal activities. Requirements necessary to fulfill the obligations of this Chapter shall be documented and communicated to the Court Clerk and the City Administrator for implementation.
5. 
May assist in preparation of annual budgetary proposals relating to the operations of Municipal Court and presentation to the City in conjunction with the City Budget Officer for submittal to the Board of Aldermen.
6. 
May provide annual evaluations of all judicial and non-judicial employees in the Court Clerk's office and other Court support personnel, and any written recommendations relating to personnel issues to the appropriate supervisor. All such communications shall be taken into account prior to personnel action. Unresolved issues shall be submitted to the City Administrator who shall be responsible to ensure the requirements of the Municipal Court are attained.
7. 
Shall make and adopt such rules of practice and procedure as are necessary to implement and carry out the provisions of this Chapter, and make and adopt such rules of practice and procedure as are necessary to hear and decide matters pending before the Municipal Court, and implement and carry out the provisions of the Missouri Rules of Practice and Procedure in Municipal and Traffic Courts. Any rules made or adopted hereunder shall be consistent with the provisions of the Missouri Rules of Practice and Procedure in Municipal and Traffic Courts. Any rules made or adopted hereunder may be annulled or amended by an ordinance limited to such purpose; provided, that such ordinance does not violate or conflict with the provisions of the Missouri Rules of Practice and Procedure in Municipal and Traffic Courts or State law.
B. 
The Municipal Judge shall have such other powers, duties, and privileges as prescribed by State law or other ordinances of the City.
[R.O. 2007 § 130.090; CC 1979 § 17-9; Ord. No. 442 § 9, 10-26-1978; Ord. No. 8061, 11-21-2024]
On or before the 15th of each month, the Municipal Judge shall submit to the City a copy of the monthly case load summary report for the preceding month required by the Missouri Supreme Court Operating Rule 4.28. The Municipal Court shall, within the ten (10) days after the first of the month, pay to the Municipal Treasury the full amount of all fines collected during the preceding month, if they have not previously been paid.
[R.O. 2007 § 130.100; CC 1979 § 17-10; Ord. No. 442 § 10, 10-26-1978]
The Municipal Judge shall be a conservator of the peace. He/she shall keep a docket in which he/she shall enter every case commenced before him/her and the proceedings therein, and he/she shall keep such other records as may be required. Such docket and records shall be records of the Circuit Court of the County. The Municipal Judge shall deliver the docket and records of the Municipal Court and all books and papers pertaining to his/her office to his/her successor in office or to the Presiding Judge of the Circuit.
[R.O. 2007 § 130.110; CC 1979 § 17-11; Ord. No. 442 § 24, 10-26-1978]
A Municipal Judge shall be disqualified to hear any case in which he/she is in anywise interested or if, before the trial is commenced, the defendant or the prosecutor files an affidavit that the defendant or the City, as the case may be, cannot have a fair and impartial trial by reason of the interest or prejudice of the Judge. Neither the defendant nor the City shall be entitled to file more than one (1) affidavit or disqualification in the same case.
If a Municipal Judge be absent, sick or disqualified from acting pursuant to the general administrative authority of the Presiding Judge of the Circuit Court over the Municipal Divisions within the circuit contained in Section 478.240, RSMo., a special Municipal Judge may be designated in accordance with the provisions of Section 479.230, RSMo., until such absence or disqualification shall cease.
[Ord. No. 7272, 2-13-2020]
Where municipal violations are to be tried before a Municipal Judge or Judges, the governing body of the municipality shall provide by ordinance for a clerk or clerks and such other non-judicial personnel as may be required for the proper functioning of the municipal division or divisions and shall provide a suitable courtroom in which to hold court. The salaries of the judges, clerks and other non-judicial personnel and other expenses incidental to the operation of the municipal divisions shall be paid by the municipality. The Court Clerk, or his or her designee, shall serve as the custodian of records of the Municipal Court for purposes of Supreme Court Operating Rules 2, 4, 8 and 20, Chapter 610, RSMo., and any other applicable laws and Supreme Court rules, as amended.
[R.O. 2007 § 130.140; CC 1979 § 17-15; Ord. No. 442 § 13, 10-26-1978; Ord. No. 5389 § 1, 4-22-2010; Ord. No. 7231, 11-14-2019; Ord. No. 8028, 9-12-2024]
A. 
Administrative Warrant Defined — Who May Issue, Execute.
1. 
An administrative warrant is a written order of the Municipal Judge permitting the entry of City officials on or into private property to enforce the City's building, zoning, health and safety regulations when government entry on or into such private property is otherwise authorized by Missouri law. A warrant may issue only in conformance with this Section and only for the enforcement of the City's building, zoning, health and safety regulations, specifically:
a. 
To abate such physical conditions on private property constituting a public nuisance or otherwise in violation of a specified regulation as provided herein;
b. 
To inspect private property to determine or prove the existence of physical conditions in violation of such a specified regulation; and
c. 
To seize, photograph, copy or record evidence of the violation of such a specified regulation.
2. 
The Municipal Judge having original and exclusive jurisdiction to determine violations against the ordinances of the municipality may issue an administrative warrant when:
a. 
The property to be entered is located within the City,
b. 
The owner or occupant of the property to be entered
(1) 
Has refused to allow same after official request by the City, or
(2) 
Is not available, after reasonable investigation and effort, to consent to such entry or inspection, and
c. 
The City establishes probable cause to determine that a public nuisance or other violation of a specified regulation as provided herein may exist.
3. 
Any such warrant shall be directed to the Chief of Police or any Police Officer of the City, if any, and shall be executed by said Chief of Police or any Police Officer of the City in conjunction with the appropriate Code Enforcement Officer or other appropriate official within the City limits and not elsewhere.
B. 
Who May Apply For Warrant — Contents Of Application.
1. 
Any Code Enforcement Officer, other appropriate official, Chief of Police or any Police Officer of the City or the City Attorney may make application to the Municipal Judge for the issuance of an administrative warrant.
2. 
The application shall:
a. 
Be in writing;
b. 
State the time and date of the making of the application;
c. 
Identify the property, article, material or substance which is to be entered, inspected, searched for and seized in sufficient detail and particularity that the officer executing the warrant can readily ascertain it;
d. 
State that the owner or occupant of the property:
(1) 
Has been requested by the City to allow such action and has refused to allow such action, or
(2) 
Is not available, after reasonable investigation and effort, to consent to such entry or inspection, and in such case the application shall include details of the City's investigation and effort to request such consent;
e. 
State facts sufficient to show probable cause for the issuance of a warrant to enter the private property, including the specification of the building, zoning, health or safety regulation sought to be enforced;
f. 
Be verified by the oath or affirmation of the applicant; and
g. 
Be signed by the applicant and filed in the Municipal Court.
3. 
The application may be supplemented by a written affidavit verified by oath or affirmation. Such affidavit shall be considered in determining whether there is probable cause for the issuance of a warrant and in filling out any deficiencies in the description of the property or place to be entered. Oral testimony shall not be considered. The application may be submitted by facsimile or other electronic means.
C. 
Hearing And Procedure — Contents Of Warrant — Execution And Return.
1. 
Hearing And Procedure.
a. 
The Municipal Judge shall determine whether probable cause exists to enter the private property for the purposes noted herein.
b. 
In doing so the Municipal Judge shall determine whether the action to be taken by the City is reasonable in light of the facts stated. The Municipal Judge shall consider the goals of the ordinance or Code Section sought to be enforced and such other factors as may be appropriate, including, but not limited to, the known or suspected violation of any relevant City ordinance or Code Section, the passage of time since the property's last inspection, and the law, Statute or ordinance authorizing government entry onto private property. The standard for issuing a warrant need not be limited to actual knowledge of an existing violation of a City ordinance or Code Section.
c. 
If it appears from the application and any supporting affidavit that there is probable cause to enter the private property for the enforcement of the City's building, zoning, health and safety regulations, a warrant shall immediately be issued.
d. 
The warrant shall issue in the form of an original and two (2) copies, and the application, any supporting affidavit and one (1) copy of the warrant as issued shall be retained in the records of the Municipal Court.
2. 
Contents Of Warrant. The warrant shall:
a. 
Be in writing and in the name of the City;
b. 
Be directed to the Chief of Police or any Police Officer of the City, if any, in the City;
c. 
State the time and date the warrant was issued;
d. 
Identify the property, article, material or substance which is to be entered, searched for and seized, in sufficient detail and particularity that the officer executing the warrant can readily ascertain it;
e. 
Command that the described property be entered for one (1) or more specified enforcement purposes as provided herein, identify the regulation sought to be enforced, and direct that any evidence of any suspected property violations be seized, recorded or photographed, and a description of such property be returned, within ten (10) days after filing of the application, to the Clerk of the Municipal Court, to be dealt with according to law; and
f. 
Be signed by the Municipal Judge, with his or her title of office indicated.
3. 
Execution And Return.
a. 
A warrant issued under this Section shall be executed only by a Chief of Police or any police officer of the City, if any; provided, however, that one (1) or more designated City Officials shall accompany any such officer, and the warrant shall be executed in the following manner:
(1) 
The warrant may be issued by facsimile or other electronic means.
(2) 
The warrant shall be executed by conducting the private property entry as commanded and shall be executed as soon as practicable and in a reasonable manner.
(3) 
The officer shall give the owner or occupant of the property entered a copy of the warrant.
(4) 
If any property is seized incident to the entry, the officer shall give the person from whose possession it was taken, if the person is present, an itemized receipt for the property taken. If no such person is present, or if no such person is ascertainable, the officer shall leave the receipt at the site of the entry in a conspicuous place.
(a) 
A copy of the itemized receipt of any property taken shall be delivered the City Attorney within two (2) working days of the execution of the warrant.
(b) 
The disposition of property seized pursuant to a warrant under this Section shall be in accordance with an applicable City ordinance or Code Section, but in the absence of same, then with Section 542.301, RSMo.
(5) 
The officer may summon as many persons as he deems necessary to assist him in executing the warrant.
(6) 
An officer executing an invalid warrant, the invalidity of which is not apparent on its face, may use such force as he would be justified in using if the warrant were valid.
(7) 
A warrant shall expire if it is not executed and the required return made within ten (10) days after the date of the making of the application.
b. 
After execution of the warrant, the warrant, with a return thereon signed by the officer executing the warrant, shall be delivered to the Municipal Court in the following manner:
(1) 
The return shall show the date and manner of execution and the name of the possessor and of the owner, when not the same person, if known, of the property entered.
(2) 
The return shall be accompanied by any photographs, copies or recordings made, and by any property seized, along with a copy of the itemized receipt of such property required by this Section; provided, however, that seized property may be disposed of as provided herein, and in such a case a description of the property seized shall accompany the return.
c. 
The Court Clerk, upon request, shall deliver a copy of the return to the possessor and the owner, when not the same person, of the property entered or seized.
D. 
Warrant Invalid, When. A warrant shall be deemed invalid:
1. 
If it was not issued by the Municipal Judge;
2. 
If it was issued without a written application having been filed and verified;
3. 
If it was issued without sufficient probable cause in light of the goals of the ordinance to be enforced and such other factors as provided in Subsection (C)(3)(a)(2) hereof;
4. 
If it was not issued with respect to property in the City;
5. 
If it does not describe the place or thing to be entered, inspected or searched or the property, article, material or substance to be seized with sufficient certainty;
6. 
If it is not signed by the Municipal Judge who issued it;
7. 
If it was not executed and the required return made within ten (10) days after the date of the making of the application; or
8. 
The application or execution of an administrative warrant shall not be deemed invalid for the sole reason that the application or execution of the warrant relies upon electronic signatures of the applicant seeking the warrant or the Municipal Judge issuing the warrant.
[R.O. 2007 § 130.150; CC 1979 § 17-16; Ord. No. 442 § 14, 10-26-1978]
The Chief of Police or other Police Officers of the City may, without a warrant, make arrest of any person who commits an offense in his/her presence, but such officer shall, before the trial, file a written complaint with the Judge hearing violations of municipal ordinances.
[R.O. 2007 § 130.160; CC 1979 § 17-17; Ord. No. 442 § 15, 10-26-1978]
Any person charged with a violation of this Code or any other ordinance of the City shall be entitled to a trial by jury, as in prosecutions for misdemeanors before an Associate Circuit Judge. Whenever a defendant accused of a violation of this Code or any other City ordinance demands trial by jury, the Municipal Court shall certify the case to the Presiding Judge of the Circuit Court for reassignment.
[R.O. 2007 § 130.170; CC 1979 § 17-19; Ord. No. 442 § 17, 10-26-1978]
It shall be the duty of the Municipal Judge to summon all persons whose testimony may be deemed essential as witnesses at the trial, and to enforce their attendance by attachment if necessary. The fees of witnesses shall be the same as those fixed for witnesses in trials before Associate Circuit Judges and shall be taxed as other costs in the case. When a trial shall be continued by a Municipal Judge, it shall not be necessary to summon any witnesses who may be present at the continuance, but the Municipal Judge shall orally notify such witnesses as either party may require to attend before him/her on the day set for trial to testify in the case and enter the names of such witnesses on his/her docket, which oral notice shall be valid as a summons.
[R.O. 2007 § 130.180; CC 1979 § 17-20; Ord. No. 442 § 18, 10-26-1978]
A. 
If, in the progress of any trial before a Municipal Judge, it shall appear to the Judge that the accused ought to be put upon trial for an offense against the criminal laws of the State, not cognizable before him/her as Municipal Judge, he/she shall immediately stop all further proceedings before him/her as Municipal Judge and cause the complaint to be made before some Associate Circuit Judge within the County.
B. 
For purposes of this Section, any offense involving the operation of a motor vehicle in an intoxicated condition as defined in Section 577.001, RSMo., shall not be cognizable in Municipal Court if the defendant has been convicted, found guilty, or pled guilty to two (2) or more previous intoxication-related traffic offenses as defined in Section 577.001, RSMo., or has had two (2) or more previous alcohol-related enforcement contacts as defined in Section 302.525, RSMo.
[R.O. 2007 § 130.190; CC 1979 § 17-21; Ord. No. 442 § 19, 10-26-1978; Ord. No. 8061, 11-21-2024]
If, in the opinion of the Municipal Judge, the City has no suitable and safe place of confinement, the Municipal Judge may commit the defendant to the County Jail, in accordance with Section 479.180, RSMo. The City shall pay the board of such prisoner at the same rate as may be allowed to the County Sheriff for the keeping of such prisoner in his/her custody.
[R.O. 2007 § 130.200; CC 1979 § 17-22; Ord. No. 442 § 20, 10-26-1978; Ord. No. 2044 § 1, 8-26-1993]
A. 
Any Judge hearing violations of municipal ordinances may, when in his/her judgment it may seem advisable, grant a parole or probation to any person who shall plead guilty or who shall be convicted after a trial before such Judge. When a person is placed on probation he/she shall be given a certificate explicitly stating the conditions on which he/she is being released.
B. 
In addition to such other authority as exists to order conditions of probation, the Court may order conditions which the Court believes will serve to compensate the victim of the crime, any dependant of the victim, or society in general. Such conditions may include, but need not be limited to:
1. 
Restitution to the victim or any dependent of the victim, in an amount to be determined by the Judge; and
2. 
The performance of a designated amount of free work for a public or charitable purpose, or purposes, as determined by the Judge.
C. 
A person may refuse probation conditioned on the performance of free work. If he/she does so, the Court shall decide the extent or duration of sentence or other disposition to be imposed and render judgment accordingly. Any County, City, person, organization, or agency, or employee of a County, City organization or agency charged with the supervision of such free work or who benefits from its performance shall be immune from any suit by the person placed on parole or probation or any person deriving a cause of action from him/her if such cause of action arises from such supervision of performance, except for intentional torts or gross negligence. The services performed by the probationer or parolee shall not be deemed employment within the meaning of the provisions of Chapter 288, RSMo.
D. 
The Court may modify or enlarge the conditions of the probation at any time prior to the expiration or termination of the probation term.
[R.O. 2007 § 130.210; CC 1979 § 17-23; Ord. No. 442 § 21, 10-26-1978]
In all cases tried before the Municipal Court, except where there has been a plea of guilty or where the case has been tried with a jury, the defendant shall have a right of trial de novo, before a Circuit Judge or on assignment before an Associate Circuit Judge. An application for a trial de novo shall be filed within ten (10) days after judgment and shall be filed in such form and perfected in such manner as provided by Supreme Court rules.
[R.O. 2007 § 130.220; CC 1979 § 17-24; Ord. No. 442 § 22, 10-26-1978]
In all cases in which a jury trial has been demanded, a record of the proceedings shall be made, and appeals may be had upon that record to the appropriate Appellate Court.
[R.O. 2007 § 130.230; CC 1979 § 17-25; Ord. No. 442 § 23, 10-26-1978]
In the case of a breach of any recognizance entered into before a Municipal Judge or an Associate Circuit Judge hearing a Code or other municipal ordinance violation case, the same shall be deemed forfeited, and the Judge shall cause the same to be prosecuted against the principal and surety, or either of them, in the name of the City as plaintiff. Such action shall be prosecuted before a Circuit Judge or Associate Circuit Judge, and in the event of cases caused to be prosecuted by a Municipal Judge, such shall be on the transcript of the proceedings before the Municipal Judge. All money recovered in such actions shall be paid over to the City Treasury to the General Revenue Fund of the City.
[Ord. No. 6013 § 1, 11-7-2013]
A. 
In addition to the forfeiture of any security which was given or pledged for a person's release, any person who, having been released upon a recognizance or bond pursuant to any other provisions of law while pending preliminary hearing, trial, sentencing, appeal, probation or parole revocation, or any other stage of a matter against him or her, knowingly fails to appear before the Municipal Court or the Municipal Judge as required shall be guilty of the crime of failure to appear.
B. 
Failure to appear is an infraction, and the sentence imposed shall not exceed the maximum fine which could be imposed for the municipal ordinance for which the accused was arrested.
C. 
Nothing in this Section shall prevent the exercise by the Municipal Court of its power to punish for contempt.
D. 
No additional charge shall be issued for the failure to appear for a minor traffic violation.
[R.O. 2007 § 130.240; CC 1979 § 17-26; Ord. No. 442 § 27, 10-26-1978; Ord. No. 501 § 1, 4-26-1979; Ord. No. 1919 § 1, 9-10-1992; Ord. No. 2536 §§ 1 — 2, 9-12-1996; Ord. No. 3524 § 1, 9-13-2001; Ord. No. 4252 § 1, 3-24-2005; Ord. No. 7403, 12-17-2020; Ord. No. 8061, 11-21-2024]
A. 
In addition to any fine that may be imposed by the Municipal Judge, there shall be assessed as costs in all cases the following:
1. 
Costs of Court in the amount of twelve dollars ($12.00).
2. 
In all cases, additional costs, as follows:
a. 
Law Enforcement training fund fee for the training of Police Officers in the amount of two dollars ($2.00); such fees collected shall be transmitted monthly to the City Treasury of the City of St. Peters to be used locally for training Law Enforcement Officers.
b. 
Peace Officer training fund fee to be used Statewide for training Law Enforcement Officers in the amount of one dollar ($1.00); such fees collected shall be transmitted monthly to be deposited into the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission Fund, payable to the Treasurer, State of Missouri.
c. 
Crime victims' compensation surcharge in the amount of seven dollars fifty cents ($7.50); such surcharge collected shall be transmitted monthly with seven dollars thirteen cents ($7.13) of each surcharge remitted to the State, payable to the Missouri Department of Revenue and thirty-seven cents ($.37) of each surcharge remitted to the City Treasury of the City of St. Peters, Missouri.
d. 
Inmate security fund surcharge in the amount of two dollars ($2.00); such surcharge collected shall be transmitted to the City Treasury for deposit into the "Inmate Prisoner Detainee Security Fund," which is hereby created. No such surcharge shall be collected in any proceeding when the proceeding or defendant has been dismissed by the Court or when costs are to be paid by the State, County or the City. Funds deposited shall be utilized to acquire and develop biometric verification systems and information sharing as provided by Section 488.5026, RSMo. Upon the installation of the information sharing or biometric verification system, funds in the Inmate Prisoner Detainee Security Fund may also be used for the maintenance, repair, and replacement of the information sharing or biometric verification system, and also to pay for any expenses related to detention, custody and housing and other expenses for inmates, prisoners, and detainees.
e. 
In addition to the other costs authorized in this Section, there shall be assessed a Statewide Court Automation Fund fee in the amount of seven dollars ($7.00) in all cases in which court costs are taxed. Said fee shall be collected by the Municipal Court and transmitted monthly to the Missouri Director of Revenue to the credit of the Missouri Statewide Automation Fund, as provided in Section 488.012.3(5), RSMo., and Section 488.027.2, RSMo.
3. 
Any person violating an ordinance of the City which is payable in the Traffic Violations Bureau who signs a waiver of appearance and plea of guilty to such offense in the Traffic Violations Bureau shall be required to pay the entire costs of Court imposed by Subsections (A)(1) and (2) of this Section.
4. 
Upon a plea of guilty, finding of guilt or conviction for violation of the provisions of Section 577.010 or 577.012, RSMo., or violations of St. Peters ordinances involving alcohol- or drug-related traffic offenses, the Court may, in addition to imposition of any penalties provided by law, order the person to reimburse the St. Peters law enforcement authority for the costs associated with such arrest; such costs shall include the reasonable cost of making the arrest, including the cost of any chemical tests to determine the alcohol or drug content of the person's blood, and the cost of processing, charging, booking and holding such person in custody. The St. Peters law enforcement authority may establish a schedule of such costs, however, the Court may order the costs reduced if it determines the costs are excessive.
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Editor's Note: Former Section 130.250, Court Costs — Assessment Against Prosecuting Witness, consisting of R.O. 2007 § 130.250; CC 1979 § 17-27; Ord. No. 442, 10-26-1978, was repealed by Ord. No. 8061, 11-21-2024.
[R.O. 2007 § 130.260; CC 1979 § 17-28; Ord. No. 442 § 29, 10-26-1978]
When a fine is assessed for violating this Code or any other City ordinances, it shall be within the discretion of the Judge assessing the fine to provide for the payment of a fine on an installment basis under such terms and conditions as he/she may deem appropriate.
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Editor's Note: Former Section 130.270, Assessment Of Costs Related To Law Enforcement Response, consisting of R.O. 2007 § 130.270; Ord. No. 3056, 6-10-1999, was repealed by Ord. No. 8061, 11-21-2024.