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. 717 §§II — V, 7-13-1999; Ord. No. 2068, 6-12-2018; Ord. No. 2078, 10-5-2018]
A.
In addition to any fine that may be imposed by the Municipal Judge in any case filed in the Moline Acres 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.
3.
Crime Victims' Compensation Fund. An additional sum of five dollars ($5.00) 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.
Motorcycle Safety Trust Fund.
a.
Any person who violates a municipal ordinance when the Court finds that the violation occurred when the defendant was the operator of a motorcycle or motortricycle shall have a judgment assessed against the defendant of five dollars ($5.00) in the favor of the State of Missouri Motorcycle Safety Trust Fund. Any motor vehicle operator who violates a municipal ordinance where the violation involves a motorcycle or motortricycle or where the operator causes an accident involving a motorcycle or motortricycle shall have a judgment assessed against the defendant of five dollars ($5.00) in the favor of the State of Missouri Motorcycle Safety Trust Fund.
b.
Each Court cost assessed under this Section shall be doubled if the operator at fault violated any State law or local ordinance relating to the consumption of alcohol.
5.
There may also be assessed a two dollar ($2.00) cost for the purpose of providing operating expenses for shelters for battered persons as set out in Section 479.261, RSMo.
6.
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.
7.
Actual costs assessed against the City by the County Sheriff for apprehension or confinement in the County Jail.
8.
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.
9.
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 (10) hereof.
10.
Reimbursement Of Certain Costs Of Arrest.
a.
Alcohol Related Offenses.
(1)
Upon a plea or a finding of guilty for a first (1st) offense of violating the provisions of an ordinance of the City of Moline Acres, 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.
(2)
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.
(3)
The Chief of Police shall 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.
(4)
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 Alderpersons 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.
b.
Additional Reimbursement.
(1)
In addition to any other penalties, fines or costs provided by law or ordinance, the Court may order a defendant to reimburse all costs for their incarceration pursuant to the arrest. Furthermore, if the defendant is required to receive hospital treatment for any reason in connection with the arrest and there are costs connected therewith, said defendant shall be responsible and pay such costs as ordered by the Court.
(2)
The Municipal Judge is further authorized and empowered to place any person who has been convicted and sentenced by the Court for violation of a City ordinance in a work program to work or perform labor in the public streets or buildings of the City for such purpose as the City may deemed necessary.
(3)
If the fine set by the Court is not paid and the defendant is placed in the City's work program by the Court, then the Court may determine an appropriate amount of time served and may be released from custody after a minimum of fifty percent (50%) of time served.
(4)
As used herein, the word "defendant" shall refer only to a person who has been convicted of a Statute or ordinance violation.
11.
Judicial Education Fund.
a.
A fee of one dollar ($1.00) pursuant to the provisions of Section 479.260, RSMo., shall be collected in all cases, except where the proceeding is dismissed by the Court or when the cost are to be paid by the City. All fees collected pursuant to this Subsection shall be transmitted monthly to the Treasurer of the City. All funds collected pursuant to this Subsection shall be used only to pay for:
(1)
The continuing education and certification required of the municipal judges by law or Supreme Court rule; and
(2)
Judicial education and training for the Court Administrator and Clerks of the Municipal Court; and
(3)
Provided, further, that no Municipal Court shall retain more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) in the fund for each judge, administrator or clerk of the Municipal Court. Any excess funds shall be transmitted quarterly to the General Revenue Fund of the Municipal Treasury.
12.
A surcharge of seven dollars ($7.00) shall be assessed as cost in each court proceeding filed in the City of Moline Acres Municipal Court in all matters filed in said Municipal Court for violations of a municipal ordinance to provide for the increase in Missouri's mandatory Statewide automation court system.
[Ord. No. 513 §§2 — 3, 7-22-1986]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person who has been convicted of, plead guilty to or been found guilty of any offense in the Moline Acres Municipal Division of the St. Louis County Circuit Court and who has been sentenced to pay any fine or otherwise required by law to pay any monetary penalty or costs of court or reimbursement of expenses associated with the investigation or prosecution of such offense to fail to pay such fine, penalty, costs or reimbursements as required by the Court.
B.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Section shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), except that the maximum fine permitted in any instance of the offense of failing to pay a fine, penalty, cost or reimbursement as defined herein shall not exceed that amount which is equivalent to the total of the fine, penalty, cost and/or reimbursement originally required by the Court. The penalties imposed hereunder shall be in addition to any penalties imposed upon conviction of any other offense and the imposition of a penalty for violation of this Section shall not in any manner diminish the contempt powers of the Court.
[Ord. No. 969 §§1 — 2, 11-13-2007]
A.
Any person using a credit and/or debit card to pay a fine, fee or Court cost to the City of Moline Acres, Missouri, shall in addition to said fine, fee and cost, pay a transaction fee of four dollars ($4.00) to the City of Moline Acres.
B.
The transaction fee shall be for each credit/debit transmittal.
[Ord. No. 1025 §1, 4-14-2009]
Effective immediately upon passage, the fee for a warrant cancellation shall be fourteen dollars ($14.00) per case file in the City of Moline Acres, Missouri. Said fee shall be paid in addition to any fines or cost imposed by the City of Moline Acres Municipal Judge.