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.
A.
In addition to any fine that may be imposed by the Municipal Judge in any case filed in the Reeds Spring Municipal Division of the 39th 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 Finance Director 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 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, including violations of any County or municipal ordinance, 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.
8.
Any other reasonable cost as may be otherwise provided by ordinance and permitted under the laws of the State of Missouri, 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 this Section.
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 Reeds Spring 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.
10.
Court Automation Fund. Court costs assessed upon conviction of violation of any City ordinance, including non-moving traffic violations, shall be increased by a surcharge of seven dollars ($7.00) for the benefit and use of the Missouri Court Automation Fund established pursuant to Section 476.055(1), RSMo., and shall be accounted for, remitted and dispersed monthly by the Municipal Clerk to that person officially designated by the Missouri Court Automation Fund to receive such funds.
[Ord. No. 2018-02, 11-6-2018]
11.
Judicial Education Fund.
[Ord. No. 2019-02, 3-18-2019]
a.
The City of Reeds Spring hereby authorizes and establishes a Judicial Education Fund as authorized by Section 479.260(1), RSMo.; and
b.
A fee of one dollar ($1.00) in amount per case shall be assessed pursuant to Sections 488.010 to 488.020 and this Subsection, for each municipal ordinance violation case filed before a Municipal Judge in the City of Reeds Spring, and in the event a defendant pleads guilty or is found guilty, in every such case the Judge may assess costs against the defendant except in those cases wherein the defendant is found by the Judge to be indigent and unable to pay the costs.
c.
d.
The fee or costs assessed pursuant to this Subsection shall be in addition to the fine and other costs lawfully assessed in any case involving any municipal ordinance violation.
[Ord. No. 2005-12 §1(16.0127), 6-7-2005]
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 the prosecution was commenced without probable cause and from malicious motives.
Notwithstanding any provision of law, Supreme Court Rule, or Court Operating Rule, in a proceeding for a municipal ordinance violation or any other proceeding before a Municipal Court if the charge carries the possibility of fifteen (15) days or more in jail or confinement, a defendant shall not be charged any fee for obtaining a police report, probable cause statement, or any video relevant to the traffic stop or arrest. Such police report, probable cause statement, or video shall be provided by the prosecutor upon written request by the defendant for discovery.
[Ord. No. 2005-12 §1(16.0128), 6-7-2005]
A.
Any person appearing before the Municipal Court of the City which is a Division of the Circuit Court of Stone County, Missouri, shall be subject to punishment for direct contempt of Court for any of the following acts constituting contempt:
1.
Disorderly, contemptuous or insolent behavior committed during its session, in its immediate view and presence, and directly tending to interrupt its proceeding or to impair the respect due to its authority;
2.
Any breach of the peace, noise or other disturbance directly tending to interrupt its proceedings;
3.
Willful disobedience of any process or order lawfully issued or made by it;
4.
Resistance willfully offered by any person to the lawful order or process of the Court; and
5.
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.
B.
Contempt committed in the immediate view and presence of the Court may be punished summarily; in other cases, the party charged shall be notified of the accusation and have a reasonable time to make his/her defense.
C.
Punishment for direct contempt of Court shall be by a fine of up to five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment in the Stone County Jail for up to ninety (90) days, or by both fine and imprisonment.
[Ord. No. 2005-12 §1(16.0129), 6-7-2005]
Any person appearing before the Municipal Court of the City which is a Division of the Circuit Court of Stone County, Missouri, shall be subject to punishment for indirect contempt of Court for failure to appear or failure to satisfy a Court judgment.