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.
[R.O. 1993 § 115.240(A); Ord. No.
340 § 2, 2-23-1981; Ord. No. 533 § 1, 10-17-1994; Ord. No. 565 § 1, 6-19-1995; Ord. No. 576 § 1, 10-16-1995; Ord. No. 613 § 1, 12-16-1996; Ord. No. 682 § 1, 12-20-1999; Ord. No. 719A § 1, 9-17-2001; Ord. No. 720 § 1, 9-17-2001; Ord. No. 736 §§ 1
— 2, 10-21-2002]
The following words and phrases, as used in this Chapter, shall
have the following respective meanings:
The total of fees, miscellaneous charges and surcharges imposed
in a particular case.
The amount charged for services to be performed by the Municipal
Court.
The amount allowed by law for services provided by individuals
of entities other than the Municipal Court.
Additional charges allowed by law which are allowed for specific
purposes designated by law.
A.
In addition to any fine that may be imposed by the Municipal Judge
in any case filed in the Bel-Nor 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 and fifty cents ($7.50) shall be assessed and added to the basic costs in Subsection (A)(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 cost of up to two dollars ($2.00)
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.
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 this Section.
9.
Reimbursement Of Certain Costs Of Arrest.
a.
Upon a plea or a finding of guilty of violating the provisions of Section 342.020 or 342.030 of this Code or any ordinance of the City of Bel-Nor 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.
Judicial Education Fund.
a.
A City by ordinance may provide for fees in an amount per case
to be set pursuant to Sections 488.010 to 488.020, RSMo., for each
municipal ordinance violation case filed before a Municipal Judge,
and in the event a defendant pleads guilty or is found guilty, the
Judge may assess costs against the defendant except in those cases
where the defendant is found by the Judge to be indigent and unable
to pay the costs. The fees authorized in this Subsection are in addition
to service charges, witness fees and jail costs that may otherwise
be authorized to be assessed, but are in lieu of other Court costs.
The fees provided by this Subsection shall be collected by the Municipal
Division Clerk in municipalities electing or required to have violations
of municipal ordinances tried before a Municipal Judge pursuant to
Section 479.020, RSMo., or to employ judicial personnel pursuant to
Section 479.060, RSMo., and disbursed as provided in Subsection (1)
of Section 479.080, RSMo. Any other Court costs required in connection
with such cases shall be collected and disbursed as provided in Sections
488.010 to 488.020, RSMo.; provided that, each Municipal Court may
establish a Judicial Education Fund and an Appointed Counsel Fund,
each in separate accounts under the control of the Municipal Court
to retain one dollar ($1.00) of the fees collected on each case. The
fees collected shall be allocated between the two (2) funds as determined
by the Court. The Judicial Education Fund shall be used only to pay
for:
b.
The Appointed Counsel Fund shall be used only to pay the reasonable
fees approved by the Court for the appointment of an attorney to represent
any defendant found by the Judge to be indigent and unable to pay
for legal representation, and where the Supreme Court rules or the
law prescribes such appointment. Provided further that no Municipal
Court shall retain more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00)
in the Judicial Education Fund for each Judge, Administrator or Clerk
of the Municipal Court and no more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00)
in the Appointed Counsel Fund. Any excess funds shall be transmitted
quarterly to the General Revenue Fund of the County or Municipal Treasury.
11.
Inmate Security Fund.
a.
A surcharge of two dollars ($2.00) shall be assessed as costs
in each Court proceeding filed in any Court in any City adopting such
a surcharge, in all violations of any municipal ordinance; except
that no such fee shall be collected in any proceeding in any Court
when the proceeding or the defendant has been dismissed by the Court
or when costs are to be paid by the City. A surcharge of two dollars
($2.00) shall be assessed as costs in a Juvenile Court proceeding
in which a child is found by the Court to come within the applicable
provisions of Subdivision (3) of Subsection (1) of Section 211.031,
RSMo.
b.
The Treasurer shall deposit funds generated by the surcharge
into the "Inmate Security Fund." Funds deposited shall be utilized
to acquire and develop biometric verification systems and information
sharing to ensure that inmates, prisoners, or detainees in a holding
cell facility or other detention facility or area which holds persons
detained only for a shorter period of time after arrest or after being
formally charged can be properly identified upon booking and tracked
within the local law enforcement administration system, criminal justice
administration system, or the local jail system. 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.
12.
There shall be assessed to each defendant who pleads guilty or is
found guilty in each proceeding filed in the Bel-Nor Municipal Court
for the violation of the ordinances of the City an additional surcharge
in the amount of seven dollars ($7.00) for the statewide court automation
fund, provided that no such fee shall be collected in any case that
has been dismissed by the Court or where costs have been waived by
the Court. All sums collected pursuant to this Subsection shall be
paid to the State Director of Revenue to the credit of the statewide
court automation fund in accordance with Sections 476.056, 488.012
and 488.027, RSMo.
[Ord. No. 1009, 11-19-2018]
[R.O. 1993 § 115.260; Ord. No.
306 § 26, 11-27-1978]
When a fine is assessed for violating an ordinance, 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.
[R.O. 1993 § 115.290; Ord. No.
359 § 1, 6-27-1983]
Notwithstanding any general penalty ordinance or specific penalty
provisions of any ordinance of the City of Bel-Nor, except for violations
of State Statutes where a specific penalty is mandated, the Municipal
Judge of the City of Bel-Nor is authorized and empowered to suspend
imposition of sentencing and grant probation unconditionally or upon
such terms and conditions as the Judge shall deem advisable for a
period of not to exceed two (2) years.
[R.O. 1993 § 115.300; Ord. No.
244 § 1, 6-25-1973; Ord. No. 533 § 2, 10-17-1994; Ord. No. 613 § 2, 12-16-1996]
A.
The Municipal Judge is authorized to assess Court costs and collect
in each case before him/her and to also collect, in the event of payment
of fine and Court costs in the Violations Bureau, fines and Court
costs based upon the following schedule which may be revised and amended
from time to time:
1.
Deposit Of Costs For Appeal To The Circuit Court. As provided
by the local rules of the St. Louis County Circuit Court.
