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. 00-764 § 1, 1-8-2001; Ord. No. 0015-7 § 1, 4-9-2015]
A. 
In addition to any fine that may be imposed by the Municipal Judge, the following court costs, fees, assessments and surcharges are hereby established to be collected subject to the order and determination of the Court:
1. 
Court costs in the amount of twelve dollars ($12.00).
2. 
An additional surcharge in the sum of three dollars ($3.00) to be assessed and added to the basic Court fees in Subsection (A)(1) of this Section, provided that no such surcharge 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 distributed as follows:
a. 
Two dollars ($2.00) of each such surcharge 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 surcharge 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 surcharge in the sum of seven dollars fifty cents ($7.50) to be assessed and added to the basic court fees in Subsection (A)(1) of this Subsection, provided that no such surcharge 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 distributed as follows:
a. 
Ninety-five percent (95%) of such surcharge shall be paid to the Director of Revenue of the State for deposit to the Crime Victims' Compensation Fund as provided in Section 595.045, RSMo.
b. 
Five percent (5%) of such surcharge shall be paid to the City Treasury.
4. 
An additional fee of seven dollars ($7.00) for the Statewide Court Automation Fund. All sums collected pursuant to this Subsection shall be payable to the Director of Revenue, who shall deposit all amounts collected pursuant to this Section to the credit of the Statewide Court Automation Fund.
5. 
Appointed Counsel Fund.
a. 
An Appointed Counsel Fund Is Hereby Established. 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 costs are to be paid by the City. All fees collected pursuant to this Subsection shall be transmitted monthly to the Treasurer of the City and shall be allocated to the Appointed Counsel Fund in a manner determined by the Municipal Court.
b. 
All funds collected pursuant to this Subsection and retained in 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. The Municipal Court shall not retain 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 City's Treasury. The fee of one dollar ($1.00) shall not be in addition to other costs but shall be in lieu of a portion of the other court costs collected pursuant to Subsection (A)(1) of this Section.
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 or costs assessed against the City by any other detention facility. Additionally, any charges assessed against the City by the County Sheriff for the apprehension, confinement, lodging, care and/or processing of prisoners under order of this Court, shall be assessed as costs against such person upon a plea of guilty or a finding of guilty for a violation of the City's ordinances. However, the Court may waive the costs or reduce these costs, if it determines that the costs are excessive under the circumstances.
8. 
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 Charlack 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 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.
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 within 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.
9. 
Trial De Novo. An additional fee of thirty dollars ($30.00) shall be assessed in every case in which the defendant applies for a trial de novo in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County from the decision of the Municipal Judge.
10. 
Expungements. There shall be assessed as costs a surcharge in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100.00) on all petitions for expungement filed under the provisions of Section 610.140, RSMo., in the Charlack Municipal Court. Such surcharge shall be collected and disbursed by the Clerk of the Charlack Municipal Division as provided by Sections 488.010 to 488.020, RSMo. Moneys collected from this surcharge shall be payable to the City's General Fund.
11. 
In the event that the General Assembly repeals the statute authorizing the assessment of the costs, fees, miscellaneous charges, or surcharges described in this Section or a contrary rule, order or directive is issued by the Circuit Court or Missouri Supreme Court, the Clerk of the Charlack Municipal Division shall cease collecting such costs, fees, miscellaneous charges, or surcharges so affected.
12. 
In the event that a Court of competent jurisdiction enters a final judgment that any of the costs, fees, miscellaneous charges, or surcharges described in this Section are unconstitutional, unauthorized, or are not to be assessed on cases filed in the municipal divisions of Courts of this State, the Clerk of the Charlack Municipal Division shall cease collecting such costs, fees, miscellaneous charges, or surcharges so affected.
13. 
A surcharge of two dollars ($2.00) per case for the purpose of providing operating expenses for shelters for battered persons as authorized by Section 488.607, RSMo.
[Ord. No. 16-9 § 1, 12-6-2016]
14. 
In addition to all other Court costs set forth in this Section, there shall be assessed as costs in each proceeding filed in the Municipal Court, including, without limitation, infractions and violations of City ordinances and violations of criminal or traffic laws of the State of Missouri, a surcharge of two dollars ($2.00). All such surcharge amounts collected by the Court Clerk shall be transmitted to the City Treasurer for deposit in the Inmate Security Fund which is hereby established as an account within the Law Enforcement Fund of the City of Charlack.
[Ord. No. 17-4 § 1, 2-7-2017]
15. 
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.
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.