The Local Rules of the Municipal Court, on file of the office
of the city clerk and made a part hereof for all purposes, are hereby
adopted by reference.
(Ordinance 07-103, sec. 1, adopted 9/25/07; Ordinance adopting Code)
There is hereby authorized a collection fee in the amount of
thirty (30) percent of debts and accounts receivable, such as unpaid
fines, fees, court costs, forfeited bonds and restitutions, ordered
paid by a municipal court serving the city and on amounts in cases
in which the accused has failed to appear:
(1) As
promised under subchapter A, chapter 543, Transportation Code, or
other law;
(2) In
compliance with a lawful written notice to appear issued under article
14.06b, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, or other law;
(3) In
compliance with a lawful summons issued under article 15.03b, Texas
Code of Criminal Procedure; or
(4) In
compliance with a lawful order of court serving the city when such
debts, accounts receivable and amounts are more than sixty (60) days
past due and have been referred to an attorney or other vendor for
collection.
(Ordinance 03-079, sec. 1, adopted 10/7/03; 1978 Code, sec. 8-1)
(a) There
is hereby established a municipal court juvenile case manager fund,
the money from which may only be used for the purposes outlined in
article 102.0174 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to provide for
the salary and benefits of a juvenile case manager in the municipal
court.
(b) The
clerk of the municipal court shall collect a five dollar ($5.00) juvenile
case manager fee from each person convicted of a fine-only misdemeanor
offense in municipal court as a cost of court from and after the effective
date of this section. This fee shall be deposited into the municipal
court juvenile case manager fund. For purposes of collection of this
juvenile case manager fee, a person is considered convicted if a sentence
is imposed on the person, the person receives deferred disposition,
or the person receives deferred adjudication from the court.
(c) The
municipal court judge is hereby authorized to waive the fee required
by this section in a case of financial hardship.
(d) The
city manager be and he is hereby authorized to expend monies from
the fund in accordance with the ordinances of the city and laws of
the state.
(e) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided in section
1.01.009 of the Code of Ordinances of the city.
(Ordinance 06-004, secs. 2–5,
7, adopted 1/24/06; 1978 Code,
sec. 8-2; Ordinance 10-065, sec.
1, adopted 8/10/10)