(a) 
A collection fee is hereby authorized and imposed in the amount of thirty percent (30%) of [items] such as unpaid fines, fees, court costs, forfeited bonds, or restitution imposed and ordered by the municipal court serving the city when such debt or account receivable is more then 60 days past due and has been referred to an attorney or private vendor for collection.
(b) 
A collection fee is hereby authorized and imposed, in the amount of thirty percent (30%), when such amounts are more than sixty (60) days past due and referred for collection 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 14.06(b) Texas Code of Criminal Procedure or other law;
(3) 
In compliance with a lawful summons issued under article 15.03(b), Texas Code of Criminal Procedure;
(4) 
In compliance with a lawful order of a court serving the city; or
(5) 
As specified in a citation, summons, or other notice authorized by section 682.002, Transportation Code, that charges the accused with a parking or stopping offense.
(Ordinance 2006-09-34 adopted 9/25/06)
(a) 
A municipal court building security fund is hereby created and shall be administered by the finance director of the city. The municipal court building security fund shall be utilized in accordance with the provisions of article 102.017 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, as amended.
(b) 
Any defendant convicted in the municipal court of the city of a misdemeanor offense that occurs after September 1, 1997, or the passage of this section shall pay a security fee as established by the city council as a cost of court. The term “convicted” includes any convictions obtained by way of a plea of guilty, a trial and any case’s deferred adjudication, probation or pretrial diversion in order for the defendant to take advantage of one of the alternative programs offered by the municipal court, including but not limited to a driving safety course, deferred adjudication, alcohol awareness and shoplifter’s alternative.
(c) 
The clerk of the municipal court of the city shall collect the fee and shall pay such costs to the finance director for the city for deposit into the municipal court building security fund.
(2002 Code, art. 7.200)
(a) 
There is hereby created a municipal court technology fund for the city.
(b) 
A defendant convicted of a misdemeanor offense in the municipal court in the city shall pay a technology fee as established by the city council for each conviction as a cost of court.
(c) 
For purposes of this section, a person is considered convicted if a sentence is imposed on the person, the person is placed on community supervision, or the court defers final disposition of the person’s case.
(d) 
The municipal court clerk shall collect the costs and pay the funds to the finance director for deposit in a fund to be known as the municipal court technology fund.
(e) 
The municipal court technology fund may be used only to finance the purchase of computer systems, computer networks, computer hardware, computer software, imaging systems, electronic kiosks, electronic ticket writers, and docket management systems.
(f) 
This section shall take effect immediately from and after its passage; provided, however, that the court costs imposed hereby shall apply only on conviction for an offense committed on or after March 25, 2002. Court costs for convictions for an offense committed before March 25, 2002, are covered by the law in effect at the time the offense was committed and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
(2002 Code, art. 7.300)
The municipal court shall collect a special expense as established by the city council for services performed in cases in which the defendant is discharged by virtue of having attended, subsequent to the date of the alleged offense, a defensive driving course in compliance with the provisions of V.T.C.A., Transportation Code, section 543.111 et seq.
(2002 Code, art. 12.2400)
There is hereby established a special expense fee in the amount of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) which shall be collected, after due notice to the defendant, for the issuance and service of a warrant of arrest for an offense under section 38.10 of the Texas Penal Code titled “Bail Jumping and Failure to Appear”; or, section 543.009 of the Texas Transportation Code titled “Compliance with or Violation of Promise to Appear.”
(Ordinance 2014-08-12 adopted 8/11/14)