(a)
There
is hereby established a municipal court building security fund to
be used only to finance the following items when used for the purpose
of providing security services for buildings housing a municipal court:
(1)
The purchase or repair of X-ray machines and conveying systems;
(2)
Handheld metal detectors;
(3)
Walk-through metal detectors;
(4)
Identification cards and systems;
(5)
Electronic locking surveillance equipment;
(6)
Bailiffs, deputy sheriffs, deputy constables or contract security
personnel during times when they are providing appropriate security
services;
(7)
Signages;
(8)
Confiscated weapon inventory and tracking systems;
(9)
Locks, chains or other security hardware; and
(10)
Any other item or for any other purpose authorized by article 102.017
of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure as may be amended by the state
legislature from time to time.
(b)
A
defendant convicted in a trial for a misdemeanor offense in the municipal
court of the city shall pay a $3.00 security fee as costs of court.
A person is considered convicted if:
(c)
The
clerk of the municipal court shall collect the costs and pay them
to the municipal treasurer for deposit in a fund to be known as the
municipal court security fund.
(1996 Code, sec. 1.1309)
