(a) 
As authorized by article 102.017 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, there is hereby created a municipal court building security fund. Each defendant convicted in a trial for a misdemeanor offense in the municipal court shall pay a three-dollar security fee as a court cost, which shall be deposited in the city treasury to the credit of the fund. A person is considered “convicted” for purposes of this court cost fee under any of the circumstances provided in article 102.017(c).
(b) 
The fund created in subsection (a) shall under the direction of the city council be used to finance security equipment and services for the building that houses the municipal court as more particularly provided by article 102.017(d).
(Ordinance 97-007 adopted 10/7/97)
(a) 
Established.
(1) 
There is hereby created and established a municipal court technology fund, herein known as the “fund,” pursuant to article 102.0172 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
(2) 
The fund may be maintained in an interest-bearing account and may be maintained in the general revenue account.
(b) 
Amount of fee; assessment and collection.
(1) 
The fee shall be in the amount of $4.00.
(2) 
The fee shall be assessed and collected from the defendant upon conviction for a misdemeanor offense in the municipal court as a cost of court. A defendant is considered convicted if:
(A) 
Judgment, sentence, or both are imposed on the person;
(B) 
The person is placed on deferred disposition; or
(C) 
The court defers final disposition or imposition of the judgment and sentence.
(3) 
The fee shall be collected on conviction for an offense committed on or after June 1, 2004.
(4) 
The clerk of the court shall collect the fee and pay the fee to the city secretary, who shall deposit the fee into the municipal court technology fund.
(c) 
Designated use; administration.
(1) 
The fund shall be used only for the purpose of financing the purchase of or to maintain technology enhancements for the municipal court of the city. “Technology enhancements” shall include any and all items described in article 102.0172 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
(2) 
The fund shall be administered by or under the direction of the city council.
(Ordinance 04-006 adopted 6/1/04)
(a) 
There is created a juvenile case manager fee, as set forth in the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, section 102.0174 (“fee”).
(b) 
A defendant convicted of a “fine-only misdemeanor offense” in municipal court shall pay the juvenile case manager fee, not to exceed five dollars ($5.00) cost. The fee does not apply to parking citations. For purposes of this section, a person is considered to be “convicted” if:
(1) 
A sentence is imposed on the defendant by the court; or
(2) 
The defendant receives deferred disposition from the court, including deferred proceedings under article 45.052 or 45.053 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
(c) 
The municipal court judge is authorized to waive the juvenile case manager fee in cases of demonstrated financial hardship on the part of a convicted defendant. For example, the municipal court judge may waive the fee if the judge has determined that the defendant is indigent, has insufficient resources or income to pay the fee, or is otherwise unable to pay all or part of the underlying fine or costs.
(d) 
The municipal court clerk shall collect the fee and pay it to the city treasurer to be kept in a separate fund known as “the juvenile case manager fund.”
(e) 
The fund may be used only to finance the salary and benefits of a juvenile case manager that is employed by the municipal court under Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, article 45.056.
(f) 
Upon approval of the city council, the municipal court may employ one or more full-time case managers to assist the court in administering the court’s juvenile docket and in supervising its court orders in juvenile cases.
(g) 
The fund shall be administered by or under the direction of the city council.
(h) 
The juvenile case manager fee shall be charged to and applied only to conduct that occurs on or after January 1, 2006.
(Ordinance 05-015 adopted 11/1/05)