[1]
Editor’s note–Former section 7.02.002 pertaining
to the technology fund and deriving from the 1978 Code, sec. 1-8 and
Ordinance adopting Code, was repealed and deleted in its entirety
by Ordinance 915-20, sec. 2, adopted 2/24/20.
Former section 7.02.003 pertaining to the building security
fund and deriving from the 1978 Code, sec. 1-9, was repealed and deleted
in its entirety by Ordinance 915-20, sec. 3, adopted 2/24/20.
Former section 7.02.004 pertaining to the juvenile case manager
fund and deriving from Ordinance 552-07, sec. 2 adopted by the city
on November 26, 2007, was repealed and deleted in its entirety by
Ordinance 662-11 adopted by the city on November 28, 2011.
(a)
All
fees, fines, costs and special expenses of the municipal court as
provided for under this section and applicable state law that may
be assessed shall be collected by the clerk of the municipal court
and upon collection of same shall be paid over to the city for its
use and benefit.
(b)
The
enforcement of the collection of the fees, fines, costs and special
expenses as herein enumerated shall be as in the same manner now provided
for the enforcement of the collection of fines assessed by the municipal
court and as governed by the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
(c)
The
clerk of the municipal court shall collect a reimbursement fee, fine,
cost or special expense fee from a defendant in the following situations:
(1)
A reimbursement fee not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00) for administering
a defendant’s request to take a driving safety course; this
reimbursement fee is collected upon the defendant’s request
for the driving safety course and is not refundable if the defendant
does not take the course.
(2)
In issuing an order of deferral pursuant to article 45.051 of the
Code of Criminal Procedure, the judge may impose a fine on the defendant
in an amount not to exceed the amount of the fine that could be imposed
on the defendant as punishment for the offense. The fine may be collected
at any time before the date on which the period of probation ends.
The judge may elect not to impose the fine for good cause shown by
the defendant. If the judge orders the collection of a fine under
article 45.051 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the judge shall
require that the amount of the fine be credited toward the payment
of the amount of any fine imposed by the judge as punishment for the
offense.
(3)
A fine not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for the offense
of “failure to appear” under section 38.10(e), Texas Penal
Code, or for the offense of “violation of promise to appear”
under section 543.009, Texas Transportation Code. The $25.00 fine
provided for herein shall be in addition to the statutory fine that
can be assessed for offenses committed in violation of section 38.10(e),
Texas Penal Code or section 543.009, Texas Transportation Code.
(Ordinance 915-20 adopted 2/24/20)
