(a) 
Established.
There is hereby created and established a municipal court building security fund (the “fund”) pursuant to article 102.017 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
(b) 
Amount of fee; assessment of fee.
The municipal court of the city is hereby authorized and required to assess a municipal court building security fee (the “fee”) in the amount of $3.00 against all defendants convicted in a trial of a misdemeanor offense by the municipal court. Each misdemeanor offense shall be subject to a separate assessment of the fee.
(c) 
Collection of fee.
The municipal court clerk is hereby authorized and required to collect the fee and to pay same to the treasury of the city. All fees so collected and paid over to the treasury of the city shall be segregated in the fund.
(d) 
Designated uses.
The fund shall be used only for the purpose of financing the purchase of security devices and/or security services for the building or buildings housing the municipal court of the city. “Security devices and/or security” shall include any and all items described in article 102.017 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
(e) 
Administration.
The fund shall be administered by or under the direction of the city council.
(Ordinance 96-04-15-1, sec. 1, adopted 4/15/96)
(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 shall be maintained in a separate interest-bearing account and shall be reported as part of the city’s special revenue fund accounts in accordance with generally accepting fund accounting standards and practices.
(b) 
Amount of fee; assessment and collection of fee.
(1) 
The fee shall be in the amount of four dollars.
(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) 
A sentence is imposed on the person;
(B) 
The person is placed on community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision; or
(C) 
The court defers final disposition of the person’s case.
(3) 
The fee shall be collected on conviction of an offense committed on or after September 1, 1999.
(4) 
The clerk of the court shall collect the fee and pay the fee to the city finance director, who shall deposit the fee into the municipal court technology fund.
(c) 
Designated uses; administration.
The fund shall be used only to finance the purchases of technological enhancements for the municipal court of the city, as provided for in V.T.C.A., Code of Criminal Procedure, art. 102.0172.
(Ordinance 99-08-27-2, secs. 1–3, adopted 8/27/99; Ordinance 2004-06-21-3 adopted 6/21/04; Ordinance adopting Code)
(a) 
There is hereby reinstated a juvenile case manager fund, as provided for in Texas Code of Criminal Procedure article 102.0174.
(b) 
A defendant convicted of a “fine-only misdemeanor offense” in municipal court shall pay a juvenile case manager fee, not to exceed five dollars ($5.00), as a court cost. The fee does not apply to parking citations.
(c) 
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.
(d) 
The municipal court judge may waive the juvenile case manager fee in cases of demonstrated financial hardship on the part of a convicted defendant.
(e) 
The municipal court clerks shall collect the fee to be kept in a separate fund known as the “juvenile case manager fund.”
(f) 
The fund may be used to finance the salary, benefits, training, travel expenses, office supplies, and other necessary expenses relating to the position of a juvenile case manager that is employed by the municipal court under Texas Code of Criminal Procedure article 45.056.
(1) 
If there is money in the fund after those costs are paid, on approval by the municipal court, a juvenile case manager may, with approval of the city council, direct the remaining money to be used to implement programs directly related to the duties of the juvenile case manager, including juvenile alcohol and substance abuse programs, educational and leadership programs, and any other projects designed to prevent or reduce the number of juvenile referrals to the court.
(2) 
The fund may not be used to supplement the income of an employee whose primary role is not that of a juvenile case manager.
(g) 
The fund shall be administered by or under the direction of the city council.
(Ordinance 2019-01-22-02 adopted 1/22/19)
(a) 
There is hereby established a special expense warrant fee in the amount of $25.00.
(b) 
The fee shall be assessed and collected from a defendant upon conviction for a misdemeanor offense in the municipal court under section 38.10, Penal Code (Failure to Appear), or section 543.009, Transportation Code (Violation of Promise to Appear), as a cost of court. A defendant is considered convicted if:
(1) 
Judgment, sentence, or both are imposed on the defendant;
(2) 
The defendant is placed on deferred disposition; or
(3) 
The court defers final disposition or imposition of the judgment and sentence in the defendant’s case.
(c) 
The clerk of the court shall collect the fee and pay the fee to the municipal treasury via the city secretary for the use and benefit of the city.
(Ordinance 2008-10-20-01, art. 2, adopted 10/20/08)
In accordance with article 103.0031, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, there shall be imposed on debts and accounts receivable including unpaid court fines, fees, court costs, forfeited bonds, restitution, and other amounts that are more than sixty days past due and that have been referred for collection, an additional fee of thirty percent of each said amount.
(Ordinance 2011-09-19-08 adopted 9/19/11)