Municipal court clerks are authorized to receive and take complaints to be filed in the municipal court of the city, and to impress the seal of the municipal court of the city on such complaints and to otherwise handle all of the functions generally applicable to the office of municipal court clerk.
(1988 Code, ch. 8, sec. 3.00; Ordinance adopted 4/10/78, secs. 1, 2; 2010 Code, sec. 2-21)
(a) 
In accordance with Vernon’s C.C.P. art. 102.017, the city does hereby adopt the provisions thereof in that, effective September 1, 1999, a municipal court security fee in the amount set forth in the fee schedule in appendix A of this code will be charged as a cost of court to any defendant convicted of a misdemeanor offense in the [municipal court of the city to be paid in addition to any other] costs of court authorized by federal, state or local law or ordinance.
(b) 
The clerk of the municipal court shall collect the costs authorized under this section and deliver them to the director of finance for deposit in a fund to be known as the municipal court building security fund.
(c) 
The municipal court building security fund may only be used to finance the purchase of those items authorized by Vernon’s C.C.P. art. 102.017 for the municipal court of the city.
(1988 Code, ch. 1, sec. 21.00; 2010 Code, sec. 24-1; Ordinance adopting 2018 Code)
(a) 
In accordance with Vernon’s C.C.P. art. 102.0172, the city does hereby adopt the provisions thereof in that effective September 1, 1999, a municipal court technology fee in the amount set forth in the fee schedule in appendix A of this code will be charged as a cost of court to any defendant convicted of a misdemeanor offense in the municipal court of the city to be paid in addition to any other costs of court authorized by federal, state or local law or ordinance.
(b) 
The clerk of the municipal court shall collect the costs authorized under this section and deliver them to the director of finance for deposit in a fund to known as the municipal court technology fund.
(c) 
The municipal court technology fund may only be used to finance the purchase of those items authorized by Vernon’s C.C.P. art. 102.017 for the municipal court of the city.
(1988 Code, ch. 1, sec. 22.00; Ordinance 1999-08 adopted 8/24/99; 2010 Code, sec. 24-2; Ordinance adopting 2018 Code)
(a) 
There is hereby created a juvenile case manager fee (the “fee”), as authorized by Vernon’s C.C.P. articles 102.0174 and 45.056. The fee shall be in the amount set forth in the fee schedule in appendix A of this code.
(b) 
Except as otherwise herein provided, a defendant who is convicted of a fine-only misdemeanor offense in municipal court shall pay the fee as a cost of court. A person is considered convicted of an offense if:
(1) 
Judgment, sentence, or both are imposed on the person;
(2) 
The person is placed on deferred disposition; or
(3) 
The court defers final disposition or imposition of the judgment and sentence.
(c) 
The municipal judge may waive the fee in cases of demonstrated financial hardship on the part of a convicted defendant if 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) 
All fees collected by the municipal court shall be deposited in the juvenile case manager fund (the “fund”) established under this section.
(e) 
The fund may be used only 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 Vernon’s C.C.P. article 45.056(a). The fund may not be used to supplement the income of an employee whose primary role is not that of a juvenile case manager.
(Ordinance 2016-03, sec. 1, adopted 3/28/16; 2010 Code, sec. 24-3; Ordinance adopting 2018 Code)