(a) Established.
Pursuant to article 102.0172 of the Texas
Code of Criminal Procedure, as it exists now or as hereafter amended,
the city creates and establishes a municipal court technology fund
(technology fund).
(b) Assessment and collection of fee.
(1) A technology fee shall be assessed and collected from any defendant
convicted for a misdemeanor offense in the municipal court. The fee
shall be deemed a “cost of court.” A defendant shall be
considered convicted if:
(A) The municipal court imposes a sentence on the defendant;
(B) The municipal court places the defendant on community supervision,
including deferred adjudication community supervision; or
(C) The municipal court defers final disposition of defendant’s
case.
(2) The amount of the technology fee shall be four dollars ($4.00) and
shall be assessed for each offense for which a defendant is convicted.
The fee shall be collected on conviction for any offense committed
after the effective date of this section.
(3) The municipal court clerk shall collect the fee and pay the fee to
the director of finance, who shall deposit the fee into the municipal
court technology fund.
(c) Designated uses; administration.
(1) The director of finance shall maintain the fund in an interest-bearing
account and in a general revenue account.
(2) The city shall use the fund to finance the purchase of technological
enhancements for the municipal court of the city, including, but not
limited to those items as specified in V.T.C.A., Code of Criminal
Procedure, article 102.0172.
(3) The fund shall be administered by or under the direction of the city
council and in accordance with state law.
(1988 Code, secs. 2-181–2-184; Ordinance adopting Code)
(a) Established.
There is hereby created and established
a municipal court building security fund (the “fund”)
pursuant to article 102.017 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
(b) Assessment and collection of fee.
(1) The municipal court of the city is hereby authorized and required
to assess a municipal court building security fee (the "fee") in the
amount authorized by state law against all defendants convicted of
a misdemeanor offense in the municipal court or having entered a plea
of guilty or nolo contendere before the municipal court judge. Each
misdemeanor conviction shall be subject to a separate assessment of
the fee. For the purposes of this section, a person is convicted if:
(A) A sentence is imposed on the person;
(B) The person received community supervision, including deferred adjudication;
or
(C) The court defers final disposition of the person's case.
(2) 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 deposited into
a fund known as the municipal court building security fund.
(c) Designated uses; administration.
(1) The fund shall be used only for the purpose of financing the purchase
of security devices and/or services for the building or buildings
housing the municipal court of the city. "Security devices and/or
services" shall include, but not be limited to, any and all items
described in article 102.017(d) of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure
as amended from time-to-time.
(2) The fund shall be administered by or under the direction of the city
council.
(3) The fund is in addition to any other court costs authorized by state
law and ordinances of the city.
(1988 Code, secs. 2-201–2-203; Ordinance 2023-13 adopted 6/13/2023)