There is hereby created and established in and for the city a municipal court to be known as the “Municipal Court of the City of University Park, Texas,” which court shall have and exercise such jurisdiction within the territorial limits as conferred by, Judicial Branch, chapter 29, Municipal Courts, Texas Gov’t Code.
(1996 Code, sec. 8.801; Ordinance adopting Code)
In case of temporary absence, sickness, disqualification, inability to act or the unavailability of the duly appointed judge, the governing body shall appoint a qualified person or persons who shall discharge the duties of the judge and receive compensation as approved by such governing body.
(1996 Code, sec. 8.802; Ordinance adopting Code)
(a) 
The finance director of the city shall be responsible for the administration of the municipal court. The finance director shall have the power to employ a court administrator and clerks of the municipal court and supervise the administrator and clerks. The administrator and clerks for the municipal court shall have authority to administer oaths and affidavits, make certificates, affix the seal of the court thereto and otherwise perform all acts necessary in issuing process of the court and conducting the business thereof.
(b) 
With assistance of the clerks of the municipal court, the administrator shall be responsible for the proper administration of the affairs of the municipal court and the clerk’s office and shall:
(1) 
Maintain and keep a record of the business of the court;
(2) 
Collect and account for all fines and court costs paid in all cases filed in the court;
(3) 
Maintain and keep a record of all bonds filed with the court; and
(4) 
Perform such duties as may from time to time be authorized, delegated or required of the administrator by the charter, this code, the city manager, or the city council.
(1996 Code, sec. 8.803; Ordinance adopting Code)
(a) 
In all cases where warrants of arrest are issued for violations of ordinances of the city, in addition to any fine assessed by the municipal court, there shall be added a fee for the issuance and service of such warrants.
(b) 
Special fees in regard to the handling of personal bonds may be in accordance with resolution adopted by the city council.
(1996 Code, art. 1.1600)
(a) 
Warrant of arrest.
In addition to fines imposed by the judge of the municipal court, a special expense shall be assessed against each defendant in a case where the issuance and service of a warrant of arrest is required for an offense under section 38.10, Penal Code, or under section 149, Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways (V.T.C.A., Transportation Code), or for failure to appear in response to a written promise contained in a personal bond given under the provisions of article 17.04, Code of Criminal Procedure, provided that due notice has been given to the defendant, prior to the issuance and service of such warrant of arrest, that such special expense will be imposed.
(b) 
Driving safety course fee.
The municipal court shall also collect a special expense for services performed in cases in which the defendant is discharged by virtue of having attended, subsequent to the date of the alleged offense, a defensive driving course in compliance with the provisions of V.T.C.A., Transportation Code, chapter 543.
(1996 Code, sec. 1.106(c))
(a) 
There is hereby established a municipal court building security fund to be used only to finance items when used for the purpose of providing security services for buildings housing a municipal court as specified in V.T.C.A., Code of Criminal Procedure, article 102.017, as amended.
(b) 
A defendant convicted in a trial for a misdemeanor offense in the municipal court of the city shall pay security fee as costs of court.
(c) 
A person is considered convicted if:
(1) 
A sentence is imposed on the person;
(2) 
The person receives community supervision, including deferred adjudication; or
(3) 
The court defers final disposition of the person’s case.
(d) 
The clerk of the municipal court shall collect the costs and pay them to the finance director of the city, who discharges the duties delegated to the municipal treasurer, for deposit in a fund to be known as the municipal court building security fund.
(1996 Code, sec. 1.106(d); Ordinance adopting Code)
(a) 
There is hereby created a municipal court technology fund for the city.
(b) 
A defendant convicted of a misdemeanor offense in the municipal court in the city shall pay a technology fee for each conviction as a cost of court.
(c) 
For purposes of this section, a person is considered convicted if a sentence is imposed on the person, the person is placed on community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision, or the court defers final disposition of the person’s case.
(d) 
The municipal court clerk shall collect the costs and pay the funds to the finance director for deposit in a fund to be known as the municipal court technology fund.
(e) 
The municipal court technology fund may be used only for the purposes authorized by V.T.C.A., Code of Criminal Procedure, article 102.0172, as amended.
(1996 Code, sec. 1.106(e); Ordinance adopting Code)
(a) 
There is hereby assessed a court cost upon a plea of guilty or a finding of guilty in municipal court on each violation of a parking regulation enacted by an ordinance of the city regulating the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles.
(b) 
The additional court costs assessed by this section shall be collected by the clerk of the municipal court in the same manner that other fines and court costs in the case are collected.
(c) 
There is hereby created a school crossing guard program in the city. The money collected as court costs pursuant to the terms of this section must be used for such program. If the money received from the court costs assessed by this section exceeds the amount necessary to fund the school crossing guard program, such additional money shall be deposited in an interest-earning account or expended for programs designed to enhance child safety, health, or nutrition, including child abuse prevention and intervention and drug and alcohol abuse prevention.
(d) 
The clerk of the municipal court shall keep separate records of money collected under this section and shall account for the same to the finance director, who shall restrict the use of such funds to the purposes set out herein.
(1996 Code, sec. 10.1212; Ordinance adopting Code)