The city council shall appoint a person to serve as the clerk
of the municipal court.
(1965 Code, sec. 2-75; Ordinance
adopted 6/20/11, sec. 2; 1989
Code, sec. 2-179)
Special expense fees for dismissal action of defined traffic offenses shall not exceed the amount established in the fee schedule in appendix A to this code.
(Ordinance adopted 1/2/90; 1989 Code, sec. 2-3(a); Ordinance adopting
2016 Code)
The special expense fees for the issuance and service of warrants of arrest for defined offenses, after due notice, shall not exceed the amount established in the fee schedule in appendix A to this code.
(Ordinance adopted 1/2/90; 1989 Code, sec. 2-3(b); Ordinance adopting
2016 Code)
The implementation and collection of the municipal court technology
fund [fee] shall be effective for convictions for misdemeanors in
the city municipal court from and after November 2, 1999, and continue
until such provision is deemed unnecessary by the city council.
(Ordinance adopted 11/2/99, sec.
1; Ordinance adopted 9/5/06(4); 1989 Code, sec. 2-4)
(a)
A person convicted of a misdemeanor offense in municipal court shall be assessed a fee as established in the fee schedule in appendix A to this code for each such offense, pursuant to article 102.017 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, as it is amended from time to time. The fee shall be collected by the clerk of court for deposit in a special fund designated as the “municipal court building security fund.” The fund shall be administered under the direction of the city council.
(b)
Money
in the municipal court building security fund may 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. “Security
devices and/or services” shall include any and all items described
in article 102.017(d) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
(Ordinance adopted 9/5/06(3); 1989 Code, sec. 2-5; Ordinance adopting
2016 Code)
