[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of Mathews County as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 6-25-1991; amended in its entirety 12-15-1992]
[Amended 9-25-2001]
Pursuant to the authority of § 17.1-281
of the Code of Virginia of 1950 as amended, there is hereby assessed
the sum of $2 in each civil, criminal or traffic case as a part of
the fees taxed as costs in such cases in the General District, Juvenile
and Domestic General District, and Circuit Court of the County of
Mathews, which fee shall be in addition to any other fees prescribed
by law. The total assessments for a civil action pursuant to this
article and §§ 17.1-281 and 42.1-70 of the Code of
Virginia, 1950, as amended, shall not exceed $4.
The clerks of the court in which the action
is filed shall collect said assessment and remit the same to the Treasurer
of the County of Mathews to be held by the Treasurer subject to disbursements
by the Board of Supervisors of Mathews County for the construction,
renovation or maintenance of the courthouse or jail and court-related
facilities and to defray increases in the costs of heating, cooling,
electricity and ordinary maintenance.
[Added 6-25-2002]
Pursuant to the authority of § 15.2-1613.1
of the Code of Virginia of 1950, as amended, there is hereby assessed
a fee of $25.00 for any individual admitted to a County, city, or
regional jail following a conviction within the County of Mathews,
Virginia of a felony, misdemeanor, or violation of a local ordinance
of the County of Mathews. Said fee shall be assessed by the Clerk
of the court in which the conviction occurred, with the other costs
of the Court proceeding and deposited with the Treasurer of this County
and shall be used by the Sheriff of this County to defray the costs
of processing of the convicted arrested person into the local or regional
jail.
[Added 6-25-2002]
A.
Pursuant to § 53.1-120(D) of the Code of
Virginia 1950, as amended, there is hereby assessed a fee of $20 as
part of the costs in each criminal or traffic case in the Mathews
County Circuit Court, Mathews County General District Court and the
Mathews County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court in which a person
is convicted of a violation of any statute or ordinance.
[Amended 5-22-2007; 12-15-2020]
B.
This assessment shall be collected by the Clerk of
the court in which the case is heard, remitted to the Treasurer of
Mathews County and held by the Treasurer subject to appropriation
by the Mathews County Board of Supervisors to the Sheriff of Mathews
County for the funding of courthouse security personnel.
C.
Local fee.
[Added 7-26-2022]
(1)
Pursuant
to § 17.1-279.1, as amended: A local fee of $5 to support
the implementation and maintenance of an electronic summons system
is hereby imposed in each criminal or traffic case brought in the
district or circuit courts in which the defendant is charged with
a violation of any statute or ordinance.
(2)
The
Clerks of the district and circuit courts shall charge and collect
this assessment as part of the fees.
(3)
After
collection by the Clerk of the court in which the case is heard, the
assessment shall be remitted to the County Treasurer and held in a
separate account outside the general fund and shall not revert to
the general fund at the end of the fiscal year.
(4)
The
retained assessment and any interest shall be administered by the
Sheriff's Office and shall be used solely to fund software, hardware
and associated equipment costs necessary for the implementation and
maintenance of an electronic summons system as selected by the Sheriff's
Office in accordance with the record keeping and reporting requirements
formulated by the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
(5)
The assessment imposed by this Subsection C shall be in addition to all other costs prescribed by law but shall not apply to any action in which the state or any political subdivision thereof or the federal government is a party and in which the costs are assessed against the state, political subdivision thereof of the federal government.
[Amended 6-25-2002; 5-22-2007]
The provisions of §§ 58-1 and 58-2 shall be effective July 1, 1991, and shall continue until terminated by act of the Board of Supervisors of Mathews County or the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Sections 58-3 and 58-4 shall become effective upon the adoption by the Board of Supervisors, which occurred on the 25th day of June 2002, and shall continue until terminated by act of the Board of Supervisors of Mathews County, Virginia or the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Section 58-4 shall be effective until July 1, 2004, unless extended by the General Assembly of Virginia. On May 22, 2007, the Board of Supervisors of Mathews County, Virginia, amended § 58-4A, which amendment was effective July 1, 2007.
