[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Commission
of the City of Parsons as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 7-5-2016 by Ord. No. 6367[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance superseded former Art. I, Court
Costs, adopted 5-7-2010 by Ord. No. 6208. This ordinance also provided
an effective date of 7-15-2016.
[Amended 8-5-2019 by Ord. No. 6440; 11-7-2022 by Ord. No. 6530]
Court costs shall be established in the amount of $110 for every
case in which a person is found guilty, pleads guilty or nolo contendere,
or is placed on diversion. In each case in which court costs are collected,
the assessments for the training for municipal judges and law enforcement
will be collected as specified by the State of Kansas, as well as
$45 from each court cost collected shall be set aside, accumulated
and carried over in a fund to assist in funding court/police liabilities
arising out of operating and maintaining a municipal court and jail,
including, but not limited to, miscellaneous administrative expenses
associated with municipal court and the operation of the jail, such
as the printing of tickets, purchase of the Standard Traffic Offense
Code and Uniform Public Offense Code, the cost of housing prisoners
in the county jail, and officer training expenses. Said fund shall
carry over on a yearly basis.
