HomeMy WebLinkAbout023804 ORD - 10/19/1999ORDINANCE
ESTABLISHING A MUNICIPAL COURT TECHNOLOGY FUND;
PROVIDING FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF A FOUR
DOLLAR MUNICIPAL COURT TECHNOLOGY FEE AS A COST OF
COURT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR
PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE OF DECEMBER 1, 1999; AND
PROVIDING FOR EXPIRATION DATE OF SEPTEMBER 1, 2005.
WHEREAS. the Texas Legislature recently enacted Article 102.0172 of the Code of
Criminal Procedure which provides for the establishment of a Municipal Court Technology Fund
by ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the City Code of Ordinances, Chapter 29, Municipal Courts, is amended
by the addition of the following section:
Sec. 29-50. Municipal Court Technology Fund.
(aJ There is hereby created and established a Municipal Court Technology Fund pursuant to
Article 102.0172 of the Texas Code of Crimi al Proced re. A defe dant convicted of a
misdemeanor offense in municipal court shall pay a four dollar ($4.00) technology fee as a
cost of court. This fee does not applyto parking citations.
( For purposes of this section a person is considered convicted if:
Cli a sentence is imposed on the person:
(2) the person is placed on community supervision including deferred adjudication
community supervision. or
(31 the court defers final disposition of the person's case.
u The municipal court administrator shall collect this cost of court and pay it to the city
treasurer. The technology fee so collected shall be deposited in a fund to be known as the
municipal court technology fund.
(D The municipal court technology fund may be used only to finance the purchase of
to hnolo ical enhancements for the municipal court includin•:
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computer systems.
computer networks'
computer hardware•
computer software -
imaging systems
electronic kiosks;
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CD electronic ticket writers: and
a) docket management systems.
iel The munici'al court technolo' fu d technol• fund shall be administered b or under the
direction of the City Council.
SECTION 2. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or
provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment of a court of
competent jurisdiction, it shall not effect any other section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase,
word or provision of this resolution. It is the definite intent of this City Council that every section,
paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision hereof be given full force and effect for
its purpose.
SECTION 3. Publication shall be made in the official publication of the City of Corpus
Christi as required by the City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi. This ordinance will be effective
on December 1, 1999.
SECTION 4. In accordance with Article 102.0172 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, this
ordinance and the assessment and collection of the Municipal Court Technology fee expires
September 1, 2005. Any funds remaining in the Municipal Court Technology Fund shall continue
to be used and administered as required by this ordinance and for that purpose this ordinance remains
in effect.
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at,the foregoin� $ ordnance was read for the first time and passed to its second reading on this the
aye
of O ( Q 1999, by the following vote:
Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Javier D. Colmenero
Melody Cooper
Henry Garrett
Dr. Arnold Gonzales
Rex A. Kinnison
Betty Jean Longoria
John Longoria
Mark Scott
That e f regoing ordinance was react/for the second time and passed finally on this the Day
of . 1999, by the following vote:
Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Javier D. Colmenero
Melody Cooper
Henry Garrett , J
Dr. Arnold Gonzales /W
PASSED AND APPROVED this the Day of VI -1999.
Rex A. Kinnison
Betty Jean Longoria
John Longoria
Mark Scott
ATTEST:
Armando Chapa, City Secretary
Samuel L. Neal, Jr., Mayor
City of Corpus Christi
LEGAL FORM APPROVED bei -3q 1999; JAMES R. BRAY, JR., CITY ATTORNEY
By:
Lisa Aguilar, A sistant City Attorney
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State of Texas
County of Nueces
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PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
ss: Ad # 3168967
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Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came Darrell
G. Coleman, who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that he is Vice -
President and Chief Financial Officer of the Corpus Christi Caller -Times, a daily
newspaper published at Corpus Christi in said City and State, generally
circulated in Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes,
Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria and Webb
Counties, and that the publication of, NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE
NO. 023804 which the annexed is a true copy, was inserted in the Corpus
Christi Caller -Times and on the World Wide Web on the Caller -Times Interactive
on the 25TH day(s) of OCTOBER, 1999.
TWO (2) Time(s)
Corpus Christi Caller -Times, Sunday, October 24, 1999
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' NOTICES
OTICE OF ' • 5 Cat
OF ORDINANCE NO.
023804
Establishing
Court TeFund,
nd,
providing for the
assessment and
collection of a four dollar
Municipal Court
technology fee as a cost
of court; providing for
severability; providing for
publication and effective
date of December 1,
1999; and providing for
expiration date of
September 1, 2005. This
ordinance was passed
and approved by the City
Council of the City of
Corpus Christi on
October 19, 1999.
/s/Armando Chapa
City Secretary
City of Corpus Christi
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