HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 99-1133 ORI61NAL
CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
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Am OlmImamcE Or TUE CiTY OF T.E COLONY, TEXAS
AMENDING CHAPTER 2 ("ADMINISTRATION") BY
ADDING SECTION 2-20 ("MUNICIPAL COURT
TECHNOLOGY FUND"); AS HEREINAFTER SET FORTH;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS:
Section 1. That Chapter 2 ("Administration") of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of The Colony, Texas shall be amended by adding Section 2-20 which shall read as follows:
Municipal Court Technology Fund
b. Imposition of security fee.
Any defendant convicted of a misdemeanor offense in the Municipal Court shall be
charged and shall pay as a cost of court, in addition to all other costs of court, a four
dollar ($4.00) technology fee. For purposes of this Section, a defendant is considered
convicted if:
1. A sentence is imposed on the defendant through:
"a. a plea of guilty or no contest, or
b. a trial by judge or jury on a plea of not
guilty where the defendant is found to
be guilty".
2. The defendant receives community supervision, including deferred
adjudication; or
3. The court defers final disposition of the defendant's case.
Section 2. Severability. The sections, paragraphs, sentences, phrases, clauses and words
of this Ordinance are severable, and if any section, paragraph, sentence, phrase, clause or word in
this Ordinance or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid or
unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of
the remaining portions of this Ordinance, and the City Council hereby declares that it would have
passed such remaining portions of this Ordinance despite such invalidity, which remaining portions
shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 3. Effective Dat.____~e. This Ordinance shall become effective from and after its date
of passage as provided by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas this the
16th day of August , 1999.
~lham W Manning, Mayor
ATTEST:
Patti A. Hicks, TRMC/CMC/AAE
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM: