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ORDINANCE NO. 2412
WHEREAS, the Texas Legislature has authorized municipalities to impose a fee of
up to $4.00 upon persons convicted in municipal court, said fee to be used only for
municipal court technology purposes; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the North Richland Hills City Council to impose said
fee by this ordinance, in order to provide additional municipal court technology services
through the use of said fee.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS that:
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A. There is hereby imposed, as a cost of court, a technology fee of $4.00 per conviction
in the North Richland Hills Municipal Court of Record.
B. For the purposes of this Section, a person is considered convicted if:
(1) A fine is imposed on the person;
(2) The person receives community supervision, including deferred adjudication;
or
(3) The Court defers final disposition of the person's case.
C. There is hereby created a fund to be known as the Municipal Court Technology Fund.
All fees collected under this section shall be deposited into said Municipal Court
Technology Fund. This fund may be used only to finance the following items when used
for the purpose of providing technological enhancements for the North Richland Hills
Municipal Court of Record, including:
(1) computed systems;
(2) computer networks;
(3) computer hardware;
(4) computer software;
(5) imaging systems;
(6) electronic kiosks;
(7) electronic ticket writers; and
(8) docket management systems.
D. The Municipal Court Technology Fund shall be administered under the direction of the
North Richland Hills City Council and the Municipal Court Clerk.
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This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its date of passage.
PASSED and APPROVED this 11th day of October, 1999.
APPROVED:
Charles Scoma, Mayor
ATTEST:
Patricia Hutson, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
Rex McEntire, Attorney for the City
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