§ 16-10. Municipal courts building security fund.  


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  • (a)

    As authorized by article 102.017 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, there is hereby created a municipal courts building security fund. Each defendant convicted of a misdemeanor offense in the municipal courts of record shall pay a security fee stated for this provision in the city fee schedule as a court cost, which fee shall be deposited in the city treasury to the credit of the fund. A person is considered "convicted" for purposes of this court cost fee under any of the circumstances provided in article 102.017(c).

    (b)

    The fund created in subsection (a) shall be administered under the direction of the city council and may only be used to finance security equipment and services for buildings that house a municipal court as more particularly provided by article 102.107(d).

(Ord. No. 00-325, § 1, 4-26-00; Ord. No. 04-682, § 9a, 6-23-04; Ord. No. 2011-1168, § 13, 12-14-2011)