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Timestamp: 2020-08-05 20:22:27
Document Index: 34616533

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 125', '§ 125', '§ 125', '§ 125', '§ 125', '§ 125', '§ 16', '§ 16', '§ 16', '§ 16', '§ 16']

Town of Carrollton, MO Municipal Court
Ch 125 Art I Establishment And Court Costs
§ 125.020 Court Costs.
Ch 125 Art II Violations Bureau
§ 125.030 Duties Of Court Clerk And Judge.
§ 125.040 When Person Charged May Elect To Appear At Bureau.
§ 125.050 Duties Of Violations Bureau.
§ 125.060 Violations Bureau To Keep Records.
§ 125.070 Additional Duties Of Violations Bureau.
Article I Establishment And Court Costs
Section 125.020 Court Costs.
Article II Violations Bureau
Section 125.030 Duties Of Court Clerk And Judge.
Section 125.040 When Person Charged May Elect To Appear At Bureau.
Section 125.050 Duties Of Violations Bureau.
Section 125.060 Violations Bureau To Keep Records.
Section 125.070 Additional Duties Of Violations Bureau.
Section 125.010 Court Established. [1]
Carrollton municipal ordinance violation cases shall be heard and determined by Associate Circuit Judges as provided by Chapter 479, RSMo.
Editor's Note: Ordinance No. 967, adopted 11-4-1985, provided that violations of municipal ordinances shall be heard and determined by an Associate Circuit Judge of the Circuit Court of Carroll County, Missouri.
In addition to any fine that may be imposed by the Municipal Judge in any case filed in the Carrollton Municipal Division of the Associate Circuit Court, and in addition to all other fees authorized or required by law, there shall be assessed as costs the following:
Two dollars ($2.00) of each such Court cost shall be transmitted monthly to the Treasurer of the Town and used to pay for Police Officer training as provided by Sections 590.100 to 590.180, RSMo. The Town shall not retain for training purposes more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) of such funds for each certified Police Officer or candidate for certification employed by the Town. Any excess funds shall be transmitted quarterly to the Town's General Fund.
Crime Victims' Compensation Fund. An additional sum of seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50) shall be assessed and added to the basic costs in Subsection (A)(1) of this Section, provided that no such cost shall be collected in any proceeding when the proceeding or the defendant has been dismissed by the Court. All sums collected pursuant to this Subsection shall be paid at least monthly as follows:
Five percent (5%) shall be paid to the Town Treasury.
There may also be assessed a cost of up to four dollars ($4.00) for the purpose of providing operating expenses for shelters for battered persons as set out in Section 488.607, RSMo.
There shall be assessed a surcharge of seven dollars ($7.00) for the Statewide Court Automation Fund.
Actual costs assessed against the Town by the County Sheriff for apprehension or confinement in the County Jail or costs assessed against the Town by any other detention facility.
Any other reasonable cost as may be otherwise provided by ordinance, including, but not limited to, costs of confinement, including any necessary transportation related thereto, medical costs incurred by the Town while a defendant is in Town custody and costs related to the arrest and testing of any person for any intoxication-related traffic offense as set out in Section 125.020(A)(10) hereof.
Upon a plea or a finding of guilty of violating the provisions of Section 577.010 or 577.012, RSMo., or any ordinance of the Town of Carrollton involving alcohol- or drug-related traffic offenses, the Court may, in addition to imposition of any penalties provided by law, order the convicted person to reimburse the Police Department for the costs associated with such arrest.
[Ord. No. 1149 § 16.005, 2-18-2014]
The functions of the Violations Bureau established by Sections 125.050 through 125.070 of this Article shall be performed by the Court Clerk.
The Judge of the Municipal Court shall designate the specified offenses under this law or under the traffic ordinances of the Town and the State traffic laws in accordance with Supreme Court Rule Number 37.49 in respect to which payments of fines may be accepted by the Court Clerk in satisfaction thereof, and shall specify by suitable schedules the amount of such fines for first, second, and subsequent offenses, provided such fines are within the limits declared by law or ordinance, and shall further specify what number of such offenses shall require appearance before the Court.
[Ord. No. 1149 § 16.010, 2-18-2014]
[Ord. No. 1149 § 16.020, 2-18-2014]
[Ord. No. 1149 § 16.030, 2-18-2014]
The Violations Bureau shall keep records and submit to the Judge hearing violations of Town ordinances summarized monthly reports of all notices issued and arrests made for violations of the traffic laws and ordinances in the Town and of all the fines collected by the Violations Bureau or the Court, and of the final disposition or present status of every case of violation of the provisions of said laws and ordinances. Such records shall be so maintained as to show all types of violations and the totals of each. Said records shall be public records.
[Ord. No. 1149 § 16.040, 2-18-2014]
The Violations Bureau shall follow such procedure as may be prescribed by the traffic ordinances of the Town or as may be required by any laws of this State.