HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 772-95 11-14-1995 ORDINANCE NO. 772-95
•f AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1 "GENERAL
PROVISIONS" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF
RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, BY THE ADDITION THERETO OF
A NEW SECTION 23 "MUNICIPAL COURT BUILDING
SECURITY FEE": PROVIDING FOR IMPOSITION OF A $3.00
SECURITY FEE AS A COST OF COURT; CREATING A
MUNICIPAL COURT BUILDING SECURITY FUND;
SPECIFYING PERMITTED USES FOR SAID MUNICIPAL
COURT BUILDING SECURITY FUND; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Texas Legislature has authorized municipalities to impose a
$3.00 fee upon persons convicted in municipal court, said fee to be used only for
municipal court building security purposes; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Richland Hills City Council to impose said
fee by this Ordinance, in order to provide additional municipal court security
services through the use of said fee.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS:
I.
That Chapter 1 "GENERAL PROVISIONS" of the Code of Ordinances, City of
Richland Hills, Texas, as amended, be hereby amended by the addition thereto of a
new section 23 "Municipal Court Building Security Fee", which new Section shall
hereafter be and read as follows:
SECTION 23 "MUNICIPAL COURT BUILDING SECURITY FEE"
(a) There is hereby imposed, as a cost of court, a security fee of $3.00 per
conviction in the 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
Building Security Fund. All security fees collected under this Section
shall be deposited into said Municipal Court Building Security Fund. This
Fund may be used only to finance the following items when used for the
purpose of providing security services for buildings housing the Richland
Hills Municipal Court:
(1) The purchase or repair of x-ray machines and conveying systems;
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(2) Handheld metal detectors;
• (3) Walkthrough metal detectors;
(4) Identification cards and systems;
(5) Electronic locking and surveillance equipment;
(6) Bailiffs, deputies or contract security personnel during times when
they are providing appropriate security services; or
(7) Locks, chains or other security hardware.
(d) The Municipal Court Building Security Fund shall be administered under
the direction of the City Council.
II.
Severability Clause. That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City
Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this
ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of
this ordinance shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or
decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality
shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and
sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City
Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such invalid or
unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
III.
Saving Clause. That Chapter 1 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Richland
Hills, Texas, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect, save and except as
amended by this ordinance.
IV.
Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage and publication as provided by the Richland Hills City Charter and the
laws of the State of Texas.
PRESENTED, GIVEN FIRST READING AND APPROVED at a regular meeting
of the Richland Hills City Council on the day of November 1995, by a vote
of 4 ayes, 0 nays, and 0 abstentions.
APPROVED:
C. F. Kelley, Mayor
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ATTEST:
Ter ' is, City Secreta~ y
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
aul F. ieneskie, City Attorney
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