File #: 4690    Version: 0 Name: court costs - JaCo Code
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 11/13/2014 In control: Finance and Audit Committee
On agenda: 11/17/2014 Final action: 11/24/2014
Title: AN ORDINANCE repealing section 1300., 1301., 1302., 1303., 1304., 1305., 1306., 1307., 1308., 1309., 1310., and 1810.,Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to court costs and enacting, in lieu thereof, two new sections relating to the same subject.
Sponsors: Theresa Garza Ruiz, Crystal Williams
Indexes: COURT COSTS, JACKSON COUNTY CODE
Code sections: Section 1300 - Jackson County Code,1984, Section 1301 - Jackson County Code, 1984, Section 1302 - Jackson County Code, 1984, Section 1303 - Jackson County Code, 1984, Section 1304 - Jackson County Code, 1984, Section 1305 - Jackson County Code, 1984, Section 1306 - Jackson County Code, 1984, Section 1307 - Jackson County Code, 1984, Section 1308 - Jackson County Code, 1984, Section 1309 - Jackson County Code, 1984, Section 1310 - Jackson County Code, 1984, Section 1810 - Jackson County Code, 1984
Attachments: 1. 4690adopt
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI


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AN ORDINANCE repealing section 1300., 1301., 1302., 1303., 1304., 1305., 1306., 1307., 1308., 1309., 1310., and 1810.,Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to court costs and enacting, in lieu thereof, two new sections relating to the same subject.


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ORDINANCE NO. 4690, November 17, 2014

INTRODUCED BY Theresa Garza Ruiz and Crystal Williams, County Legislators


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WHEREAS, with the adoption of House Bill 1238 (Laws 2014), the Missouri General Assembly has authorized an increase from $2.00 to $4.00 per case in the court cost for criminal cases, with the proceeds to be used for providing operating expenses for shelters for battered persons; and

WHEREAS, it is appropriate that this increase be authorized in the case of the county municipal court, and that this cost be authorized for the first time in the case of criminal cases filed in circuit court; and

WHEREAS, with the adoption of chapter 18 of the Jackson County Code, relating the county municipal court, existing sections 1300. - 1310. of the code, relating to court costs and proceedings in the former magistrates court, have become surplussage and unnecessary, and should be repealed; and

WHEREAS, the adoption of this Ordinance is in the best interest's of the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of Jackson County; now therefore

BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Enacting Clause.
Section 1300., 1301 1302., 1303., 1304., 1305., 1306., 1307., 1308., 1309., 1310., and 1810., Jackson County Code, 1984, are hereby repealed, and two new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 1312. and 1810., to read as follows:

[1300. Ordinance Violation, Costs.
In addition to any fine imposed by the Magistrate Court as authorized by law and by ordinance on a person convicted of an ordinance violation, the Magistrate Court shall, in addition to...

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