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ORD 1999-27TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS ORDINANCE NO. 1999- 27 AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS, CREATING AND ESTABLISHING A MUNICIPAL COURT; PROVIDING FOR A REGULAR MUNICIPAL JUDGE, ALTERNATE JUDGES, COURT CLERK, AND ALTERNATE CLERKS; PROVIDING FOR THE FILLING OF A VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE AND CLERK; PROVIDING FOR THE SETTING OF COURT SESSIONS; REQUIRING THE APPEARANCE OF ANY PERSON SUMMONED OR ORDERED TO APPEAR IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT FOR VIOLATION OF A STATE STATUTE, TOWN ORDINANCE OR OTHER LAW OR REGULATION; AUTHORIZING THE MUNICIPAL COURT CLERK TO FILE A COMPLAINT CHARGING ANY PERSON WHO FAILS TO APPEAR AS SUMMONED WITH THE OFFENSE OF FAILURE TO APPEAR; ESTABLISHING AND IMPOSING A WARRANT FEE OF 525.00 FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SERVICE OF AN ARREST WARRANT WHEN A DEFENDANT IS NOT CONVICTED OF A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR AND A WARRANT FEE OF $50.00 FOR EXECUTING OR PROCESSING AN ISSUED ARREST WARRANT OR CAPIAS WHEN A DEFENDANT IS CONVICTED OF A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR; DESIGNATING THE FUNDS INTO WHICH SUCH FEES ARE TO BE PAID; REPEALING ORDINANCE 1999-06; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS (5500.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE AND A SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL BE DEEMED COMMITTED EACH DAY ON WHICH A VIOLATION OCCURS OR CONTINUES; PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the Town has heretofore adopted Ordinance 1999-06 relating to the Municipal Court and its processes, and it is the intent of the Council, by the adoption of this Ordinance, to reenact the terms of Ordinance 1999-06 Without affecting a substantive change in the Iaw except for the provisions of Section 4.A.(1) and Section 7; and WHEREAS, the Town Council hereby finds that the adoption of this Ordinance is in the best interests of the citizens of the Town. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS: TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB ORDINANCE 1999- S;ISFIAREILAW_WPITIFFANYITROPHYCL\ORDINANCICOURT.ORD PAGE I SECTION 1. MMUNICIPAL COURT A. Creation. There is hereby created and established a court designated as a municipal court of the Town of Trophy Club, Texas (the "Town"), for the trial of misdemeanor offenses, including violations of municipal ordinances, with all such powers and duties as are now, or may hereafter, be prescribed by the laws of the State relative to municipal courts. B. Jud e and Associate Judges. (1) The Town Council shall appoint a person, a Texas Licensed Attorney to act as judge of the municipal court. Said initial appointee shall hold his term of office corresponding to the unexpired terra of the mayor, and every two (2) years thereafter a judge shall be appointed for a term, of two (2) years. (2) The Town Council may appoint by resolution one or more persons to sit for the regular judge of the municipal court or for the presiding judge or any of the associate judges of such court, while such judge or judges, any or all, are temporarily unable to act for any reason. Such appointee or appointees shall possess the same qualifications required of the regular municipal judge, and shall have all the powers and duties of such office, and shall receive the compensation set by the Town Council for the regular municipal judge. C. Clerk and Alternate Clerks. A clerk for the municipal court shall be appointed by the Town Council. Said initial appointee shall hold his term of office corresponding to the unexpired term of the mayor, and every two (2) years thereafter a cleric shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years. The clerk shall keep minutes of the proceedings of the Municipal court, issue all process and generally perform the duties of the clerk of a court as prescribed by law for a county clerk in so far as the same may be applicable. D. Vacancy . A vacancy in the office of municipal court judge or cleric of the court shall be filled by the Town Council for the unexpired term only. E. Setting Time of Court Sessions. The municipal judge shall have power to set time for court sessions as the docket may require. SECTION 2. FAILURE TO APPEARNIOLATE PROMISE TO APPEAR A. Appearance Required. That any person summoned or ordered to appear in the Town municipal court to face and answer a charge brought against that person by the Town for a violation of a State statute, Town ordinance or other law or regulation shall appear in the municipal court at the date and time specified in the summons or order. For purposes of this Ordinance. the term TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB ORDINANCE 1999- S:ISHAREILAWwWPITIFFANYITROPHYCL\ORD1NANCICOURT.ORD PAGE 2 "Person" shall mean any corporation, partnership, joint venture, individual or any other entity recognized in law. B. Complaint. In the event a person summoned or ordered to appear in municipal court as outlined in Section 2.A. of this Ordinance fails to appear, the municipal court clerk shall be authorized and empowered to file a complaint in municipal court charging that person with failure to appear/violate promise to appear as summoned or ordered. SECTION 3. DRIVING SAFETY FEES A non refundable fee of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be collected as a special expense each time a person requests to take a driving safety course for the purpose of having the charge dismissed after the successful completion of the course. The fee shall be paid into the Town treasury to recover the costs incurred by the Town in processing the person's request for a driving safety class. SECTION 4. WARRANT FEES That the following fees are hereby and shall be imposed and collected by the Town Municipal Court in the following instances: A. Defendant Convicted of Misdemeanor. (1) When a defendant has been convicted in the Municipal Court of the Town, the defendant shall pay the sum of $50.00 for the execution or processing of an issued arrest warrant or capias by a peace officer. The fee shall be assessed on conviction, regardless of whether the defendant was also arrested at the same time for another offense, and shall be assessed for each arrest made of a defendant arising out of the offense for which the defendant has been convicted. (2) Proceeds collected hereunder shall be retained by the Town in accordance with law. B. Defendant Not Convicted of Misdemeanor. (1) Whenever a warrant of arrest is issued and served and the defendant made the subject of the warrant is not convicted in the Municipal Court of the violation for which the arrest warrant was issued, a fee not to exceed the sum of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) shall be imposed and collected by the Town in the following instances: A. When a person fails to appear in accordance with Section 3 8.10, Texas Penal Code, as amended, and with Chapter 543, Subchapter A, Texas Transportation Code; and B. In all other instances where there has been filed a complaint providing that there has been a violation of a law or ordinance which imposes criminal TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB ORDINANCE 1999- S:1S HARE%LAW_WPITIFFANYITROPHYCLIORDINANCICOURT.ORD PAGE 3 penalties for violations thereof, provided that written notice of the issuance of an arrest warrant and imposition of the warrant fee has first been given to the offender. (2) The Judge of the Municipal Court shall set the warrant fee authorized by this Section 4.13. in an amount not to exceed $25.00. (3) The funds collected pursuant to this Section 4.B. shall be paid into the Town treasury for the use and benefit of the Town. SECTION 5. REPEALER, SAVINGS This Ordinance shall be cumulative of all other ordinances of the Town affecting the Town's municipal court and shall not repeal any of the provisions of those ordinances except in those instances where the provisions of those ordinances are in direct conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance; provided, however, that Ordinance No. 1999-06 of the Town shall be and is hereby repealed. SECTION 6. SEVERABILITY. If any section, article, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word in this Ordinance, or application thereto any person or circumstances is held invalid or unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance; and the Town Council hereby declares it would have passed such remaining portions of the Ordinance despite such invalidity, which remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 7. PENALTY It shall be unlawful for any person to violate Section 2 of this Ordinance, and any person violating or failing to comply with Section 2 shall be fined, upon conviction, not less than One Dollar ($1.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), and a separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues. SECTION S. ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT The Town Secretary of the Town of Trophy Club is hereby directed to engross and enroll this Ordinance by copying the exact Caption, Publication Clause and Effective Date clause in the minutes of the Town Council of the Town of Trophy Club and by filing this Ordinance in the Ordinance records of the Town. SECTION 9. PUBLICATION CLAUSE TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB ORDINANCE 1999- S:ISHAREILA W_WPITIFFANY\TROPHYCL\ORDINANC\COURT.ORD PAGE 4 The Town Secretary of the Town of Trophy Club is hereby directed to publish in one issue of the Official newspaper of the Town of Trophy Club, the Caption, and Effective Date clause of this Ordinance as required by Section 52.011 of the Texas Local Government Code. SECTION 10. EFFECTIVE DATE This Ordinance shall apply only to offenses committed on or after September 1, 1999, and shall be in full force and effect from and after its date of passage. AND IT IS SO ORDAINED PASSED AND APPROVED by a vote of 5 to 0 , this the 5th day of October 1999. �y'j U, Mayor Town of Trophy Club, Texas ATTEST: Town Secretary Town of Trophy Club, Texas APPROVED AS TO FORM: Town Attorney/''` Town of Trophy Club, Texas TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB ORDINANCE 1999- S:ISHARE\LAW_WPITIFFANY%TROPHYCL\ORBINANC\COURT.ORB PAGE 5