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ORDINANCE NO. 1.999-20
TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB,TEXAS
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB,
TEXAS CREATING A MUNICIPAL COURT BUILDING
SECURITY FUND; D POSING A $3 SECURITY FEE AS A
COST OF COURT TO BE PAID BY A DEFENDANT
CONVICTED IN A TRIAL IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT
AND DEPOSITED INTO THE SAID FUND; PROVIDING
THAT THE FUND IS TO BE EXPENDED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE PURPOSES SET FORTH HEREIN; PROVIDING
A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, article 102.017, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, provides that the Town
Council of the Town of Trophy Club, Texas (the "Town") may, by ordinance, create a
municipal court building security fund and may require a defendant convicted in a trial for a
misdemeanor offense in the municipal court to a pay a $3 security fee as a cost of court.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS:
Section 1. Building Security Fund.
A. Creation. The Municipal Court Building Security Fund (referred to in this Section
as the "Fund") is hereby created. All monies deposited into the Fund shall be expended in
accordance with this Section.
B. Imposition of Security Fee. Any defendant convicted in a trial in the Municipal
Court for a misdemeanor offense shall be charged and shall pay as a cost of court, in addition
to all other costs of court, a $3 security fee. For purposes of this Section:
1. A defendant is considered convicted if:
(a) A sentence is imposed on the defendant;
(b) The defendant receives community supervision, including deferred
adjudication; or
{c) The court defers final disposition of the defendant's case.
2. A "trial" means the whole or any part of the procedure which the law provides
for bringing offenders to justice, including:
(a) the payment of a fine and the entry of a judgment thereon; and
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(b) the entering of a plea by a defendant and the deferring of final disposition
of the defendant's case.
Fund,C. Doosit of Fee into the of Fee, The Municipal
Court Clerk shall collect the security feepay the fee to the Town M
Manager, and the fee shall
be deposited by the Town Manager into the Fund. The Fund shall be administered under the
direction of the Town Council. The Fund may be used to finance the following when used for
the purpose of providing security services for the Municipal Court:
1. the purchase or repair of x-ray machines and conveying systems;
2. handheld metal detectors;
3. walkthrough metal detectors;
4. identification cards and systems;
5. electronic locking and surveillance equipment;
b. bailiffs, deputy sheriffs, deputy constables, or contract security personnel
during times when they are providing appropriate security services;
7. signage;
8. confiscated weapon inventory and tracking systems; or
9. locks, chains, or other security hardware."
Section 2. Severability. The sections, paragraphs, sentences, phrases, clauses and words
of this Ordinance are severable, and if any section, paragraph, sentence, phrase, clause or word
in this Ordinance or application thereof to any person or circumstance 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 that it would
have passed such remaining portions of this Ordinance despite such invalidity, which remaining
portions shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 3. 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.
Section 4. Effective date. This Ordinance shall become effective from and after its date
of passage as provided by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the Town Council of the Town of Trophy Club, Texas
this the 17 t h day of October , 1995.
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ATTEST:
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Town Secretary,
Town of Trophy Club, Texas
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Town torney,
Town f Trophy Club, Texas
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