Ordinance No. 7,380Published in the Baytown Sun:
Tuesday, August 29, 1995,
Wednesday, August 30, 1995.
ORDINANCE NO. 7380
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® AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, ESTABLISHING A MUNICIPAL COURT BUILDING SECURITY
FUND; PROVIDING FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF A THREE AND N01100
DOLLARS ($3.00) SECURITY FEE AS A COST OF COURT;
PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE
DATE THEREOF.
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 349 was approved by the Texas Legislature
and the Governor of the State of Texas during the 1995 legislative
session; and
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 349 amends Article 102.017 of the Code of
Criminal Procedure to provide for a Municipal Court Building
Security Fund; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown wishes to
provide additional security for the Baytown Municipal Court; NOW
THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1: That a Municipal Court Building Security Fund
shall be established to be administered by and under the direction
of the City Council.
Section 2: That a defendant convicted of a misdemeanor
offense in the municipal court of the City of Baytown shall pay a
THREE AND N01100 DOLLARS ($3.00) security fee as a cost of court.
Section 3: That a person shall be considered convicted if:
(1) a sentence 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.
Section 4: The clerk of the municipal court shall collect the
costs and pay them to the municipal treasurer for deposit in a fund
to be known as the Municipal Court Building Security Fund.
Section 5: All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent
with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided
however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such
inconsistency and in all other respects this ordinance shall be
cumulative of other ordinances regulating and governing the subject
matter covered by this ordinance.
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Section 6: If any provisions, section, exception, subsection,
is paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or the
application of same to any person or set of circumstances, shall
for any reason be held unconstitutional, void or invalid, such
invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining
provisions of this ordinance or their application to other persons
or sets of circumstances and to this end all provisions of this
ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 7: This ordinance shall take effect on September 1,
1995. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice hereof by
causing the caption of this ordinance to be published in the
official newspaper of the City of Baytown at least twice within ten
(10) days after passage of this ordinance.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the
City Council of the City of Baytown, this the 24th day of August,
1995.
PETE C. ALFARO, Mayor
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ATTEST:
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EILEEN -P.' -TALL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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CIO RAMIREZ, SR. City Attorney
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