HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 870449.009 - Chap 9 Court & CriminalORDINANCE NUMBER 870449.009
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 9, COURT AND CRIMINAL
PROCEDURE, OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN CODE OF ORDINANCES,
SECTION 9-9. FINES AND SPECIAL EXPENSES, TO LEVY A SPECIAL
EXPENSE NOT TO EXCEED $10.00 FOR DISMISSED CASES;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND SETTING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 9, court and Criminal Procedures, of the City of
Georgetown Code of Ordinances, section 9-9, Fines and special expenses, is
hereby amended to read as follows:
All fines and special expenses imposed by said court in any
prosecution therein shall be paid into the city treasury
for the use and benefit of the city. The court shall
collect a special expense not to exceed ten dollars
($10.00) for services performed in cases in which the laws
of this State require the case be dismissed because of
actions by, or on, behalf of the defendant which were
subsequent to the date of the alleged offense. In all
cases the judge may waive any special expenses and assess
the penalty in any case by a fine only.
(State law reference VACCP art 45.06; VACS art. 6701d)
SECTION 2. If any
section,
paragraph, clause,
phrase,
or provision of this
Ordinance shall
be adjudged
invalid or held
unconstitutional,
the
same shall
not affect the validity
of
this Ordinance as a
whole or
any part or
provision
thereof other than
the part
so declared to be
invalid
or unconstitutional.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall become effective upon adoption of its second
and final reading by the City Council of the City of Georgetown, Texas and its
publication.
Read on first reading this 8th day of September 1987.
Read and adopted on second reading this 28th day of September 1987.
ATTEST:
Mr. Pat
Caballero, City Secretary
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Approved as to legality in accordance with section 2.10 of the City of
Georgetown Charter as amended.
City Attorney
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF WILLIAMSON
CITY OF GEORGETOWN
I,
, being the current City
Secretary
of the
City of
Georgetown
do
hereby
certify that
the attached
ordinance
of the City
Council of
the City
of Georgetown
is a true
and correct
copy of such
ordinance
adopted at
a
council
meeting
open to the
public and
notice of said
meeting,
giving the
date,
place,
and subject
thereof,
having been
posted as
prescribed
by Article
6252-17,
Section
3A,
VATCS.
Dated this day of 19
(City Seal)
City Secretary
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