A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF GIRARD, KANSAS, FROM THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 12-4112 AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE PROVISIONS THEREFORE REGARDING THE ASSESSMENT OF COURT COSTS IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY OF GIRARD, KANSAS: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF GIRARD, KANSAS:
SECTION 1. The City
of Girard, Kansas, by the power vested in it by Article 12, Section 5, of the
Constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby elects to exempt itself and make
inapplicable to it the provisions of K.S.A. 12-4112 and to make the following substitute
provisions therefore.
SECTION 2. In each
case filed in Municipal Court where there is a finding of guilty, a plea of
guilty, a plea of no contest, forfeiture of bond, or a diversion, a sum in the
amount of $15.00 shall be assessed as court costs and shall be paid over by the
judge of the Municipal Court to the City Clerk into the general fund of the
City of Girard, Kansas. For the purpose of determining the amount of court
costs to be assessed in accordance with this Ordinance, if more than one
complaint is filed against one individual arising out of the same incident, all
such complaints shall be considered as one case for assessment purposes.
SECTION 3. Court
costs as set forth in Section 2 of this Ordinance shall not be assessed on
parking tickets.
SECTION 4. If any
defendant convicted of a violation of an Ordinance of the City of Girard is
sentenced to a term of confinement in the County Jail and applies for work
release, the municipal judge, as a condition of granting work release to the
defendants, may assess as costs and require the defendant to pay over to the
City Clerk of the City of Girard, Kansas, any and all costs which may be
assessed by the County Sheriff against the City of Girard, Kansas, for the
costs of confinement, medical care or any other incidental costs charged to the
City of Girard. The Municipal Judge may require that the payment and
reimbursement of such costs to the City Clerk of the City of Girard, Kansas, be
made by the defendant on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis and is further
authorized to make an order requiring the defendant’s employer to make such
payments directly to the City Clerk as a condition of the work release order
granted to the defendant.
(09-24-1990; Superseded by C.O. No. 2008-2))