2003-040-ORD PROVIDING CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY REVISING SECTION 18-23(a)(3)

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ORDINANCE NO. 2003-040 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF PARIS, BE AMENDED BY REVISING SECTION 18-23(a)(3) OF SAID CODE; PROVIDING THAT FINES AND SPECIAL EXPENSES ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris. Paris, Texas, did heretofore, on the 12th day ofJuly, 1999, in Ordinance No. 99-052, amend Section 18-23 ofthe Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris to establish a municipal court technology fund and to ensure that fines and special expenses were in compliance with State law; and WHEREAS, the Texas Legislature did heretofore, during the 78th Regular Legislative Session, adopt H. B. 1066, effective September 1, 2003, which repealed the sunset provision which required the fund to expire September 1, 2005, and added as a valid use of the fund the maintenance of technological enhancements; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That Section 18-23(a)(3) of the Code of Ordinances ofthe City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, amended so that such shall read as follows: "Sec. 18-23. Fines and special expenses. (a) The municipal court is authorized and empowered to enforce by execution on the property of the defendant, or imprisonment of the defendant, the collection of all fines imposed by the court, not inconsistent with the laws of the state. The following special expenses and fees are hereby established as follows: (3) A technology fee, upon conviction of a misdemeanor offense in municipal court of offenses committed on or after the effective date of this ordinance in the amount of four dollars ($4.00) for the municipal court technology fund. In accordance with Article 102.0172, Code of Criminal Procedure, the fund may be used only to finance the purchase of or to maintain technological enhancements for the municipal court, including: A. Computer systems; B. Computer networks; C. Computer hardware;