87-042 ORD PROVIDING CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY REVISING CHAPTER 15 1/2 OF SAID CODE

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health and sanitation, including dumping of refuse, or (B) $500.00 in all other cases. ARTICLE II. MUNICIPAL COURT Sec. 152-14. Fines and special expenses. The municipal court is authorized and em- powered 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 of Texas. All such fines; a special expense, not to exceed $25.00 for the issuance and service of a warrant of arrest for an offense under Section 38.11 of the Penal Code (failure to appear), or Section 149, Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways, Article 6701d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes (violation of promise to appear); the special expenses described in Article 17.04, Code of Criminal Procedure (requisites of a personal bond), and special expenses for the issuance and service of a warrant of arrest, after due notice, not to exceed $25.00; a special expense for service performed in cases in which the laws of the State of Texas requiring that the case be dismissed because of actions by or on behalf of the defendant which were subsequent to the date of the alleged offense, being Subsection (a), Section 143A, Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways, Article 6701d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, (permitting the taking of a defensive driving course to bring about dismissal of such action), such special expense shall not exceed the actual expenses incurred for the service or $10.00, whichever is less; and the following fees for services performed in the case by a peace officer: $3.00 for executing an arrest warrant or capias for a Class "C" Misdemeanor, or for making an arrest without a warrant for a Class "C" Misdemeanor, $1.00 for summoning a witness, $2.00 tor serving a writ not otherwise listed in Article 4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, $2.00 for taking and approving a bond, $2.00 for a commit- ment or release, $2.00 for summoning a jury. For purposes of this Article, the term "arrest" includes the issuance by a peace officer of a written notice to appear in court, following the defendant's alleged violation of a traffic or municipal ordinance. The municipal court clerk shall receive thP fees imposed above for services performed by peace officers employed by the state and shall forward the fees to the comptroller of public accounts quarterly in the manner directed by the comp- troller." Section 2. Any person violating any of the pro- visions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not to exceed $2,000.00, and each and every day's continuance of any violation of the above enume-rated section shall constitute and be deemed a separate offense. Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby expressly repealed.