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ORDINANCE NO. 2005 -004 . -367 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION 18 -23(a) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF SAID CITY TO ADD A NEW PARAGRAPH (4) THERETO AUTHORIZING THE ADDITION OF A THIRTY PERCENT (30%) COLLECTION FEE ON ALL UNPAID FINES, FEES, COURT COSTS, AND OTHER CHARGES ASSESSED BY THE MUNICIPAL COURT IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council desires to assess a thirty percent (30 %) collection fee on all unpaid fines, fees, court costs, and other charges assessed by the Municipal Court in accordance with State Law; and, WHEREAS, Article 103.0031 of Chapter 103 of Texas Code of Criminal Procedure authorizes the addition of said collection fee; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That Section 18 -23(a) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, shall be and is hereby in all things amended to include a new paragraph (4) thereto to authorize the addition of a thirty percent (30 %) collection fee on all unpaid fines, fees, court costs, and other charges assessed by the municipal court in accordance with state law, such fee to be appropriate at such time as the City enters into a contract with a private attorney or private vendor to collect said fees, said new paragraph (4) to Section 18 -23(a) of the Code of Ordinances to read as follows: "See. 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 ixrxposed by the court, not inconsistent with the laws of the state. The following special expenses and fees are hereby established as follows: (4) A collection fee, in the amount of thirty percent (3 0 %) on all unpaid fines, fees, court costs, or other charges lawfully assessed by the municipal court in accordance with state law,