§ 20-15. Municipal court child safety trust fund.

(a)

There is hereby created the municipal court child safety trust fund. The municipal court shall by order assess a court cost on each parking violation not less than two dollars ($2.00) and not to exceed five dollars ($5.00), as established by city council in the annual budget, pursuant to § 102.014 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, as amended. The court costs under this subsection shall be collected in the same manner that other fines in the case are collected.

(b)

A person convicted of an offense under Subtitle C, Title 7, Transportation Code, when the offense occurs within a school crossing zone as defined by Section 541.302 of that code, shall pay as court costs twenty-five dollars ($25.00) in addition to other taxable court costs. A person convicted of an offense under Section 545.066, Transportation Code, shall pay as court costs twenty-five dollars ($25.00) in addition to other taxable court costs. The additional court costs under this subsection shall be collected in the same manner that other fines and taxable court costs in the case are collected and shall be assessed only in the city.

(c)

A person convicted of an offense under Section 25.093 or 25.094, Education Code, shall pay as taxable court costs twenty dollars ($20.00) in addition to other taxable court costs. The additional court costs under this subsection shall be collected in the same manner that other fines and taxable court costs in the case are collected.

(d)

In this section, a person is considered to have been convicted in a case if the person would be considered to have been convicted under Section 133.101, Local Government Code.

(e)

The director/clerk shall collect the costs and shall pay them to the city treasurer for deposit in a fund to be known as the "municipal court child safety trust fund" established as required by Chapter 106, Local Government Code and in compliance with Chapter 343, Local Government Code, as amended.

(f)

The city council hereby directs the city manager to administer the municipal court child safety trust fund.

(g)

This section shall control over any prior ordinance provisions in conflict herewith.

(Ord. No. 100824, § 2, 5-5-05)