A. A person convicted of a criminal offense, petty offense, found responsible of a civil offense, or placed in a court-authorized diversion program in the city court shall pay a City Court Enhancement Fee in the amount of $20 for each offense for which they were convicted, found responsible, or the prosecution was suspended.
B. There is hereby created a Court Enhancement Fund, which shall be used exclusively to enhance the technological, operational and security capabilities of the city court.
C. The City Court Enhancement Fund shall be established as a designated fund account with the city treasurer. The city court shall collect City Court Enhancement Fees and deposit them in the Court Enhancement Fund account. The city treasurer shall invest the monies in the fund in the same manner as city funds. Interest earned on fund monies shall be deposited in the fund.
D. The city court shall administer the fund and may make expenditures from the fund for the purposes provided in this section. Monies from the fund shall supplement monies already provided to the city court for the general purposes stated in this section.
E. If the defendant pays some or all of his or her fine, surcharges, restitution, or other fees over time, the Court Enhancement Fee shall be collected prior to the payment of any fine, surcharges or other fees except restitution.
F. "Court-authorized diversion program," as used in this section, means a program in which an individual charged with any civil, criminal or petty offense is not prosecuted for the offense on successful completion of an authorized diversion program and it includes authorized defensive driving courses.
(Ord. 1397.02.09 § 1, 2006;
Ord. 1397.02.02 § 2, 1997)