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(a) In accordance with Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure Article 102.0174, there is hereby created a juvenile case manager fund (“fund”) to be a separate fund in the city treasury administered under the direction of the Fort Worth city council and to be used only to finance the salary and benefits of a juvenile case manager employed in accordance with Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure Article 45.056.
(b) (1) A defendant who is convicted of a fine-only misdemeanor offense in municipal court shall pay a juvenile case manager fee (“fee”) of $3 as a cost of court for each convicted offense.
(2) For purposes of this provision, a person is considered convicted if:
a. A sentence is imposed on the person; or
b. The person receives deferred disposition, including deferred proceedings under Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure Article 45.052 or 45.053.
(c) A judge in the municipal court may waive the fee in cases of demonstrated financial hardship.
(d) The clerk of the court shall collect the fee and pay it to the official who discharges the duties commonly delegated to the municipal treasurer for deposit in the fund.
(Ord. 19274-08-2010, § 1, passed 8-17-2010, eff. 10-1-2010)
(a) A $5.00 court cost shall be assessed on all parking violations in accordance with Article 102.014 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
(b) The proceeds from the $5 court cost will be placed in the city’s Child Safety Fund Account to be used only to operate a school crossing guard program, or in the absence of a school crossing guard program, for programs designed to enhance child safety, health, and nutrition in accordance with Article 102.014 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
(c) A hearing examiner or judge in the municipal court may waive the court cost in cases of demonstrated financial hardship.
(d) The clerk of the court shall collect the fee and pay it to the official who discharges the duties commonly delegated to the municipal treasurer for deposit in the fund.
(Ord. 21887-09-2015, § 1, passed 9-15-2015, eff. 10-1-2015)
§§ 10-13—10-15 RESERVED.
Cross-reference:
Stopping, standing and parking, see §§ 22-155 et seq.
There is hereby created a parking violations bureau in and for the City of Fort Worth which shall have original jurisdiction over cases involving violations of city ordinances relating to the parking, stopping or standing of vehicles as contained in Chapter 22 (§§ 22-155 through 22-240) of the code of the City of Fort Worth (1986), as amended.
(Ord. 10107, § 2, passed 5-3-1988)
(a) The parking violations bureau shall be composed of one or more hearing officers who shall be appointed by the city council for terms of two years. Hearing officers shall report to and be under the administrative oversight of the director of municipal court services. The city council shall be authorized to remove hearing officers. The director of municipal court services shall be authorized to take disciplinary action against hearing officers other than removal. Hearing officers shall be exempt from the dismissal, suspension and demotion sections in Chapter 2, Article V of the Fort Worth City Code.
(b) Hearing officers shall preside over parking hearings in accordance with this article and shall have the authority to accept pleas, administer oaths and to issue orders compelling the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents.
(c) An order compelling the attendance of witnesses or the production of documents may be enforced by the municipal court.
(Ord. 10107, § 2, passed 5-3-1988; Ord. 13943, § 1, passed 9-21-1999; Ord. 20858-08-2013, § 1, passed 8-13-2013; eff. 8-19-2013)
(a) (1) The administrative adjudication process for parking, stopping and standing violations shall be initiated by the issuance of a parking citation which may be issued by a peace officer or other authorized parking enforcement agent. Authorized parking enforcement agents shall include any police officer, traffic control technician, city marshal or other employee or volunteer of the city designated by the chief of police, city marshal or the city manager to enforce the provisions of this code in regard to the parking, stopping or standing of vehicles.
(2) Consistent with the provision of this section and with state law, the city manager is authorized to establish, under the direction of the chief of police, the accessible parking volunteer enforcement program, utilizing volunteers to enforce the provisions of this code concerning disability parking.
(b) A parking citation must be served personally upon the operator of a vehicle, if present at the time of service. If the operator of the vehicle is not present at the time of issuance of the citation and cannot be personally served, the citation must be served upon the registered owner of the vehicle by affixing the citation to the vehicle in a conspicuous place or by mailing the citation to the registered owner of the vehicle by first class mail.
(c) The citation shall provide that the registered vehicle owner or operator charged with a parking, stopping or standing offense shall have the right to an instanter hearing to determine the issue of liability for the charged offense. Such right to a hearing shall be exercised by appearing in person before a hearing officer within 21 calendar days from the date of the citation at such convenient and reasonable hours as may be determined by the municipal court clerk, said hours to be printed on the parking citation. The twenty-first calendar day shall be the last day to respond to a parking citation, and shall be known as the appearance date.
(d) The original or any copy of the citation is a record kept in the ordinary course of business in the city and is rebuttable proof of the facts it contains.
(e) Failure of the registered vehicle owner or operator to answer the parking citation and contest liability, on or before the appearance date is considered an admission of liability for the parking violation charge and will result in the assessment of fines, costs and fees.
(Ord. 10107, § 2, passed 5-3-1988; Ord. 10160, § 2, passed 8-30-1988; Ord. 14860, § 1, passed 11-20-2001; Ord. 20858-08-2013, § 1, passed 8-13-2013; eff. 8-19-2013)
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