(A) This section is enacted pursuant to VA Code § 53.1-120, as amended.
(B) There is levied an assessment of $22 as a part of the fees taxed in each criminal and traffic case in the General District Court, Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court and Circuit Court of Northampton County.
(C) The assessment imposed shall be collected by the Clerk of the Court in which such action is filed and, upon collection, shall be remitted to the County Treasurer.
(D) The County Treasurer shall segregate such funds and hold same for disbursement as follows:
(1) Twenty dollars to the Sheriff’s Office as directed by the Northampton County Board of Supervisors for the funding of courthouse security; and
(2) Two dollars as directed by the Northampton County Board of Supervisors for the construction, renovation or maintenance of the courthouse or jail and for other court-related facilities and to defray increases in the cost of heating, cooling, electricity and ordinary maintenance.
(E) The assessment provided for herein shall be in addition to any other fees prescribed by law.
(F) (1) This division (F) is enacted pursuant to VA Code § 17.1-279.1, as amended.
(2) There is hereby levied an assessment of $5 as a part of the fees taxed in each criminal and traffic case in the District Court and Circuit Court of Northampton County.
(3) The assessment imposed hereby shall be collected by the Clerk of the Court in which such action is filed and, upon collection, shall be remitted to the County Treasurer.
(4) The County Treasurer shall segregate such funds and hold same subject to disbursements by the governing body to a local law enforcement agency solely to fund software, hardware and associated equipment costs for the implementation and maintenance of an electronic summons system.
(5) The assessment provided for herein shall be in addition to any other fees prescribed by law.
(Ord. passed 8-13-1990; Am. Ord. passed 6-11-1992; Am. Ord. passed 6-10-2002; Am. Ord. passed 5-14-2007; Am. Ord. passed 10-13-2015; Am. Ord. passed 7-14-2020)