(a) Cost. Every person within the town who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a misdemeanor before the Municipal Court shall pay the sum of $10, which shall be deposited into the General Account of the town.
(b) (1) Regional Jail and Correctional Facility authority fee. In addition to the present court costs which may be lawfully imposed, an additional cost shall be imposed in an amount of not less than $42 in each proceeding; except that, such additional cost shall not be assessed for a traffic offense that is not a moving violation or an offense for which the ordinance does not provide a period of incarceration.
(2) Administration fee. Of this $42 imposed as an additional cost, $2 shall be an administrative cost to be retained by the town.
(c) Crime Victim’s Compensation Fund. Every person within the town who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a misdemeanor before the Municipal Court, other than a traffic offense that is not a moving violation, shall pay the sum of $8 as costs in the case, in addition to any other court costs that the court is required by law to impose upon such convicted person. The Court, wherein such additional costs are imposed, shall, on or before the tenth day of the following month, transmit all such costs received under this article to the West Virginia State Treasurer for deposit in the West Virginia State Treasury to the credit of a special revenue fund to be known as the Crime Victim’s Compensation Fund.
(d) Law Enforcement Training Fund. Every person within the town who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a misdemeanor before the Municipal Court, other than a traffic offense that is not a moving violation, shall pay the sum of $2 as costs in the case, in addition to any other court costs that the court is required by law to impose upon such convicted person. The Court wherein such additional costs are imposed shall, on or before the tenth day of the following month, transmit all such costs received under this article to the West Virginia State Treasurer for deposit to the credit of a special revenue account for the funding of law enforcement training academies and programs.
(e) Community Corrections Act. Every person within the town who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a misdemeanor before the Municipal Court, other than a traffic offense that is not a moving violation, shall pay the sum of $10 as costs in the case, in addition to any other court costs that the court is required by law to impose upon such convicted person. The Court wherein such additional costs are imposed shall, on or before the tenth day of the following month, transmit all such costs received under this article to the West Virginia State Treasurer to be credited to the West Virginia Community Corrections Fund.
(f) Fines. Any citation issued through Nutter Fort Municipal Court shall have a fine imposed.
(g) Municipal Court technology/maintenance fee. The Municipal Judge shall assess a mandatory $55 fee upon each and every defendant found guilty or pleading guilty or pleading nolo contendere regarding a misdemeanor violation, including traffic violations and moving violations. The town shall use the money raised by this fee to update and maintain the Municipal Court’s technology as needed.
(Ord. passed 9-24-1985; Ord. passed 7-14-1987; Ord. passed 6-23-1992; Ord. passed 4-22-2008; Ord. 2022-02, passed 3-22-2022)