(A) The Municipal Court of the city shall assess and collect a special expense, in an amount not to exceed $200 which shall be assessed for the administrative cost of issuance and service of warrants of arrest of persons charged with an offense under V.T.C.A. Penal Code § 38.11, or under Vernon's Ann. Civ. St. Art. 6701d, § 149.
(B) Since the expense shall not be assessed or collected unless, at least ten days prior thereto, the Clerk of the Municipal Court shall be caused to be delivered to each person charged with the offenses, a written notice that, failure to appear within the ten-day period before the judge of the Municipal Court, will result in the assessment and collection of the special expense. The notice shall be sufficient if placed in the United States mail addressed to the person charged with the offense at his or her last known address.
(C) Upon collection of the special expense same shall be paid into the city treasury for the use and benefit of the city.
(D) Enforcement of this section shall apply for offenses committed on or after the effective date of this section. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before the effective date of this section, if any element of the offense occurred prior to the effective date.
(Ord. 433, passed 7-24-1984; Ord. 433A, passed 12-27-1988)