A. There is hereby established a Municipal Court Fund, which shall be used exclusively to recover legitimate court costs and to enhance the technological, operational, security and collections capabilities of the Somerton Municipal Court.
B. The Municipal Court Fund shall be established as a designated fund account with the City Treasurer. Somerton Municipal Court shall collect designated Municipal Court Fees and deposit them in the Municipal Court Fund account. The City Treasurer shall invest the monies in the fund in the same manner as other city funds. Interest earned on fund monies shall be deposited in the fund.
C. Somerton Municipal Court, with the concurrence of the Somerton City Council, shall administer the fund and may make expenditures from the fund for the purpose provided in this section.
D. The Municipal Court Fees shall be administrative in nature, separate from and in addition to any sentence imposed by the Municipal Court in a criminal case, or any civil penalty in cases where a civil penalty is imposed. The Municipal Court shall set forth the requirements and amounts of such court fees as separate items in all orders and judgments.
E. If the defendant pays some or all of his or her fine, surcharges, restitution or other fees over time, the Municipal Court Fees shall be collected in proportion with any fine, surcharge, other fees, except restitution and time payment fees, which must be collected first.
(Ord. 2011-015, passed 12-20-2011)