A. Payment Of Fine, Court Costs And Booking Fees; Enforcement: If a defendant in the Municipal Court of the City who is financially able refuses or neglects to pay a fine, court costs, or booking fees, payment may be enforced:
1. By imprisonment in the City of Wewoka or Seminole County Jail or such facility to which the defendant may be assigned until the same shall be satisfied at the rate of twenty five dollars ($25.00) per day; and
2. In addition to the sums set forth in subsection A1 of this section, the defendant shall pay the costs of incarceration incurred by the City, which at the time of the effective date hereof is fifteen dollars ($15.00) per day, which is subject to change, and when changed, the amount to be paid by a defendant shall change in accordance therewith; or
3. In the same manner as in subsection B1 of this section for a defendant who is without means to make such payment.
B. Inability To Pay Fine And Costs:
1. If the defendant is without means to pay the fine and costs, the Municipal Judge may direct the total amount due to be entered in a court minutes and certified to the Seminole County District Court to be entered upon the judgment docket of said court, at which time it shall have the same force and effect of a District Court judgment. All remedies for enforcement of a District Court judgment in the State of Oklahoma shall thereupon be available to collect the judgment so entered.
2. The determination of whether or not a person is financially able to pay a fine or court costs shall be made by the Municipal Judge and may be made at any time before or after judgment and sentence is imposed.
C. Medical Condition Of Incarcerated Person:
1. When a defendant is incarcerated under this chapter, or any other ordinance of the City, the City shall not be responsible for preexisting medical conditions that existed prior to arrest and shall only be responsible for those conditions that arise subsequent to arrest and are actually caused by the negligence of the Wewoka police officers or other employees of the City.
2. A "preexisting condition" is defined as an illness or injury sustained before a person is taken into custody by the City.
3. Defendants are responsible for payment of any and all medical care unless caused by the negligence of the officers and employees of the City.
D. Booking Fee:
1. The City of Wewoka shall require that each person who is booked at the City Jail for Municipal charges pay a fee of twenty five dollars ($25.00). The fee is payable immediately from any money then possessed by the person being booked. If the person has no funds at the time of booking or during the period of incarceration, the Court Clerk may notify the Municipal Court, and may request the assessment of the fee. A person held on district charges or other criminal matters will not be charged a booking fee. If a person is held on Municipal charges and that person is not charged or acquitted, or if all charges are dismissed, the Court Clerk shall return the fee to the person at the last known address in the booking records.
2. There is hereby created within the Police Fund, a special account into which all booking fees shall be deposited, expenditures out of which shall be used to pay for equipment. (Ord. 470, 7-14-2009)