A. Warrant Fee. When the court issues a bench warrant for failure to appear; or failure to pay a fine, sanction, restitution or agency fee; or issues an order to show cause (OSC) to enforce probation or court-ordered counseling or school, an administrative fee not to exceed $150.00 shall be imposed on the person for whom the bench warrant is issued, or on the defendant found in violation at the conclusion of an OSC hearing. The fee is payable to the general fund of the city.

B. Court Enhancement Fee. There is hereby created a court enhancement fund, which shall be used exclusively to enhance the technological, operational, and security capabilities of the court. It will be funded by (1) a fee in an amount not to exceed $50.00 applied to each case assigned a docket number and involving one or more criminal, civil and/or petty offenses where a fine, fee, sanction, penalty, surcharge, assessment and/or restitution is ordered by the court, except for cases involving only parking violations, and (2) bond forfeitures that are not applied to fines. The fund shall be maintained as a separate account with the city. The monies in the fund shall be invested in the same manner as other city funds, interest earned on fund monies shall be deposited in the fund, and any balances remaining in the account at the end of the fiscal year shall carry over into the subsequent fiscal year. The municipal court shall administer the fund and may make expenditures from the fund for the purposes herein. Monies from the fund shall supplement monies already provided to the court for general purposes. The court will annually submit to the mayor, city council, and manager a report detailing the amount of money collected and expended during the fiscal year, and the progress made in court enhancement.

C. Court-Appointed Attorney Fee. In addition to any or all of the cost of court-appointed counsel ordered to be reimbursed to the city, the court may impose an administrative assessment fee not to exceed $50.00 to defray the costs of court-appointed counsel for indigent defendants. Fees collected shall be paid into the general fund of the city.

D. Civil Traffic Default Fee. The court shall assess the defendant a default/license suspension fee not to exceed $50.00 where default judgment is entered in a civil traffic case, and the license of the defendant is ordered suspended, unless such default is set aside. Fees collected shall be paid into the general fund of the city.

E. Deferred Prosecution Fee. In some criminal cases, the defendant may be offered deferred prosecution wherein a plea is taken but sentencing deferred pending completion of counseling, community service, restitution, or other conditions as may be submitted by the prosecutor. Such agreements require monitoring by the court, and additional correspondence with related schools or agencies. The court may impose an administrative fee for deferred prosecutions not to exceed $150.00 per case. Fees collected shall be paid into the general fund of the city.

F. Waiver. The court may waive all or part of the above fees when it would be in the best interests of justice, such as causing an undue hardship on the defendant, the defendant has previously been found to be indigent by the court, or the defendant has presented a reasonable explanation for missed appointments with the court or another agency. [Code 2006 § 5-1-2. Ord. 2011-06 § 1, 4-26-2011; Res. 2011-11 Exh. A, 4-26-2011].