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BILL NO. <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1 OF THE MUNICIPAL <br />CODE OF UNIVERSITY CITY, MISSOURI, RELATING TO GENERAL <br />PROVISIONS, BY REPEALING SECTION 1-8.2 THEREOF, RELATING <br />TO ASSESSMENT OF SPECIAL COURT COSTS, AND ENACTING IN <br />LIEU THEREOF ANEW SECTION TO BE KNOWN AS "SECTION 1-8.2. <br />ASSESSMENT OF SPECIAL COURT COSTS, SURCHARGES, AND <br />JUDGMENTS," THEREBY AMENDING SAID SECTION SO AS TO <br />AUTHORIZE THE ASSESSMENT OF SPECIAL COURT COSTS, <br />SURCHARGES AND JUDGMENTS FOR ALL ORDINANCE <br />VIOLATIONS; CONTAINING A SAVING CLAUSE AND PROVIDING <br />A PENALTY. <br /> <br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY CITY, <br />MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: <br /> <br /> Section 1. Chapter 1 of the Municipal Code of the City of University City, Missouri, <br />relating to general provisions, is hereby amended by repealing Section 1-8.2 thereof, relating to <br />assessment of special court costs, and enacting in lieu thereofa new section to be known as "Section <br />1-8.2. Assessment of Special Court Costs, Surcharges and Judgments," thereby amending said <br />section so as to authorize the assessment of special court coss, surcharges, and judgments for all <br />ordinance violations; so that said section, as so amended, shall read as follows: <br /> <br />SECTION 1-8.2. ASSESSMENT OF SPECIAL COURT COSTS~ SURCHARGES, AND <br />JUDGMENTS <br /> <br />(a) In addition to all other court costs: <br /> <br />(1) <br /> <br />A surcharge of five dollars ($5.00) shall be assessed as court costs against a <br />defendant in each court proceeding for violation of a municipal ordinance <br />except that no such fee shall be collected when the proceeding or the <br />defendant has been dismissed by the court or when costs are to be paid by the <br />City. The clerk of the municipal court shall collect such court costs. <br /> <br />(2) <br /> <br />At least monthly, ninety-five percent (95%) of the court costs collected by the <br />municipal court clerk pursuant to this paragraph shall be paid to the Missouri <br />Director of Revenue for the crime victims' compensation fund and the <br />services to victims' fund, and the remaining five percent (5%) shall be paid <br />into the City treasury. <br /> <br /> <br />