A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF PAOLA, KANSAS, FROM THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 12-4112, PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS OF THE SAME SUBJECT, DESIGNATING THE COURT COSTS AND ASSESSMENTS FOR THE PAOLA MUNICIPAL COURT, AND AMENDING ORDINANCE 13-701 AND REPEALING ALL OTHER ORDINANCES, OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES, IN CONFLICT HEREWITH.

BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF PAOLA, KANSAS:

Ordinance No. 13-701 shall be amended and shall read as follows:

SECTION 1. That the City of Paola, Kansas, a Mayor-Council-Manager City, being a city of the second class, by the power vested in it and conferred upon it by Article 12, Section 5, of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby elects to and does exempt itself from and makes inapplicable to it K.S.A. 12-4112, which statute is not uniformly applicable to all cities, and hereby elects to provide substitute and additional provisions, as hereinafter recited.

SECTION 2. COURT COSTS. In each case filed in the Municipal Court charging a criminal or public offense or charging an offense defined to be a moving violation by rules and regulations adopted pursuant to K.S.A. 8-249 and amendments thereto, where there is a finding of guilty, a plea of guilty, a plea of no contest, forfeiture of bond or a diversion, a sum in the amount of $20.00 shall be assessed to the defendant as court costs plus any additional assessment required by K.S.A. 12-4116, K.S.A. 12-4117, or by order of the Kansas Supreme Court.

SECTION 3. That in case of extreme hardship, the Municipal Judge is hereby empowered to waive court costs, or to permit the payment of the same by installments.

SECTION 4. That Charter Ordinance No. 10 and all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

(01-10-1995; Repealed by C.O. No. 13)