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herewith are hereby repealed.
(01-10-1995; Repealed by C.O. No. 13)