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• • ORDINANCE NO. 95-2070 AN ORDINANCE CREATING A MIINICIPAL COIIRT BIIILDING SECIIRITY FIIND; REQIIIRING A DEFENDANT CONVICTED IN A TRIAL FOR A MISDEMEANOR OFFENSE IN THE MIINICIPAL COIIRT OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE TO PAY A THREE DOLLAR ($3.00) SECIIRITY FEE AB A COST OF COIIRT; DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE MIINICIPAL COIIRT TO COLLECT SAID COST AND PAY THEM TO THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE OR HIS DEBIGNATED REPRESENTATIVES; PROVIDING PARAMETERS IIPON WHICH SAID MIINICIPAL COIIRT BIIILDING SECIIRITY FIIND CAN BE SPENT; PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF SAID FIIND; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAIISE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. As allowed in Article 102.017, Code of Criminal Procedure of the State of Texas, the City Council of the City of La Porte hereby creates the Municipal Court Building Security Fund of the City of La Porte. Section 2. The City Council of the City of La Porte hereby requires a Defendant convicted in a trial for a misdemeanor offense in the Municipal Court of the City of La Porte to pay a Three Dollar ($3.00) security fee as a cost of court per each such conviction. "Convicted" means that a sentence is imposed upon the Defendant by the Municipal Court of the City of La Porte, or alternatively means that the person receives community supervision (including deferred adjudication) from the Municipal Court of the City of La Porte, or alternatively means that the Court defers final disposition of the person's case. Section 3. The City Council of the City of La Porte hereby orders the Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of La Porte to collect said Three Dollar ($3.00) security fee per conviction as a cost of court, as herein provided. The Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of La Porte shall pay said cost to the Director of Finance or his designated representatives. The Director of Finance or his designated representatives shall deposit said cost in a fund to be known as the Municipal Court-Building Security Fund.