§ 135.250. Court Costs.  


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  • A. 
    In addition to any fine that may be imposed by the Municipal Judge there shall be assessed as costs in all cases the following:
    1. 
    Cost of Court in the amount of twelve dollars ($12.00).
    2. 
    Police officer training.
    a. 
    In addition to all other Court costs authorized to be assessed by ordinance, three dollars ($3.00) shall be assessed as Court costs for each violation of the ordinances of the City of Owensville, provided that no such additional costs shall be assessed or collected for non-moving traffic violations, and that no such fee shall be collected in any proceeding when the proceeding or defendant has been dismissed by the Court.
    b. 
    Two dollars ($2.00) of such Court costs collected shall be deposited to the credit of the City Police Department to be used locally for the training of law enforcement officers. One dollar ($1.00) of such costs collected shall be deposited into the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission Fund, to be used Statewide for training law enforcement officers. All checks for payment of the "one dollar fee" shall be payable to the "Treasurer, State of Missouri" and should be sent on or before the fifteenth (15th) day of each month to:
    Budget Director
    Department of Public Safety
    Post Office Box 749
    Jefferson City, MO 65102
    3. 
    There shall be assessed as Court costs a fee of seven dollars fifty cents ($7.50) in each court proceeding filed in the Owensville Municipal Division of the Circuit Court for violation of an ordinance of the City of Owensville, to be paid to the Missouri Crime Victims' Compensation Fund as required by Section 595.045, RSMo.; except that no such fee shall be collected for violations of any provision of Chapter 252, RSMo., or any rule or regulation adopted under Chapter 252, RSMo., or for any non-moving traffic violations, except violations of weight or safety laws, and no such fee shall be collected in any proceeding in any court when the proceeding or the defendant has been dismissed by the court or when costs are to be paid by the City on behalf of an indigent defendant.
    4. 
    Other costs, such as for the issuance of a warrant, a commitment, or a summons, as provided before the Associate Circuit Judge in criminal prosecutions.
    5. 
    Actual costs assessed against the City by a County Sheriff for apprehension or confinement in a County Jail or any facility the City has contracted with for the confinement of prisoners.
    6. 
    Mileage, in the same amount as provided to the Sheriff in criminal violations, for each mile and fraction thereof the Officer must travel (both directions) in order to serve any warrant or commitment or order of this Court.
R.O. 2010 §135.250; CC 1975 §157.75; 2nd Ser. Ord. No. 92 §2, 12-4-1978; Ord. No. 533 §1, 9-16-1996; Ord. No. 712 §1, 10-1-2001