§ 15-4. Additional court costs—Administration.

(a)

In addition to all other costs provided by law, there shall be levied and collected from each defendant upon each conviction, each plea of guilty, nolo contendere or forfeiture of bond, for misdemeanors or traffic violations, for violation of state law or local ordinance, in the municipal court the sum of three dollars ($3.00). This additional court cost shall be levied and collected beginning January 1, 1993.

(b)

The cost shall be imposed at the conclusion of any criminal case which does not end in an acquittal, dismissal or, with the consent of the prosecution, a nolle prosequi including, but not limited to, cases involving a suspended or probated sentence which at any time may be expunged or otherwise removed from the defendant's record.

(c)

The funds collected by this additional court cost shall be used for any permissible use in the administration of the municipal court including, but not limited to, salaries and cost of incarceration of defendants.

(d)

The moneys collected by the levy of this additional court cost shall be deposited in the city treasury and shall be expended in accordance with the municipal court operations agreement between the city and Sebastian County, Arkansas.

(Ord. No. 86-92, 12-15-92)

State law reference

Authority to impose above costs, A.C.A. § 16-17-111(a)(1).

Editor's note

Ord. No. 86-92, adopted Dec. 15, 1992, not specifically amendatory of this Code, has been codified as § 15-4 at the discretion of the editor. Ord. No. 52-99, §§ 1, 2, adopted August 10, 1999, added provisions which the editor has designated as § 15-5. § 15-5 also pertains to additional court costs. In order to give this section a unique name, and to differentiate it from the provisions of section 15-5, the name of the section has been changed from "Additional costs" to "Additional costs—Administration" at the discretion of the editor.