HomeMy WebLinkAbout1842 03-24-2009ORDINANCE NO. 1842
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, "ADMINISTRATION,"
ARTICLE 111, "OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES," DIVISION 2,
"MUNICIPAL COURT," SECTION 2 -140, "JUVENILE CASE
MANAGER FEE," SUBSECTION (a), OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE AND AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Euless, Texas, has general
supervision over the operations of the Euless Municipal Court of Record; and
WHEREAS, the Texas Legislature in its 79th regular session passed House Bill
No. 1575, authorizing the City Council to create a Juvenile Case Manager Fund, and
authorized the imposition of an additional court cost in municipal court cases to provide
the revenue for such fund; and
WHEREAS, the Euless City Council, after study, found and determined that the
health, safety and welfare of its citizens would best be served by the creation of a
Juvenile Case Manager Fund, to provide the necessary funding for the potential
employment of one or more full -time Juvenile Case Managers to assist the Euless
Municipal Court of Record in administering the Court's juvenile docket and in
supervising its court orders in juvenile cases; and
WHEREAS, the Euless City Council, after study, now finds and determines that
the current fee is insufficient to finance the salary and benefits of one or more Juvenile
Case Managers as described under Article 45.056, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EULESS, TEXAS:
SECTION 1
THAT Chapter 2, "ADMINISTRATION," Article III, "Officers and Employees,"
Division 2, "Municipal Court," Section 2 -140, "Juvenile Case Manager Fee ",
Subsection (a), of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Euless, Texas, as amended,
be hereby amended to hereafter be and read as follows:
Sec. 2 -140. Juvenile Case Manager Fee
(a) There is hereby imposed, as a cost of court, a Juvenile Case Manager
Fee of $5.00 per conviction in the Euless Municipal Court of Record.
SECTION II
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the
City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this
ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of
this ordinance shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or
decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall
not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections
of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without
the incorporation in this ordinance of any such invalid or unconstitutional phrase,
clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
SECTION III
SAVING CLAUSE. That Chapter 2 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Euless,
Texas, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect, save and except as amended
by this ordinance.
SECTION IV
EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage and publication as provided by the Euless City Charter and the laws
of the State of Texas.
PRESENTED AND APPROVED on First and Final Reading at a regular meeting
of the Euless City Council on the 24`h day of March, 2009, by a vote of 6_ ayes,
o nays and o abstentions.
APPROVED:
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Mary I-ritaleh,
ATTEST:
usar, Crim, r MC, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Bob McFarland, City Attorney