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MO HB764

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

3/4/2013

Primary Sponsor

Bonnaye Mims

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Origin

House of Representatives

2013 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Allows home rule cities with more than 400,000 inhabitants located in more than one county to impose an additional court cost of up to $7 per municipal ordinance violation case
  • Additional court costs cannot be collected in proceedings where the case or defendant has been dismissed by the court
  • Judges may waive the additional cost for defendants found to be indigent and unable to pay
  • Court clerks must calculate and disburse collected costs to the city at least monthly
  • Cities must use all collected additional costs exclusively to fund special mental health, drug, and veterans courts, including indigent defense and ancillary services for those specialized courts

Legislative Description

Allows Kansas City to impose an additional court cost of up to a $7 per case for each municipal ordinance violation case

Last Action

Voted Do Pass (H)

4/18/2013

Committee Referrals

Local Government4/4/2013

Full Bill Text

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