§ 4-6. Court costs levied.*

(a)

Conviction of felony or misdemeanor. In addition to the fees and costs now provided by law, a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) is hereby levied as a part of the costs to be paid:

(1)

By all persons convicted of felonies or misdemeanors in this county; and

(2)

By all persons committed to the county jail by the circuit, chancery, probate and municipal courts in the county.

(b)

Bond forfeiture. Any person charged with a felony or misdemeanor who shall post a bond and forfeit the same, upon his failure to appear on the date set for trial, shall equally be charged the fee imposed by this section and the fee shall be deposited in the county jail revenue bond fund, as provided by Act 879 of 1981.

(c)

Credit to county jail revenue bond fund. All fees collected as provided above shall be remitted to and deposited by the county treasurer in one or more banks doing business in the county, to the credit of a county jail revenue bond fund to be used solely for the purposes as provided by Act 879 of 1981.

(d)

Victim/witness assistance program.

(1)

From and after the effective date of this subsection, pursuant to Act 526 of 1983, an additional cost of two dollars ($2.00) shall be levied upon each case filed in all courts within Pulaski County, bringing the total cost levied under this act to five dollars ($5.00) per case.

(2)

The amounts levied under paragraph (1) of this subsection (d) will be collected by the clerks of the various courts within the county simultaneously with the collection of such filing fees and/or court costs which are normally levied and collected in the cases filed in all courts within the county.

(3)

The amounts collected under paragraph (2) of this subsection (d) shall be forwarded by the clerks of the various courts on a monthly basis to the county treasurer's office for deposit in the county general fund recorded by the county treasurer for appropriation to and use by the county prosecuting attorney's victim/witness assistance program to expand services to victims and witnesses of crime.

(e)

Municipal court renovation fund.

(1)

From and after the effective date of this subsection, pursuant to Arkansas Statutes 22-706.4 and 22-706.9, additional court costs of five dollars ($5.00) and three dollars ($3.00), respectively, shall be levied and collected from each defendant upon each plea of guilty, nolo contendere, forfeiture of bond, or determination of guilt for either misdemeanors or traffic violations in the county municipal court.

(2)

The amounts levied under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be collected by the clerk of the county municipal court simultaneously with the collection of such other fees and court costs which are normally levied and collected in the county municipal court.

(3)

The county treasurer shall establish a special fund, known as the "Municipal Court Renovation Fund," into which amounts collected under this subsection shall be deposited. All amounts collected under this subsection shall be forwarded, not less frequently than once a month, by the clerk of the county municipal court to the county treasurer's office for deposit in the municipal court renovation fund. Amounts on deposit in the municipal court renovation fund shall be used (until otherwise provided by ordinance) for the purpose of renovation of county facilities for use as the county municipal court, and, toward that end, may be pledged by ordinance of the Quorum Court of Pulaski County to the Arkansas Development Finance Authority for the purpose of servicing bonds issued by the Arkansas Development Finance Authority for the renovation of county facilities for use as the Pulaski County Municipal Court. Until such renovation is completed and the servicing of such bonds finalized, no amounts may be withdrawn from the municipal court renovation fired for any other purpose. Upon completion of such renovation and servicing of such bonds, all amounts remaining in the municipal court renovation fund and all amounts collected thereafter under this subsection shall be deposited into the county general fund and recorded by the county treasurer for appropriation to and use for any purpose permitted by law.

(4)

In the event such bonds are not issued by the Arkansas Development Finance Authority or in the event renovation of facilities for the Pulaski County Municipal Court is not undertaken with the proceeds of such bonds, all amounts collected hereunder shall be subject to appropriation by the quorum court and used as permitted by law.

(Ord. No. 81-OR-46, Arts. 1—3, 8-25-81; Ord. No. 83-OR-17, Arts. 1—3, 5-26-83; Ord. No. 83-OR-36, Art. 1, 9-28-83; Ord. No. 84-OR-34, Arts. 1—3, 8-29-84; Ord. No. 85-OR-41, Arts. 1—3, 5-29-85; Ord. No. 86-OR-24, Arts. 1—3, 3-26-86; Ord. No. 86-OR-97, Arts. 1—3, 11-26-86; Ord. No. 87-OR-73, Arts. 1—4, 10-30-87)

*  Editor's note— Ord. No. 81-OR-46, arts. 1—3, enacted Aug. 25, 1981, did not expressly amend this Code; therefore, inclusion as § 4-6 was at the editor's discretion. Similarly, arts. 1—3 of Ord. No. 83-OR-17, adopted May 26, 1983, were included as subsection (d); and arts. 1—4 of Ord. No. 87-OR-73, adopted October 30, 1987, were included as subsection (e).

Cross reference— County jail revenue bond board, § 2-285 et seq.