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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1995-0992 INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS Council Bill No. 8 ORDINANCE NO. 992 Series of 1995 TITLE: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF LAWS OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, SECTION 14-14, WHEAT RIDGE MUNICIPAL COURT FUND, ALLOWING ADDITIONAL USES OF COURT FUND PROCEEDS BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO, THAT: Section 1. Wheat Ridge Code of Laws Section 14-14, Wheat Ridge Municipal Court Fund, is modified by the addition of the following language: Section 14-14, Wheat Ridge Municipal Court Fund (a) Establishment; use of proceeds; authority to create and collect. Proceeds of the Wheat Ridae Municioal Court Fund mav be used for other ourooses related to orobation or Municioal Court oroarams in the event funds are available after meetina the demands of the victim witness services. (d) Expenditure of Funds; designation budget line item; Council has authority to appropriate additional funds; accounting. All funds collected as a result of the imposition of the court costs established by this section shall be specifically earmarked for the Wheat Ridge Municipal Court Fund and shall be expended solely for the programs authorized by the Municipal Court which provide victim and witness assistance or other oroarams as aooroved by the Municioal Court oursuant to Sec. (a) relating to crimes which occur within the City. Section 2. Safety Clause. The City Council hereby finds, determines, and declares that this ordinance is promulgated under the general police power of the City of Wheat Ridge, that it is promulgated for the health, safety, and welfare of the public and that this ordinance is necessary for the preservation of health and safety and for the protection of public convenience and welfare. The City Council further determines that the ordinance beards a rational relation to the proper legislative object sought to be attained. Section 3. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall for any reason be judged by a court of competent jurisdiction invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this ordinance or its application to other persons or circumstances. Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon passage. INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of ~ to ~ on this 27th day of Februarv , 1995, ordered published in ORDINANCE NO. 992 Page -2- full in a newspaper of general circulation in the city of Wheat Ridge and Public Hearing and consideration on final passage set for March 27 .1995, at 7:00 o'clock p.m., in the Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado. READ, ADOPTED, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading by a vote of ~ to -0..-, this 27th day of March , 1995. SIGNED by the Mayor on this ~ day of March , 1995. I ! j :J I , );t' [,' , ...:...J ~ v c., t A'_ ,!. '.' < Wanda Sang, City ~<L/.-' DAN WILDE, MAYOR APPROVED AS TO FORM BY CITY ATTORNEY ~ J,' ,I1', ~~ '_'/tJ.I/1U~1 xfdAk'~ Kathryn sbhroeder, City Attorney 1st publication: March 9, 1995 2nd publication: April 6, 1995 Wheat Ridge sentinel Effective Date: Upon passage - March 27, 1995