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RESOLUTION NUMBER 7542 A RESOLUTION OF THE MISSOULA CITY COUNCIL INCREASING MUNICIPAL COURT ADMINISTRATIVE FEES AND CHARGES FOR PROCESSING CITATIONS AND COMPLAINTS. WHEREAS, the City of Missoula has a Municipal Court established for the purposes of processing misdemeanor criminal offenses pursuant to Montana state law, Missoula Municipal Code ordinance violations and all civil actions and proceedings provided for and authorized pursuant to Mont. Code Ann. § 3-6-103 pertaining to Municipal Court jurisdiction; and WHEREAS, Municipal Court operations incur numerous monetary expenses for court administrative expenses, necessary room, furniture, fixtures and supplies as well as salaries and related monetary expenses; and, WHEREAS, the Missoula City Council desires that municipal court administrative processing fees and defendant installment fee contracts on time pay accounts be assessed by the Municipal Court with respect to each citation or complaint processed by the Municipal Court at the time the defendant is sentenced after a plea of guilty or is found guilty of the charges in addition to any other fees or charges required by Montana state law with respect to either civil or criminal court proceedings. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following administrative fee and time pay installment contract fee be established and assessed by the Municipal Court: There is hereby established administrative fees and charges to be assessed by the Municipal Court as part of the disposition of all citations and complaints, criminal and traffic for which there is a conviction or plea of guilty entered. An administrative processing fee for any citation or complaint in the Municipal Court of the City of Missoula of eighteen dollars ($18.00) shall be assessed each citation or complaint in addition to the regular fines, surcharges and fees at the time the defendant pleads or is convicted of any charges. The Municipal Court shall assess a time pay fee on all time payment contracts allowed the defendant for payment of fines, costs and charges in Municipal Court on an installment basis in the amount of $5.00 for each time pay contract as authorized and hereby approved by the City Council. PASSED AND ADOPTED with an effective date of January 1, 2011. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 28th day of June, 2010. ATTEST: APPROVED: Martha L. Rehbein John Engen Martha L. Rehbein, CMC John Engen City Clerk Mayor