§ 9-7.2. City court enhancement fund.

(a)

There is hereby created a court enhancement fund, which shall be used exclusively to enhance the technological, operational and security capabilities of the city court.

(b)

The city court enhancement fund shall be funded by an enhancement fee in the amount of thirty dollars ($30.00), which shall be applied by the city court on all fines, sanctions, penalties and assessments imposed by the city court. All applicable surcharges shall be applied to the court enhancement fee, and shall be paid over to the Arizona Supreme Court. The enhancement fee shall also apply to fees collected for court authorized diversion programs. "Court authorized diversion program," as used in this section, means a program in which an individual charged with any civil, criminal or petty offense is not prosecuted for the offense on successful completion of an authorized diversion program and it includes authorized defensive driving courses.

(c)

The court enhancement fund shall be established as a designated fund account with the city treasurer. The city court shall collect enhancement fees and deposit them in the court enhancement fund account. The city treasurer shall invest the monies in the fund in the same manner as city funds. Interest earned on fund monies shall be deposited in the fund.

(d)

The city court shall administer the fund and may make expenditures from the fund for the purposes provided in this section. Monies from the fund shall supplement monies already provided to the city court for the general purposes stated in this section.

(e)

The city court shall annually submit to the mayor and city council, and the city manager, a report detailing the amount of money collected and expended during the reporting period and the progress made in court enhancement.

(Ord. No. 2570, § 1, 7-6-93; Ord. No. 3362, § 1, 12-4-00; Ord. No. 3855, § 1, 5-19-09; Ord. No. 4153, § 1, 5-13-14)