HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD.2935.09-17-2001BILL NO. 2001-179
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION
16-33 OF THE CITY CODE, RELATING
TO MOTORCYCLES SAFETY TRUST FUND
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE
GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:
ARTICLE 1. Section 16-33 of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, entitled "Same --Motorcycles
safety trust fund", reading as follows:
Sec. 16-33. Same --Motorcycles safety trust fund.
(a) Any person who has been convicted of
violating an ordinance of this city as an operator of a
motorcycle or motortricycle shall be assessed
additional court costs of five dollars ($5.00). Any
motor vehicle operator who has been convicted of
violating an ordinance of this city where the violation
involves a motorcycle or motortricycle or where the
operator causes an accident involving a motorcycle or
motortricycle shall be assessed additional court costs
of five dollars ($5.00).
(b) Each court cost assessed under this section
shall be doubled if the operator at fault violated any
state law or local ordinance relating to the
consumption of alcohol.
(c) The court costs collected under this section
by the clerks of the courts shall be paid into the
state treasury to the credit of the motorcycle safety
trust fund created in this section.
(d) The court costs authorized in this section
shall be in addition to all other court costs
authorized by state statute or by the City Code of Cape
Girardeau, Missouri. These additional court costs shall
be assessed by the official of the municipal court
responsible for collecting court costs and fines.
(e) The provisions of this section shall
terminate on August 28, 2002.
is,,hereby repealed in its entirety, and a new Section 16-33
entitled "Same --Motorcycles safety trust fund" is hereby enacted
in lieu thereof, in words and figures, to read as follows:
Sec. 16-33. Same --Motorcycles safety trust fund.
(a) Any person who has been convicted of
violating an ordinance of this city as an operator of a
motorcycle or motortricycle shall be assessed
additional court costs of five dollars ($5.00). Any
motor vehicle operator who has been convicted of
violating an ordinance of this city where the violation
involves a motorcycle or motortricycle or where the
operator causes an accident involving a motorcycle or
motortricycle shall be assessed additional court costs
of five dollars ($5.00).
(b) Each court cost assessed under this section
shall be doubled if the operator at fault violated any
state law or local ordinance relating to the
consumption of alcohol.
(c) The court costs collected under this section
by the clerks of the courts shall be paid into the
state treasury to the credit of the motorcycle safety
trust fund created in this section.
(d) The court costs authorized in this section
shall be in addition to all other court costs
authorized by state statute or by the City Code of Cape
Girardeau, Missouri. These additional court costs shall
be assessed by the official of the municipal court
responsible for collecting court costs and fines.
ARTICLE 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held
invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct
and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions hereof.
ARTICLE 3. It is the intention of the governing body and
it is hereby ordained that the provisions of this ordinance
shall become and be made a part of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and the sections of this Code
may be renumbered to accomplish such intention.
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ARTICLE 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect ten days after its passage and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS
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ATTEST:
Gayle Conrad, City Clerk
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