[CC 1996 §135.010; CC 1977 §72.010; Ord. No. 594 §72.010, 10-9-1978]
There is hereby established in this City a Municipal Court to
be known as the "Bowling Green Court, a Division of the 11th Judicial
Circuit Court for the State of Missouri". This Court is a continuation
of the Police Court of the City as previously established and is termed
herein "the Municipal Court".
[CC 1996 §135.020; CC 1977 §72.020; Ord. No. 594 §72.020, 10-9-1978]
The jurisdiction of the Municipal Court shall extend to all
cases involving alleged violations of the ordinances of the City.
[CC 1996 §135.030; CC 1977 §72.030; Ord. No. 594 §72.030, 10-9-1978; Ord.
No. 1100 §I, 5-10-1999; Ord. No. 1355 §I(2), 6-16-2003]
The City of Bowling Green, Missouri, hereby elects to have all
violations of its municipal ordinances heard and determined by the
Associate Circuit Judge of Pike County, Missouri, pursuant to Section
479.040, RSMo. The City shall request the Presiding Judge to enter
an order allowing the Associate Circuit Judge of Pike County to commence
hearing such violations immediately upon passage of this ordinance,
dated June 16, 2003.
[CC 1996 §135.070; CC 1977 §72.070; Ord. No. 594 §72.070, 10-9-1978]
The Municipal Court of the City shall be subject to the rules
of the Circuit Court of which it is a part and to the rules of the
State Supreme Court. The Municipal Court shall be subject to the general
administrative authority of the Presiding Judge of the Circuit Court
and the Judge and Court personnel of said Court shall obey his/her
directives.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former Section 135.050, Report to Board
of Aldermen, was superseded at the direction of the City with the
passage of Ord. No. 1839, 4-17-2017.
[CC 1996 §135.090; CC 1977 §72.090; Ord. No. 594 §72.090, 10-9-1978]
The Municipal Judge shall be a conservator of the peace. He/she
shall keep a docket in which he/she shall enter every case commenced
before him/her and the proceedings therein and he/she shall keep such
other records as may be required. Such docket and records shall be
records of the Circuit Court of Pike County. The Municipal Judge shall
deliver the docket and records of the Municipal Court and all books
and papers pertaining to his/her office to his/her successor in office
or to the Presiding Judge of the Circuit.
[CC 1996 §135.100; CC 1977 §72.100; Ord. No. 594 §72.100, 10-9-1978; Ord.
No. 854 §1, 6-8-1992]
A.
The
Municipal Judge shall be and is hereby authorized to:
1.
Establish a Violations Bureau as provided for in the Missouri Rules
of Practice and Procedure in Municipal and Traffic Courts and Section
479.050, RSMo.
2.
Administer oaths and enforce due obedience to all orders, rules and
judgments made by him/her and may fine and imprison for contempt committed
before him/her while holding Court in the same manner and to the same
extent as a Circuit Judge.
3.
Commute the term of any sentence, stay execution of any fine or sentence,
suspend any fine or sentence, suspend the imposition of any fine or
sentence and make such other orders as the Municipal Judge deems necessary
relative to any matter that may be pending in the Municipal Court.
4.
Make and adopt such rules of practice and procedure as are necessary
to implement and carry out the provisions of this Chapter and to make
and adopt such rules of practice and procedure as are necessary to
hear and decide matters pending before the Municipal Court and to
implement and carry out the provisions of the Missouri Rules of Practice
and Procedure in Municipal and Traffic Courts. Any and all rules made
or adopted hereunder may be annulled or amended by an ordinance limited
to such purpose; provided that such ordinance does not violate, or
conflict with, the provisions of the Missouri Rules of Practice and
Procedure in Municipal and Traffic Courts or State Statutes.
5.
The Municipal Judge shall have such other powers, duties and privileges
as are or may be prescribed by the laws of this State, this Code or
other ordinances of this City.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former Section 135.080, Associate Municipal
Judge, and Section 135.090, Violations Bureau, were superseded at
the direction of the City with the passage of Ord. No. 1839, 4-17-2017.
[CC 1996 §135.120; CC 1977 §72.120; Ord. No. 594 §72.120, 10-9-1978]
All warrants issued by a Municipal Judge shall be directed to
the City Marshal, Chief of Police or any other Police Officer of the
municipality or to the Sheriff of the County. The warrant shall be
executed by the Marshal, Chief of Police, Police Officer or Sheriff
any place within the limits of the County and not elsewhere, unless
the warrants are endorsed in the manner provided for warrants in criminal
cases and, when so endorsed, shall be served in other Counties as
provided for in warrants in criminal cases.
[CC 1996 §135.130; CC 1977 §72.130; Ord. No. 594 §72.130, 10-9-1978]
The City Marshal, Chief of Police or other Police Officer of
the City shall, without a warrant, make arrest of any person who commits
an offense in his/her presence, but such officer shall, before the
trial, file a written complaint with the Judge hearing violations
of municipal ordinances.
[CC 1996 §135.140; CC 1977 §72.140; Ord. No. 594 §72.140, 10-9-1978]
Any person charged with a violation of a municipal ordinance
of this City shall be entitled to a trial by jury as in prosecutions
for misdemeanors before an Associate Circuit Judge. Whenever a defendant
accused of a violation of a municipal ordinance demands trial by jury,
the Municipal Court shall certify the case to the Presiding Judge
of the Circuit Court for reassignment.
[CC 1996 §135.150; CC 1977 §72.150; Ord. No. 594 §72.150, 10-9-1978]
It shall be the duty of the City Attorney to prosecute the violations
of the City's ordinances before the Municipal Judge or before any
Circuit Judge hearing violations of the City's ordinances. The salary
or fees of the attorney and his/her necessary expenses incurred in
such prosecutions shall be paid by the City. The compensation for
such attorney shall not be contingent upon the result in any case.
[CC 1996 §135.160; CC 1977 §72.160; Ord. No. 594 §72.160, 10-9-1978]
It shall be the duty of the Municipal Judge to summon all persons
whose testimony may be deemed essential as witnesses at the trial
and to enforce their attendance by attachment, if necessary. The fees
of witnesses shall be the same as those fixed for witnesses in trials
before Associate Circuit Judges and shall be taxed as other costs
in the case. When a trial shall be continued by a Municipal Judge,
it shall not be necessary to summon any witnesses who may be present
at the continuance; but the Municipal Judge shall orally notify such
witnesses as either party may require to attend before him/her on
the day set for trial to testify in the case and enter the names of
such witnesses on his/her docket, which oral notice shall be valid
as a summons.
[CC 1996 §135.170; CC 1977 §72.170; Ord. No. 594 §72.170, 10-9-1978]
If, in the progress of any trial before a Municipal Judge, it
shall appear to the Judge that the accused ought to be put upon trial
for an offense against the criminal laws of the State and not cognizable
before him/her as Municipal Judge, he/she shall immediately stop all
further proceedings before him/her a Municipal Judge and cause the
complaint to be made before some Associate Circuit Judge within the
County.
[CC 1996 §135.180; CC 1977 §72.180; Ord. No. 594 §72.180, 10-9-1978]
If, in the opinion of the Municipal Judge, the City has no suitable
and safe place of confinement, the Municipal Judge may commit the
defendant to the County Jail and it shall be the duty of the Sheriff,
if space for the prisoner is available in the County Jail, upon receipt
of a warrant of commitment from the Judge to receive and safely keep
such prisoner until discharged by due process of law. The municipality
shall pay the board of such prisoner at the same rate as may now or
hereafter be allowed to such Sheriff for the keeping of such prisoner
in his/her custody. The same shall be taxed as cost.
[CC 1996 §135.190]
A.
Any
Judge hearing violations of municipal ordinances may, when in his/her
judgment it may seem advisable, grant a parole or probation to any
person who shall plead guilty or who shall be convicted after a trial
before such Judge. When a person is placed on probation, he/she shall
be given a certificate explicitly stating the conditions on which
he/she is being released.
B.
In
addition to such other authority as exists to order conditions of
probation, the Court may order conditions which the Court believes
will serve to compensate the victim of the crime, any dependent of
the victim or society in general. Such conditions may include, but
need not be limited to:
1.
Restitution to the victim or any dependent of the victim in an amount
to be determined by the Judge; and
2.
The performance of a designated amount of free work for a public
or charitable purpose or purposes as determined by the Judge.
3.
A person may refuse probation conditioned on the performance of free
work. If he/she does so, the Court shall decide the extent or duration
of sentence or other disposition to be imposed and render judgment
accordingly. Any County, City, person, organization or agency or employee
of a County, City, organization or agency charged with the supervision
of such free work or who benefits from its performance shall be immune
from any suit by the person placed on parole or probation or any person
deriving a cause of action from him/her if such cause of action arises
from such supervision of performance, except for intentional torts
or gross negligence. The services performed by the probationer or
parolee shall not be deemed employment within the meaning of the provisions
of Chapter 288, RSMo.
4.
The Court may modify or enlarge the conditions of probation at any
time prior to the expiration or termination of the probation term.
[CC 1996 §135.200]
B.
In
any case tried before a Municipal Judge who is licensed to practice
law in this State or before an Associate Circuit Judge, except where
there has been a plea of guilty or the case has been tried with a
jury, the defendant shall have a right of trial de novo before a Circuit
Judge or upon assignment before an Associate Circuit Judge. An application
for a trial de novo shall be filed within ten (10) days after judgment
and shall be filed in such form and perfected in such manner as provided
by Supreme Court Rule.
C.
In
any case tried with a jury before an Associate Circuit Judge, a record
shall be made and appeals may be had upon that record to the appropriate
Appellate Court.
D.
The
Supreme Court may provide by rule what record shall be kept and may
provide that it be a stenographic record or one made by the utilization
of electronic, magnetic or mechanical sound or video recording devices.
[CC 1996 §135.210; CC 1977 §72.210; Ord. No. 594 §72.210, 10-9-1978]
In all cases in which a jury trial has been demanded, a record
of the proceedings shall be made and appeals may be had upon that
record to the appropriate Appellate Court.
[CC 1996 §135.220; CC 1977 §72.220; Ord. No. 594 §72.220, 10-9-1978]
In the case of a breach of any recognizance entered into before
a Municipal Judge or an Associate Circuit Judge hearing a municipal
ordinance violation case, the same shall be deemed forfeited and the
Judge shall cause the same to be prosecuted against the principal
and surety, or either of them, in the name of the municipality as
plaintiff. Such action shall be prosecuted before a Circuit Judge
or Associate Circuit Judge and in the event of cases caused to be
prosecuted by a Municipal Judge, such shall be on the transcript of
the proceedings before the Municipal Judge. All monies recovered in
such actions shall be paid over to the Municipal Treasury to the General
Revenue Fund of the municipality.
[CC 1996 §135.230; CC 1977 §72.230; Ord. No. 594 §72.230, 10-9-1978]
A Municipal Judge shall be disqualified to hear any case in
which he/she is in anywise interested or, if before the trial is commenced,
the defendant or the prosecutor files an affidavit that the defendant
or the municipality, as the case may be, cannot have a fair and impartial
trial by reason of the interest or prejudice of the Judge. Neither
the defendant nor the municipality shall be entitled to file more
than one (1) affidavit or disqualification in the same case.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former Section 135.220, Absence of Judge
-- Procedure, and Section 135.230, Clerk of the Municipal Court, were
superseded at the direction of the City with the passage of Ord. No.
1839, 4-17-2017.
[CC 1996 §135.260; CC 1977 §72.260; Ord. No. 762 §I(72.260), 8-8-1988; Ord.
No. 887 §I, 11-8-1993; Ord. No. 974 §I, 4-8-1996; Ord.
No. 1142 §I, 4-10-2000; Ord. No. 1275 §I, 3-18-2002; Ord.
No. 1276 §I, 3-18-2002; Ord. No. 1326 §I, 10-21-2002; Ord. No. 1443 §I, 9-20-2004]
A.
In
addition to any fine or sentence that may be imposed by the Municipal
Judge, there shall be assessed as costs in all cases the following:
1.
Costs of Court in the amount of fifteen dollars ($15.00). However,
when there is an application for a trial de novo, there shall be an
additional fee of thirty dollars ($30.00).
[Ord. No. 1839 § II, 4-17-2017]
2.
Police Officer training fee. A fee of three dollars
($3.00) is hereby established and assessed as additional Court costs
in each Court proceeding, except that no such fee shall be collected
when the proceedings against the defendant have been dismissed.
a.
Two dollars ($2.00) of each such Court cost shall be transmitted
monthly to the Treasurer of the City and used to pay for Police Officer
training as provided by Sections 590.100 to 590.180, RSMo. The City
shall not retain for training purposes more than one thousand five
hundred dollars ($1,500.00) of such funds for each certified Law Enforcement
Officer or candidate for certification employed by the City. Any excess
funds shall be transmitted quarterly to the City's General Fund.
b.
One dollar ($1.00) of each such Court cost shall be sent to the State
Treasury to the credit of the Peace Officers Standards and Training
Commission Fund created by Section 590.178, RSMo.
3.
Crime Victims' Compensation Fund. An additional
sum of seven dollars fifty cents ($7.50) shall be assessed and added
to the basic costs in Subparagraph (1) of this Section, provided that
no such cost shall be collected in any proceeding when the proceeding
or the defendant has been dismissed by the Court. All sums collected
pursuant to this Subparagraph shall be paid at least monthly as follows:
4.
Alcohol- and drug-related traffic offenses. In addition
to any other penalties and costs provided by law or ordinance, the
Court may order any person convicted of an alcohol- or drug-related
traffic offense or amended alcohol- or drug-related traffic offense
to reimburse the City for the costs associated with the arrest of
such person. Such costs shall include the reasonable cost of making
the arrest, including the cost of any chemical test made to determine
the alcohol or drug content of the person's blood, and the costs of
processing, charging, booking and holding such person in custody.
A schedule of such costs shall be established by the Bowling Green
Police Department and filed with the Clerk of the Municipal Court
and the Court may impose costs in accordance with the schedule; provided,
the Court may order the costs reduced in a case if the Court determines
the costs are excessive.
5.
Other costs, such as service costs, witness fees, jail costs, fees
for the issuance of a warrant, commitment or summons, in addition
to the foregoing cost of Court.
6.
Actual costs assessed against the City by any County Sheriff or State
Peace Officer for apprehension or confinement in the County Jail.
7.
Mileage in the same amount as provided to the Sheriff in criminal
violations for each mile and fraction thereof the officer must travel
(both directions) in order to serve any warrant, summons or commitment
or order of this Court.
8.
In addition to any other Court costs provided for herein, the
Bowling Green Municipal Division of the Pike County Circuit Court
may impose an additional cost of four dollars ($4.00) in every case
of a Municipal ordinance violation, which sum shall be collected and
disbursed by the City for the purpose of providing for the operating
expenses of a shelter for victims of domestic violence established
pursuant to Sections 455.200 through 455.230, RSMo. Such costs shall
be disbursed by the City monthly to an appropriate and qualified shelter.
[Ord. No. 1775 §§I —
II, 12-15-2014]
9.
In addition to any fine or sentence imposed or court costs assessed
pursuant to ordinance, an additional three dollars ($3.00) in court
costs shall be assessed pursuant to Section 57.955, RSMo., 2000, for
the Sheriff's Retirement Fund.
[Ord. No. 1735 §I, 8-19-2013]
10.
The City authorizes and approves the court automation fee of
seven dollars ($7.00) effective June 1, 2017.
[Ord. No. 1839 § III, 4-17-2017]
11.
The City authorizes and approves a fee of two dollars ($2.00) per
case for Inmate Prisoner Detainee Security. The same is hereby established
as an additional cost by this City in conformity with Section 488.5026,
RSMo.
[Ord. No. 1917, 2-22-2021]
[CC 1996 § 135.270; CC 1977 § 72.270; Ord. No. 594 § 72.270, 10-9-1978]
The costs of any action may be assessed against the Prosecuting
witness and judgment be rendered against him/her that he/she pay the
same and stand committed until paid in any case where it appears to
the satisfaction of the Municipal Judge that the prosecution was commenced
without probable cause and from malicious motives.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former Section 135.260, Installment Payment
of Fines, Section 135.270, Municipal Judge – Compensation, and
Section 135.280, Community Service Program, were superseded at the
direction of the City with the passage of Ord. No. 1839, 4-17-2017.
