20021112 2002-18ORDINANCE NO. 2002- 18
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF
FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA, BY ADDING NEW SECTIONS 26-4 and 26-5, PERTAINING TO
COURTHOUSE SECURITY FEES AND SHERIFF'S PROCESSING FEES.
BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Cotmcil of the City of Fairfax, that Chapter 26 of the
Code of the City of Fairfax, Virginia, is hereby amended by the addition of Sections 26-4 and
26-5, which shall read in their entirety as follows:
Sec. 26-4.
Courthouse security fee.
(a)Imposition, amount. In addition to any other fee or cost prescribed by law, whenever fees
are taxed as costs in a criminal or traffic case in the general district court of the city in which
the defendant is convicted of a violation of any statute or ordinance, there is hereby assessed a
fee of Five Dollars ($5.00). Such fees shall be assessed as other fees are taxed in criminal or
traffic cases.
(b)Administration. The fees imposed pursuant to this section shall be charged and collected by
the clerk of the general district court for the city in the same manner as other fees are charged
and collected in such cases. The fees shall be remitted by the clerk to the city treasurer and
held by the treasurer subject to disbursements by the city council for the funding of
courthouse security personnel in accordance with Virginia Code § 53.1-120. This section shall
expire on July 1, 2004.
Sec. 26-5.
Sheriff's processing fee.
(a)Imposition, amount. In addition to any other fee or cost prescribed by law, as part of the
costs assessed on any individual who is admitted to the Fairfax County jail following
conviction in the general district court of the city, there is hereby imposed a Sheriff's
processing fee of Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00). Such fees shall be assessed as other fees are
taxed in criminal or traffic cases.
(b)Administration. The fees imposed pursuant to this section shall be charged and collected by
the clerk of the general district court for the city in the same manner as other fees are charged
and collected in such cases. The fees shall be remitted by the clerk to the city treasurer and
held by the treasurer subject to disbursements by the city council to defray the costs incurred
by the Sheriff in processing arrested persons into the Fairfax County jail.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this ordinance shall become effective on adoption
as provided by law.
INTRODUCED: October 22, 2002
PUBLIC HEARING: November 12, 2002
ENACTED: November 12, 2002
Mayor
ATTEST:
The vote to adopt the ordinance was recorded as follows:
Councilwoman Cross
Councilman Greenfield
Councilwoman Lyon
Councilman Rasmussen
Councilman Silverthome
Councilwoman Winter
Vote
Aye
Absent
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye