A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF GARNETT, KANSAS FROM K.S.A. 12-4112; PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS, PART OF WHICH MAY, FROM TIME TO TIME, BE AMENDED BY SIMPLE RESOLUTION ON THE SAME SUBJECT, WHICH SUBJECT DEALS WITH COSTS IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY OF GARNETT, KANSAS.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF GARNETT, KANSAS:

SECTION 1: The City of Garnett, Kansas, by the power vested in it by Article 2, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby elects to exempt itself from and make inapplicable to it the provisions of K.S.A. 12-4112, and to provide substitute and additional provisions as hereinafter set forth in this Charter Ordinance. K.S.A. 12-4112 is part of an enactment of the Legislature establishing a code of procedure for municipal courts, but the same is not and has by the Supreme Court of Kansas been held not to be uniformly applicable to all cities within the State.

SECTION 2: Costs for administration of justice under the Municipal Court Procedures Act shall be assessed in each case, in an amount to be fixed from time to time by the Governing Body of the City of Garnett, Kansas, by simple resolution. Such costs shall be uniformly applicable in all cases, except for such additional costs as may be taxed for witness fees and mileage as provided by the City of Garnett’s Charter Ordinance No. 10 and any resolution enacted under the authority of Charter Ordinance No. 10.

(03-26-1991)