There is hereby established a municipal court for the City of Towanda. The municipal court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine cases involving violations of the laws of the city.
(Code 1985)
The Kansas code of procedure for municipal courts, as set forth in K.S.A. 12-4101 et seq. and all acts amendatory or supplemental thereto shall govern the practice and procedure in all cases in the municipal court.
(Code 1985)
The municipal court shall be presided over by a municipal judge who shall be appointed by the mayor with the consent of the council.
(C.O. No. 2, Sec. 4; Code 1985)
The municipal judge shall have such powers and duties as set forth in the Kansas code of procedure for municipal courts (K.S.A. 12-4101 et seq.) and all acts amendatory or supplemental thereto.
(Code 1985)
The municipal judge shall receive a salary fixed by ordinance.
(Code 1985)
If the municipal judge is absent, sick, or disqualified from acting, the judge shall appoint some suitable and proper person to be municipal judge pro tem until such absence, disability or objection shall cease.
(K.S.A. 12-4107; Code 1985)
(a) Failure to appear shall be defined as willfully incurring a forfeiture of an appearance bond and failure to surrender oneself within 30 days following the date of such forfeiture by one who is charged with a violation of the laws of the city and has been released on bond for appearance before the municipal court for trial or other proceeding prior to conviction, or willfully incurring a forfeiture of an appearance bond and failing to surrender oneself within 30 days after his or her conviction of a violation of the laws of the city, has become final by one who has been released on an appearance bond by any court of this state.
(b) Any person who is released upon his or her own recognizance, without surety, or who fails to appear in response to a summons, notice to appear, or traffic citation duly served upon him or her personally shall be deemed a person released on bond for appearance within the meaning of subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Failure to appear, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by incarceration for up to 30 days and/or a fine of up to $250.
(Ord. 314)
(a) Each person convicted of a traffic infraction or misdemeanor in the Municipal Court of Towanda, Kansas shall be assessed court costs of fifty dollars ($50.00).
(b) Such assessment shall be designated as court costs and shall be in addition to any fine, order or restitution, mileage and/or witness fees imposed by the Municipal Judge.
(c) When applicable, the state-mandated fees of Kansas for the Judicial Branch Education Fund and Law Enforcement Training Fund will be set aside from the court costs stated in subsection (a), accumulated and paid to the Kansas State Treasurer pursuant to K.S.A. 12-4116 and K.S.A. 12-4117.
(K.S.A. 12-4116:4117; C.O. No. 3; C.O. No. 7; Ord. 681; Ord. 686; Code 2019)