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(a) Assessment. Surcharges shall be assessed by the municipal court as set forth in this section. Such surcharges shall be cumulatively assessed when applicable and shall be in addition to court costs and witness fees which may be assessed as described in section 50-36 against any defendant who pleads guilty or who after a trial by the court or by jury is found guilty or who pleads nolo contendere to any citation that includes one or more violations from the following chapters of this code: 14, 22, 66, 94, articles I through X of 134, and 146. A surcharge shall be added and separately reported to each fine as defined in the table below:

Program

Surcharge

Problem Solving Courts

$15.00

Victim Assistance

$23.50

Public Safety Assistance Agencies

$10.50

Court Technology

$1.00

Total

$50.00

(1) Maximum charge. In no case shall such fine and surcharge exceed the applicable maximum fine.

(2) Expenditures. All surcharges assessed and collected by the municipal court shall be deposited in an appropriate account within the designated revenues fund and expended for the purposes authorized by this section.

(3) Inflation. Commencing in 2019, on January 1st of each year, the surcharge fees levied and assessed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section may be adjusted for inflation in accordance with the Denver-Boulder-Greely Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers.

(4) Administration. The court administrator is hereby authorized to adopt rules and regulations regarding the administration and application of the fees established by this section.

(b) The city council authorizes that sales tax collections generated by increasing the marijuana sales tax rate to eight and three-quarters percent from seven and three-quarters percent under section 130-161(b) are hereby allocated to community service agencies and programs directly related to youth violence prevention.

(1) In order to qualify for funding, the community service agencies or program shall submit to the city manager, or designee, a proposal of the intended services to be provided following a request for proposal process as directed by the city manager or designee.

(2) Allocation of funding shall occur after the proposals submitted by the community agencies are evaluated, and funding shall be allocated based on the needs of the city at the time.

(3) This subsection does not guarantee any funding to community service agencies and it shall not be a considered a multiple fiscal year obligation of the city within the meaning of Article X Section 20 of the Colorado Constitution.

(4) This subsection shall remain in effect for five years from the date of adoption unless repealed earlier by the city council. (Code 1979, § 25-13.5; Ord. No. 2021-60, §§ 1, 2, 11-22-2021; Ord. No. 2020-60, §§ 1, 2, 11-16-2020; Ord. No. 2017-32, § 1, 9-11-2017; Ord. No. 2017-29, § 1, 8-7-2017; Ord. No. 2013-16, § 1, 5-20-2013; Ord. No. 2010-36, § 1, 10-11-2010; Ord. No. 2006-59, § 1, 11-13-2006)