HomeMy WebLinkAbout06235ORDINANCE NO. 6235
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1 OF TITLE XI OF
THE 1971 CODE OF ORDINANCES IMPOSING A PUEBLO
METRO D.A.R.E. SURCHARGE AS ADDITIONAL PENALTY
TO VIOLATIONS OF POLICE REGULATIONS RELATING TO
VIOLENCE, ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND ILLEGAL DRUGS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that: (Brackets indicate
matter to be omitted, underscoring indicates new matter.)
SECTION 1
Section 103 of Chapter 1 of Title XI of the 1971 Code of Ordinances of the City of Pueblo
is hereby amended to read as follows:
11 -1 -103 Penalties for Violation
(1) Unless otherwise specified, the punishment for violation of an offense
described in this Chapter shall be a fine of not more than three hundred dollars ($300.00)
or imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or both such fine and imprisonment,
provided that if the person found guilty of a violation of an offense was under eighteen (18)
years of age at the time of the offense, the court shall not impose a jail sentence.
(2) The punishment for violation of an offense defined as a Class 1 municipal
offense shall be a fine of not more than three hundred dollars ($300.00) or imprisonment for
not more than ninety (90) days, or both such fine and imprisonment, provided that if the
person found guilty of a violation of a Class 1 municipal offense was under eighteen (18)
years of age at the time of the offense, the court shall not impose a jail sentence.
(3) The punishment for violation of an offense defined as a Class 2 municipal
offense shall be a fine of not more than three hundred dollars ($300.00) [Ord. No. 6060,
2- 26 -96]
( In addition to the penalties provided herein, any person convicted of a
violation of Sections 11 -1 -201. 11 -1 -207 11 -1 -301, 11 -1 -302, 11 -1 -602 or 11 -1 -608 of this
Code shall be assessed a fee to be known as the Pueblo Metro D.A.R.E. Surcharge in the
amount of five dollars ($5.00) The Pueblo Metro D.A.R.E. Surcharge shall be imposed at
the time of conviction and may only be waived by the Court upon a finding that the
defendant or in the case of a minor the defendant's parent is indigent. For purposes of this
subsection (4) conviction shall include all guilty pleas, findings of guilt and deferred
sentences. The Pueblo Metro D.A.R.E. surcharge shall be collected by the Municipal Court
and paid into the City's general fund.
SECTION 2
This Ordinance shall become effective October 1, 1997.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
INTRODUCED August 11, 1997
By __Sam Corsentino
Councilperson
APPROVED:
President of 4 City ouncil
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