Notice of A Meeting of the Mayor and the Board of Alderman
Public notice is hereby given that the meeting of City of Brownsville Board of Mayor and Alderman will take place on Tuesday, August 10, 2021, at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall, 111 North Washington Ave.
The agenda consists of the following: a Public Hearing for Ordinance 972 – Court Cost & Litigation tax
AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH REASONABLE COURT COSTS AND LEVY A LOCAL LITIGATION TAX.
WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated § 16-18-304 allows cities to set and collect reasonable municipal court costs and Tennessee Code Annotated § 67-4-601 allows cities to levy and collect local litigation taxes;
WHEREAS, the City of Brownsville has determined that it is the best interest of the City to set court costs and levy a local litigation tax;
NOW, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
BROWNSVILLE, TENNESSEE, THAT:
Section 1.
In all cases heard and determined by him or her, the city judge shall impose court costs in the amount of $125.00. One dollar ($1.00) of the court costs shall be forwarded by the court clerk to the state treasurer to be used by the administrative office of the courts for training and continuing education courses for municipal court judges and municipal court clerks. In addition, the court shall levy a local litigation tax in the amount of thirteen dollars and seventy-five cents ($13.75) in all cases in which the state litigation tax is levied.
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