07-10407 Municipal Court Jurisdiction(Published in the Salina Journal on August 10 2007)
ORDINANCE NUMBER 07-10407
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 23, ARTICLE I, OF THE SALINA
CODE BY ADDING SECTION 23-2 PERTAINING TO GIVING MUNICIPAL COURT
JURISDICTION TO HEAR DUI, DOMESTIC BATTERY AND THEFT CASES THAT COULD
BE THIRD OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSES.
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w BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina, Kansas:
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Section 1. That the Salina Code is hereby amended by adding a section to be numbered,
Section 23-2, which section reads as follows:
U "Sec. 23-2. Jurisdiction.
The Municipal Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine cases involving
violations of the ordinances of this city, including jurisdiction to hear and determine a
violation of an ordinance when the elements of such ordinance violation are the same as
the elements of a violation of one of the following state statutes and would constitute, and
be punished as a felony if charged in the district court:
K.S.A. 8-1567, and amendments thereto, driving under the influence;
K.S.A. 21-3412a, and amendments thereto, domestic battery; or
K.S.A.21-3701, and amendments thereto, theft."
Section 2. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption
and publication once in the official city newspaper.
Introduced: August 13, 2007
Passed: August 13, 2007
Alan E. Ji a, Mayor
(SEAL)
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ATTEST:
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Lieu Ann Elsey, CMC, City Olerk
Introduced: August 13, 2007
Passed: August 13, 2007
Alan E. Ji a, Mayor