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6-3.13(g)   Report on Residential Tax Title Payment Agreements.
   The Collector-Treasurer shall report to the Boston City Council no later than July 1, 2020 and July 1, 2021 on the outcome of the residential tax title payment programs, including number of enrolled taxpayers, program default rate, delinquent tax collected, recommendations for expansion or alteration of the program and other issues as determined by the Collector-Treasurer. In reviewing potential program expansion or modification, the Collector-Treasurer shall specifically examine the feasibility and utility of offering tax title payment agreements to persons with disabilities, active duty military members and taxpayers experiencing or who have experienced temporary unemployment, among other classes identified by the Collector-Treasurer.
(CBC 1985 6-3.13(g); Ord. 2018 c. 10 § 1)
6-4   APPROPRIATIONS AND LOANS.
6-4.1   Submission of Annual Budget.
   In the event that he or she has not done so prior to such time, the Mayor, not later than May 1 of each year, shall submit to the Boston City Council the annual budget of the current expenses of the city and county for the forthcoming fiscal year in its entirety as provided for by Chapter 486 of the Acts of 1909.
(Ord. 1979 c. 43; CBC 1985 6-4.1)
6-5   FINANCE COMMISSION.
   No ordinances apply. See special statutes.
(CBC 1975 Ord. T6; CBC 1985 6-5)
6-6   OFFICE OF THE PARKING CLERK.
6-6.1   Parking Clerk; Appointment and Duties.
   (A)   There shall be in the city a Division of the Traffic and Parking Department known as the Office of the Parking Clerk, under the control and direction of an official known as the Parking Clerk, appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the Boston City Council under the provisions of the charter and pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter 90, Section 20A½.
   (B)   The Parking Clerk shall supervise and coordinate the processing of parking notices in the city. The Parking Clerk shall have the authority to hire or designate such personnel as may be necessary or contract by competitive bid including, but not limited to, advertising in a newspaper of general circulation once a week for at least two consecutive weeks, the use of detailed, written publicly available selection criteria by the Parking Clerk, in conformance with any and all special and general laws dealing with open competitive bidding for such services, subject to appropriation, to implement the provisions of this Section and M.G.L. Chapter 90, Sections 10A½, 20C and 20E.
   (C)   Positions in the Office of the Parking Clerk shall be filled until June 30, 1983, by granting preference to persons who had been employees of the Police, Fire or Traffic and Parking Departments of the city after July 1, 1981, and all positions shall be subject to M.G.L. Chapter 31.
   (D)   The amount expended for personnel of the Office of the Parking Clerk shall not exceed 5% of the total receipts collected during the previous fiscal year.
(CBC 1985 6-6.1; Ord. 1982 c. 14)
Editor’s note:
   The powers and duties of the Traffic and Parking Commission, the Traffic and Parking Commissioner and the Traffic and Parking Department were assumed by the Transportation Commission, the Transportation Commissioner and the Transportation Department respectively under the provisions of s. 20 of Ch. 608 of the Acts of 1986.
6-6.2   Issuance of Parking Violation Notices.
   (A)   It shall be the duty of every Police Officer, and every person assigned such responsibility, who takes cognizance of a violation of any provision of any rule, regulation, order, ordinance or by-law regulating the parking of motor vehicles in the city forthwith to give the offender a notice to appear before the Parking Clerk, during regular Office hours, not later than 21 days after the date of the violation.
   (B)   The notice to appear shall be in tag form, as prescribed by M.G.L. Chapter 90, Section 20A½.
   (C)   The Parking Clerk shall distribute such violation notices to the Police Commissioner and Traffic and Parking Commissioner and other authorized enforcement officials upon request, and shall take a receipt therefor.
   (D)   Notice affixed to a motor vehicle as provided in M.G.L. Chapter 90, Section 20A½ shall be deemed a sufficient notice and shall be deemed prima facie evidence thereof and shall be admissible in any judicial or administrative proceedings of the Office of the Parking Clerk as to the facts contained therein.
   (E)   At or before the completion of each tour of duty, the Officer shall give to his or her commanding Officer copies of each notice of violation issued during such tour. The Commanding Officer shall retain and safely preserve one copy of each violation notice and shall at a time no later than the beginning of the next business day, deliver a copy of the notice to the Office of the Parking Clerk. The Parking Clerk shall maintain a docket of all such notices to appear.
(CBC 1985 6-6.2; Ord. 1982 c. 14)
Editor’s note:
   The powers and duties of the Traffic and Parking Commission, the Traffic and Parking Commissioner and the Traffic and Parking Department were assumed by the Transportation Commission, the Transportation Commissioner and the Transportation Department respectively under the provisions of s. 20 of Ch. 608 of the Acts of 1986.
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