(a) Any person who fails to appear at the place and within the time specified in the summons or citation addressed to the person by an officer upon the person’s arrest for any violation of this traffic code for which a criminal penalty is provided is guilty of a misdemeanor regardless of the disposition of the charge on which the person was originally arrested.
(b) Any person who seeks to contest an administrative citation, or fails to remit payment of an administrative fine within 10 days of receiving an administrative citation, has opted not to receive an administrative citation, and shall be issued a summons or citation pursuant to § 15-26.1(a).
(Sec. 15-26.3, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.)) (1990 Code, Ch. 15, Art. 26, § 15-26.3) (Am. Ords. 90-77, 95-15, 04-13)