(A) Accident report charges. The Police Department shall, pursuant to I.C. 9-26-2-3, supply information concerning accident investigation and reports to persons entitled thereto and shall furnish a copy of the accident reports. The charge for providing a copy made by means of a duplicating machine shall be $10 for each such report so furnished and shall be payable at the time the report is furnished.
(B) Account established; use.
(1) Fees collected under provisions of this section shall be deposited in a separate account to be known as Accident Report Account and shall be expended at the discretion of the Chief Administrative Officer of the Police Department for any Department purpose reasonably related to the keeping of accident reports and records or the prevention of highway and street accidents.
(2) The Clerk-Treasurer shall receipt the fees to a separate fund in the ledger of receipts and disbursements entitled Accident Report Account and deposit the receipts in the city’s Police Continuing Education Fund. Expenditures shall be authorized by the Chief of Police, limited to the approved uses provided in the law, and paid without appropriation on the basis of a claim filed, allowed, and paid in the regular legal manner.
(2003 Code, § 3.24.020) (Ord. 1987-10, passed 9-14-1987; Ord. 2009-9, passed 9-14-2009)