(a) Established. The Chief of Police shall establish a Traffic Violations Bureau to assist the Municipal Court with the clerical work of traffic cases. The Bureau shall be in charge of such person or persons and shall be open at such hours as the Chief of Police may designate.
(b) Municipal Court to Designate Fines which May Be Paid at Bureau. The Municipal Court shall designate the fines to be paid for first, second and third offenses which may be satisfied by payment of the same at the Traffic Violations Bureau, provided that such fines are within the limits established as penalties for violations of the provision of the State traffic laws and the traffic ordinances of the City.
(c) Duties. The following duties are hereby imposed upon the Traffic Violations Bureau:
(1) It shall accept designated fines, issue receipts and represent in court such violators as are permitted and desire to plead guilty, waive court appearance and give power of attorney.
(2) It shall receive and issue receipts for bail from the persons who must or wish to be heard in court, enter the time of their appearance on the court docket and notify the arresting officer and witnesses, if any, to be present.
(3) It shall keep an easily accessible record of all violations of which each person has been guilty during the preceding twelve months, whether such guilt was established in court or in the Traffic Violations Bureau.
(4) (EDITOR’S NOTE: Former subsection (c)(4) was repealed by Ordinance 12(20-21), passed March 5, 2020.)
(5) (EDITOR’S NOTE: Former subsection (c)(5) was repealed by Ordinance 12(20-21), passed March 5, 2020.)
(d) Record and Reports. The Traffic Violations Bureau shall keep records and submit summarized monthly reports to the Mayor of all notices issued and arrests made for violations of the State traffic laws and the traffic ordinances of the City, of all the fines collected by the Traffic Violations Bureau or the court and of the final disposition or present status of every case of violation of the provisions of the traffic laws or ordinances. Such records shall be so maintained as to show all types of violations and the totals of each. Such records shall be public records. (1957 Code §19-32 to 19-37)
(e) (EDITOR’S NOTE: Former subsection (e) was repealed by Ordinance 12(20-21), passed March 5, 2020.)
(f) (EDITOR’S NOTE: Former subsection (f) was repealed by Ordinance 12(20-21), passed March 5, 2020.)