(A) Fund established; use. The Clerk-Treasurer is authorized to establish a non-reverting accident report account and shall be used exclusively by the Police Department and shall be under the control of the Chief of Police and is subject to provisions of this section.
(1992 Code, § 3.28.04)
(B) Sources. The sources of this fund shall be provided exclusively by the monies collected from the provision of copies of accident and offense reports completed by the Police Department at the rate of $5 per report.
(1992 Code, § 3.28.06)
(C) Limitation on fund. In keeping with the provisions of this section, the following procedures shall be followed in accounting for this fund:
(1) A receipt shall be issued, General Form No. 352, for each fee collected;
(2) Receipts shall be remitted to the Clerk-Treasurer at least once a month;
(3) The Clerk-Treasurer shall issue an official receipt for remittance specifying on such receipt the number of general receipts accounted for;
(4) The Clerk-Treasurer shall receipt the fees to a separate fund in the ledger of receipts and disbursements titled “accident report account” and deposit such receipts in the city's general corporation bank account;
(5) All monies received in accident report fees shall be deposited therein;
(6) All disbursements from the account may be expended at the discretion of the Chief of Police for any department purpose reasonably related to the keeping of accident reports and records or the prevention of street and highway accidents; further, payable by the Clerk-Treasurer upon presentation of proper claims, approved as other claims of the Police Department are approved.
(1992 Code, § 3.28.08) (Ord. 1981-27, passed 9-1-1981)