a. The Schererville Metropolitan Police Department has a legal duty and obligation pursuant to Indiana Code, § 9-3-1-3 to promptly on demand furnish to any person who has sustained any loss or damage, by reason of the injury or death of any person or damage to property caused by or resulting from the operation, maintenance or use of any vehicle upon any public street or highway in the State the following information on a police or accident report:
1. A name and address of the owner and operator of any vehicle involved in said accident;
2. The license number and description of any such vehicle involved in said accident;
3. The time and place of such accident occurred;
4. The names and addresses of any persons injured or killed in said accident;
5. The names and addresses of any persons who were witnesses to said accident.
b. Any person lawfully entitled to the aforesaid information may obtain the same from the Schererville Metropolitan Police Department either in person or through his duly authorized agent or attorney, provided that, such agent or attorney shall first file with said department a verified written authorization therefore signed by such person so lawfully entitled to said information.
c. When such information is furnished by means of a duplicating copy machine of the investigator's report of said accident, the department shall be entitled to charge a fee of four dollars ($4.00) for each such police or accident report.
d. Such fee for the aforesaid accident or police report shall be deposited in a separate account known as the "Law Enforcement Continuing Education Fund" and it may be expended at the discretion of the Chief Administrative Officer of the department for any department purpose reasonably related to the keeping of accident reports and records for the prevention of street and highway accidents. (See § 2-395 of this Code).
(Ord. No. 866, 8-12-81)
e. In keeping with the provisions of this Section, the following procedures shall be followed in accounting for this fund:
1. Issue a Receipt, General Form No. 352, for each fee collected.
2. Remit receipts 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. (For example: General Receipt Nos. 1-8, $32.00)
4. The Clerk-Treasurer shall receipt the fees to a separate fund in the ledger of receipts and disbursements and deposit such receipts in the Town's general corporation bank account.
5. Monies from this fund may be invested by the Clerk-Treasurer and the interest shall be placed in the General Operating Fund.
(Schererville Town Code § 3-6-3).