[Ord. No. 2.501 §2, 2-12-1973]
A. The
Municipal Court shall establish a Violations Bureau to assist the
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 Municipal Judge may designate.
B. The
judge of the Municipal Court who hears traffic cases shall designate
the specified offenses under this law or under the traffic ordinances
of the City and the State traffic laws in accordance with Supreme
Court Rule No. 37.50 in respect to which payments of fines may be
accepted by the Violations Bureau in satisfaction thereof and shall
specify suitable schedules the amount of such fines for first (1st),
second (2nd) and subsequent offenses, provided such fines are within
the limits declared by law or ordinance and shall further specify
what number of such offenses shall require appearance before the court.
The Violations Bureau shall keep records and submit to the judges
hearing violations of municipal ordinances summarized monthly reports
of all notices issued and arrests made for violations of the traffic
laws and ordinances in the City and of all the fines collected by
the Violations Bureau or the court, and of the final disposition or
present status of every case of violation of the provisions of said
laws and ordinances. Such records shall be so maintained as to show
all types of violations and the totals of each. Said records shall
be public records.
The Violations Bureau shall follow such procedure as may be
prescribed by the traffic ordinances of the City or as may be required
by any laws of this State.