[Ord. No. 252, §3]
The municipal court shall establish a traffic violations bureau
to assist the court with the clerical work of traffic cases. The bureau
shall be in charge of such person and shall be open at such hours
as the municipal judge may designate.
The judge of the municipal court who hears traffic cases shall
designate the specified offenses under this chapter 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 traffic violations bureau in satisfaction thereof,
and shall specify suitable schedules of the amount of such fines for
first, second and subsequent offenses; provided, that 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.
[Ord. No. 252, §1]
(a)
Any person charged with an offense for which payment of a fine may
be made to the traffic violations bureau shall have the option of
paying such fine within the time specified in the notice of arrest
at the traffic violations bureau upon entering a plea of guilty and
upon waiving appearance in court; or may have the option of depositing
required lawful bail, and upon a plea of not guilty shall be entitled
to a trial as authorized by law.
(b)
The payment of a fine to the bureau shall be deemed an acknowledgment
of conviction of the alleged offense, and the bureau, upon accepting
the prescribed fine, shall issue a receipt to the violator acknowledging
payment thereof.
[Ord. No. 1166 §§1 — 2, 5-16-1995[1]]
The traffic bureau shall be at the City Hall, open to the public
from 9:00 A.M. until 5:00 P.M. Monday thru Friday, except holidays
and during election days when City Hall is a polling place.
The city clerk and the assistant city clerk shall be those who
may handle the clerical work and collection work for this traffic
bureau.
Any traffic ticket which has not been paid after five days after
issuance excluding holidays, shall be referred to the municipal court
by the traffic bureau.
[Ord. No. 252, §1]
The following duties are hereby imposed upon the traffic violations
bureau in reference to traffic offenses:
(a)
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.
(b)
It shall receive and issue receipts for cash 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.
[Ord. No. 252, §1]
The traffic violations bureau shall keep records and submit
summarized monthly reports to the municipal court 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 traffic violations
bureau or the court, and of the final disposition or present status
of every case of violation of the provisions of such laws and ordinances.
Such records shall be so maintained as to show all types of violations
and totals of each. Such records shall be public records.
[Ord. No. 252, §1]
The traffic 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.
