[Ord. No. 05-20 §1, 12-22-2005; Ord. No. 10-06, 8-26-2010]
A. The
County shall provide books containing uniform traffic tickets as prescribed
by Supreme Court Rule. Said books shall include serially numbered
sets of citations in quadruplicate in the form prescribed by Supreme
Court Rule.
B. Such
books shall be issued to the Sheriff or his/her duly authorized agent,
a record shall be maintained of every book so issued, and a written
receipt shall be required for every book. The judge or judges hearing
County ordinance violation cases may require that a copy of such record
and receipts be filed with the court.
C. The
Sheriff shall be responsible for the issuance of such books to individual
members of the Sheriff's Office. The Sheriff shall require a written
receipt for every book so issued and shall maintain a record of every
such book and each set of citations contained therein.
D. The
Sheriff may allow members of the Sheriff's Office to fill out electronic
uniform traffic tickets that are serially numbered and print out one
(1) copy for the driver and one (1) copy for the court. The Sheriff
will maintain the electronic uniform traffic serial numbers on the
Sheriff's Office computer system.
[Ord. No. 05-20 §1, 12-22-2005]
Except when authorized or directed under State law to immediately
take a person before the Municipal Judge for the violation of any
traffic laws, an Officer of the Sheriff's Office who halts a person
for such violation, other than for the purpose of giving him/her a
warning or warning notice and does not take such person into custody
under arrest, shall issue to him/her a uniform traffic ticket which
shall be proceeded upon in accordance with Supreme Court Rules.
[Ord. No. 05-20 §1, 12-22-2005; Ord. No. 10-07, 8-26-2010]
Whenever any motor vehicle without driver is found parked or
stopped in violation of any of the restrictions imposed by ordinance
or order of the County or by State law, the officer finding such vehicle
shall take its registration number and may take any other information
displayed on the vehicle which may identify its user and shall conspicuously
affix to such vehicle a uniform traffic ticket or other citation for
the driver to answer to the charge against him/her within thirty (30)
days during the hours and at a place specified in the traffic ticket.