Any
person charged with an offense for which payment of a fine may be
made to the Violations Bureau shall have the option of paying such
fine within the time specified in the notice of arrest at the 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.
The
payment of a fine to the Bureau shall be deemed an acknowledgement
of conviction of the alleged offense, and the Bureau, upon accepting
the prescribed fine, shall issue a receipt to the violator acknowledging
payment thereof.
It shall receive and issue receipts for cash bail from the persons
who must or wish to be heard in court and enter the time of their
appearance on the court docket.
The
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 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.
Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Chapter, the Violations Bureau shall
have authority to accept fines for only those type of offenses designated
by the Municipal Judge of the City.