[Ord. No. 662 §2]
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 or persons 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 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 Traffic Violations Bureau in satisfaction thereof,
and shall specify suitable schedules for the amount of such fines
for first, second, 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.
[RSMo. 300.555; Ord. No. 662 §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 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.
[RSMo. 300.560; Ord. No. 662 §1]
A.
The following
duties are hereby imposed upon the Traffic Violations Bureau in reference
to traffic offenses:
1.
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;
2.
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.
[RSMo. 300.565; Ord. No. 662 §1]
The Traffic Violations Bureau shall keep records and submit
to the judges hearing violations of City ordinances, 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 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.
[RSMo. 300.570; Ord. No. 662 §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.
