Supreme Court Rules - Rule 37 - Statutory and Ordinance Violations and Violation Bureaus: Local Violations Bureau - Violations Clerk - Schedule of Fines

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		Section/Rule:	37.49
Subject:	Rule 37 - Statutory and Ordinance Violations and Violation Bureaus	Publication / Adopted Date:	May 14, 1985
Topic:	Local Violations Bureau - Violations Clerk - Schedule of Fines - Payment	Revised / Effective Date:	January 1, 2022

37.49. LOCAL VIOLATIONS BUREAU – VIOLATIONS CLERK – SCHEDULE OF FINES – PAYMENT

(a) Any judge having original jurisdiction of any animal control, housing, traffic, or other ordinance violation may establish by court order a local violations bureau, which shall be subject to the supervision of the circuit court.

(b) The order shall designate a clerk. The clerk shall perform the duties designated by the court, including accepting appearance, waiver of trial, plea of guilty, and payment of fine and costs for the designated violations, entering the plea on the record, and transmitting the violation record as required by law, subject to the limitations hereinafter prescribed.

(c) The violations within the authority of the bureau shall be designated by the order. The order shall include all violations contained in the uniform fine schedule established by Rule 37.495, except those that are not offenses within the respective municipality or county. No other violation shall be included in the order. Such designated violations may be amended from time to time but shall in no event include the following:

(1)

Any individual violation submitted by the prosecutor for disposition through a court appearance;

(2) Any individual violation for which the court orders a summons to be issued;

(3) Any violation resulting in personal injury or property damage;

(4) Any violation for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated or under the influence of intoxicants or drugs;

(5) Any violation for operating a vehicle with a counterfeited, altered, suspended, or revoked license;

(6) Any violation for fleeing or attempting to elude an officer; and

(7) Any other violation excluded by law.

(d) For those violations included within the authority of the bureau by virtue of an order pursuant to Rule 37.49(a) and (c) the order shall adopt the uniform fine schedule established by Rule 37.495. The schedule shall be prominently posted at the place where the fines are to be paid, and shall specify by schedule the amount of fines and costs to be imposed for each violation.

(e) Any person charged with a violation designated within the order may pay the specified amount of the fine and costs to the bureau:

(1) through an electronic payment system authorized in the order; (2) in person; or (3) by mail. Full payment received before the court date and time for initial appearance constitutes a guilty plea and waiver of trial. Full payment received on or after the initial appearance date and time may, in the court's discretion, be accepted as

a guilty plea and waiver of trial.

(Adopted May 14, 1985, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended Dec. 18, 1998, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Dec. 23, 2003, eff. July 1, 2004; June 29, 2018, eff. Jan. 1, 2019; Oct. 15, 2019, eff. May 1, 2019; Jun. 25, 2019, eff. Jan. 1, 2020; Corrected Dec. 24, 2019, Jan. 1, 2020; June 29, 2021, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.)

{Formerly titled “Traffic Violations Bureau - Violations Clerk - Schedule of Fines - Payment.”}