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Section 3, Duties of Traffic Violations Bureau. Duties of the
28 raffic Violations Bureau shall include among others the following:
29 (a) It shall accept designated bail from and issue receipts
to such violators as are permitted to and desire to forfeit
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31 (b) It shall accept designated bail from and issue receipts to
all persons who must or wish to be heard in Court, enter the
time,of appearance on the Court Docket, and notify the arrest..
officer and witnesses, if any, to be present at the trial.
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ORDINANCE NO. 11-71
An Ordinance of the City of Kent, Washington,
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establishing a Traffic Violations Bureau,
defining its duties, providing for the enforce -
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ment thereof, and providing a penalty for
violation.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT as
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follows:
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Section 1. Traffic Violations Bureau. There is hereby
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created and established within the City of Kent, and as a part
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of the Justice Court of Aukeen District, Washington, a Traffic
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Violations Bureau to assist the Justice of the Peace with the
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clerical work of traffic cases. Such Bureau shall be in charge
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of such person or persons and shall be open at such hours and at
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such places as the Mayor of the City of Kent, in oonsultation
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with the Justice of the Peace of Aukeen District, may designate
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(from time to time. The Mayor of the City of Kent, after consul -
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ation with the said Justice, may appoint and designate one of
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he persons employed in such Traffic Violations Bureau as Chief
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raffic Violations Clerk.
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Section 2. Posting of Bail With Traffic Violations Bureau;
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orfeitures.
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The Justice of the Peace shall designate the specified
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offenses under the Traffic Ordinances of the City of Kent
in respect to which posting of bail may be accepted by the
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Traffic Violations Bureau, and he may further prescribe
by regulation, from time to time, the offenses and the
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circumstances for which such bail may be forfeited by
the person charged with such an offense, or such person
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may request trial as authorized by law.
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Section 3, Duties of Traffic Violations Bureau. Duties of the
28 raffic Violations Bureau shall include among others the following:
29 (a) It shall accept designated bail from and issue receipts
to such violators as are permitted to and desire to forfeit
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all persons who must or wish to be heard in Court, enter the
time,of appearance on the Court Docket, and notify the arrest..
officer and witnesses, if any, to be present at the trial.
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(c) It shall keep a proper and complete record of all bail
forfeiture in cases wherein any person has been charged
with violation of the Traffic Ordinances of the City of
Kent, together with a record of the final disposition of
all such alleged offenses and violations.
(d) It shall issue to individual Police Officers, serially
numbered citation forms for the purpose of notifying or
citing any person or persons charged with the violation of
any traffic ordinances of the City of Kent of the nature
of the charge of the date and place of trial thereon; and
it shall keep a complete record of all such forms issued,
including any forms spoiled or upon which an entry has
been made but not issued to an alleged violator. Such
citation forms numbered serially in quadruplicate shall
be furnished to the Traffic Violations Bureau by the Chief
of Police of the City of Kent.
(e) All Police Officers and other law Enforcement officers of
the City of Kent issuing such a citbton or notice to an
alleged offender of any of the Traffle Ordinances of the
City of Kent shall deposit a copy of said citation with
the Traffic Violations Bureau as soon as practicable.
Section 4. Any person, firm or corporation who or which
neglects to answer to the charges set forth in such notice or
citation or to post bail therefor as hereinabove provided,
shall be guilty of a violation of this Ordinance, regardless
of the charges for which the notice was originally issued, and
shall upon conviction thereof be fined in a sum not exceeding
lone -hundred ($100.00)Dollars.
Section 5. Any ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
rewith are hereby repealed.
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Section 6.
This ordinance shll be in full
force and effect
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five (5) days
after its
passage, approval and
publication as
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provided by law.
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Mayor
25Attest:
City
Clerk
Approves
to for .
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kwAcf, &
Passed the 21st
day of
January, 1963
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City orney
pproved the
22nd day of
January, 1963
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Published the
23rd day
of January, 1963.
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