§ 12-14-14 - Violations of parking regulations in the town of Portsmouth. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 12-14-14

   § 12-14-14  Violations of parkingregulations in the town of Portsmouth. – The town of Portsmouth is authorized and empowered to fix any fines that thePortsmouth town council may, from time to time, establish for violation of anyprovision of the ordinances relating to parking. The town council may designatethe police department for the purpose of collecting the fines as provided inthis section, when the offender desires to dispose of the charge withoutpersonal appearance in court, within seven (7) days from notification. Thepolice department is authorized to receive the fines, directly or by mail, fromany person charged with violation of any provision of the ordinances of thetown relating to traffic, and the money so received and collected shall beturned over by the police to the town treasurer of Portsmouth. All charges,records, and payments shall be immediately entered by the police in their bookscontaining records of violations and their disposition, and money received asfines shall be audited not less than once every three (3) months by the townfinance director's office of the town. In the event the offender refuses orneglects to dispose of the charges within seven (7) days, then he or she shallbe brought before the district court of the state of Rhode Island, seconddivision, for trial and for any disposition of the case that the court maydecide to be proper, in which case the provisions of § 12-14-1, relatingto fines and their disposition, shall prevail.