§ 12-14-8 - Violations of Charlestown ordinance. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 12-14-8

   § 12-14-8  Violations of Charlestownordinance. – The town of Charlestown is authorized and empowered to fix any fines that thecommittee on police of the town council may, from time to time, establish forviolation of traffic ordinances. The committee on police may designate thepolice department for the purpose of collecting fines as provided in thissection, when the offender decides to dispose of the charge without personalappearance in court within seven (7) days from notification. The policedepartment is authorized to receive the fines directly from any person chargedwith a violation of any provision of the ordinances of the town relating totraffic, and the money so received and collected shall be turned over by thepolice to the town treasurer. All charges, records, and payments shall beimmediately entered by the police, and the books of the police containingrecords of the violations, their dispositions, and money received as finesshall be audited not less than once every three (3) months by the town auditorof the town. In the event the offender refuses or neglects to dispose of thecharges within seven (7) days, then he or she shall be brought before thedistrict court for the fourth division for trial and for any disposition of thecase that the court may decide to be proper, in which case the provisions of§ 12-14-1, relating to fines, and their disposition, shall prevail.