2014 Indiana Code TITLE 33. COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS ARTICLE 36. ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS BUREAUS CHAPTER 2. ESTABLISHMENT
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IC 33-36-2
Chapter 2. Establishment
IC 33-36-2-1
Establishment of ordinance violations bureau; clerk
Sec. 1. The legislative body of a municipal corporation may
establish, by ordinance or code, an ordinance violations bureau.
Upon the creation of a bureau, the legislative body shall provide for
the appointment of a violations clerk (who may be the clerk or
clerk-treasurer of the municipal corporation) to be the administrator
of the bureau.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.15.
IC 33-36-2-2
Clerk or clerk-treasurer to serve as violations clerk if ordinance
violations bureau not established
Sec. 2. If the legislative body does not establish an ordinance
violations bureau under section 1 of this chapter, the clerk or
clerk-treasurer of the municipal corporation is designated the
violations clerk for purposes of this chapter.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.15.
IC 33-36-2-3
Violations clerk; duties
Sec. 3. The violations clerk may accept:
(1) written appearances;
(2) waivers of trial;
(3) admissions of violations; and
(4) payment of civil penalties up to a specific dollar amount set
forth in an ordinance adopted by the legislative body, but not
more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250);
in ordinance violation cases, subject to the schedule prescribed under
IC 33-36-3 by the legislative body.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.169-2006,
SEC.44.
IC 33-36-2-4
Interlocal agreements; ordinance violations
Sec. 4. A city or town that has not established a court under
IC 33-35-1 or an ordinance violations bureau under this chapter may
enter into an interlocal agreement under IC 36-1-7 with a municipal
corporation that:
(1) has established an ordinance violations bureau under this
chapter; and
(2) is located in the same judicial circuit as the city or town that
has not established a court or an ordinance violations bureau;
to hear and dispose of ordinance violations that would otherwise
come under the jurisdiction of an ordinance violations bureau
established by the city or town under this chapter.
As added by P.L.55-2010, SEC.4.
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