§ 12-14-13 - Violations of parking regulations in the town of Burrillville.
SECTION 12-14-13
§ 12-14-13 Violations of parkingregulations in the town of Burrillville. – (a) The town of Burrillville is further authorized and empowered to fix anyfines that the town council may, from time to time, establish for violation ofits traffic ordinances. The town council may designate the police departmentfor the purpose of collecting fines as provided in this section, when theoffender decides to dispose of a charge without personal appearance in courtwithin three (3) days from the date of notification.
(b) A person charged with the violation of any provision ofthe ordinances relating to parking ordained by the town council of the town ofBurrillville and notified in writing by a police officer to appear on a day andhour stated in the notice to answer the charge before the district court forthe seventh division instead of personally appearing in court may, in person orby one duly authorized by him or her in writing, appear at the Burrillvillepolice station, admit the truth of the charge and pay the fine to the officerin charge of the police station; provided, that operators of cars registeredout of the state may pay the fine by mailing the tag and the amount of the finewithin three (3) days from the date of the violation, postage prepaid,addressed to the town clerk, town clerk's office, Burrillville, Rhode Island;failure to appear and pay the fine or to mail the tag and the amount of thefine within three (3) days of the notice shall be deemed a waiver to dispose ofthe charge without personal appearance in court; and provided, further, thatthe appearance, admission, and payment is made to the clerk within three (3)days of notification, and failure to appear within that time shall be deemed awaiver of the right to appear and to dispose of the charge without personalappearance in court. The payment of the fine in the manner provided in thissection shall operate as a final disposition of the charge and the proceedingsshall not be deemed criminal. The notice provided pursuant to this sectionshall indicate the offense charged and shall also contain any information thatwill enable the person charged to take advantage of the provisions of thissection. The right to dispose of a charge without personal appearance in courtmay not be exercised by any person who in any consecutive period of twelve (12)months next preceding the charge has been three (3) times in the aggregateadjudged guilty by the court, or has three (3) times admitted the truth of thecharges made against him or her under the provisions of this section.