TITLE 12
Criminal Procedure
CHAPTER 12-14
Payment of Traffic Fines
SECTION 12-14-11
§ 12-14-11 Violations of parking
regulations in the town of Barrington.
The town of Barrington is authorized and empowered to fix any fines that the
Barrington town council may, from time to time, establish for violation of any
provision of the ordinances relating to parking. The town council may designate
the police department for the purpose of collecting fines as provided in this
section, when the offender desires to dispose of the charge without personal
appearance in court, within seven (7) days from notification. The police
department is authorized to receive the fines, directly or by mail, from any
person charged with violation of any provision of the ordinances of the town
relating to traffic, and the money so received and collected shall be turned
over by the police to the town treasurer of Barrington. All charges, records,
and payments shall be immediately entered by the police in their books
containing records of violations, and their disposition, and money received as
fines shall be audited not less than once every three (3) months by the town
treasurer of the town. In the event the offender refuses or neglects to dispose
of the charges within seven (7) days, then he or she shall be brought before
the district court of the state of Rhode Island, first division, for trial and
for any disposition of the case 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.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1988, ch. 134, § 2.)
