Sec. 18-393. - Designation and duty of the police clerk.

(a)

The chief of police of the city is hereby authorized and empowered to designate a clerk to appear before the clerk of the district court having jurisdiction thereof on behalf of any person who has presented himself at the police station of the city in accordance with the terms of section 18-392 and has given to the officer in charge of the receiving desk a sum of money sufficient to cover the fine as may be designated by ordinance as the fixed penalty for the violation charge in addition to a sum necessary to reimburse the city for all charges, if any, incurred by the city in the removal and storage of such tagged vehicle, together with written authorization for the police clerk to appear before the clerk of the district court having jurisdiction thereof.

(b)

It shall be the duty of the police clerk to appear before the clerk of the district court within eight days of the notification of the violation, admit the truth of the charge and pay to the clerk of the district court having jurisdiction thereof such sum of money as will cover the fine as may be designated by ordinance as the fixed penalty for the violation charged.

(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 18-393)