§342B-45  Citation.  (a)  Any person whoviolates the vehicular smoke emission rules and open burning control rulesadopted by the department pursuant to this chapter may be issued a summons orcitation for such violation.  Violations of vehicular smoke emission rules andopen burning control rules shall constitute a violation as defined in section701-107 and shall be enforced by police officers.  The summons or citationshall be printed in the form hereinafter described, warning the person toappear and answer the charge against the person at a certain place and at atime within seven days of the issuance of the summons or citation.

(b)  The summons or citation shall be designedto provide for all necessary information.  The form and content of such summonsor citation shall be adopted or prescribed by the district courts.

(c)  The original of a summons or citationshall be given to the purported violator and the other copy or copiesdistributed in the manner prescribed by the district courts; provided that thedistrict courts may prescribe alternative methods of distribution of theoriginal and any other copies.

(d)  Summonses and citations shall beconsecutively numbered and the carbon copy or copies of each shall bear thesame number.

(e)  If any person fails to comply with asummons or citation, the person who issued the summons or citation shall causea complaint to be entered against the person and secure the issuance of awarrant for the person’s arrest.  Failure to comply with a summons or citationis a misdemeanor. [L 1992, c 240, pt of §1; am L 1997, c 27, §1]