CHAPTER 2. ESTABLISHMENT

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 mayestablish, by ordinance or code, an ordinance violations bureau.Upon the creation of a bureau, the legislative body shall provide forthe appointment of a violations clerk (who may be the clerk orclerk-treasurer of the municipal corporation) to be the administratorof 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 ordinanceviolations bureau not established
    Sec. 2. If the legislative body does not establish an ordinanceviolations bureau under section 1 of this chapter, the clerk orclerk-treasurer of the municipal corporation is designated theviolations 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 setforth in an ordinance adopted by the legislative body, but notmore than two hundred fifty dollars ($250);
in ordinance violation cases, subject to the schedule prescribed underIC 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 underIC 33-35-1 or an ordinance violations bureau under this chapter mayenter into an interlocal agreement under IC 36-1-7 with a municipalcorporation that:
        (1) has established an ordinance violations bureau under thischapter; and
        (2) is located in the same judicial circuit as the city or town thathas not established a court or an ordinance violations bureau;
to hear and dispose of ordinance violations that would otherwisecome under the jurisdiction of an ordinance violations bureauestablished by the city or town under this chapter.
As added by P.L.55-2010, SEC.4.