HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991-76 - Amendments to Section 19.1603 of the Municipal CodeBILL NO. 9
ORDINANCE N0. 9~- ~~
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING SECTION 19.1603 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI AND ENACTING A
NEW SECTION 19.1603 IN LIEU THEREOF AUTHORIZING THE DEPOSIT OF
A DRIVERS LICENSE AS SECURITY FOR COURT APPEARANCE IN LIEU OF
BAIL FOR CERTAIN TRAFFIC OFFENSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: Section 19.1603 of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of_ Riverside, Missouri is hereby repealed in its
entirety and the following ordinance enacted in lieu thereof,
which shall be codified as Section 19.1603 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Riverside, Missouri and shall read as
follows:
"19.1603. LICENSE DEPOSITED IN LIEU OF BAIL. 1. Any
person arrested and charged with violating a traffic
ordinance may, at the discretion of both the officer
authorized by law or rule of Court to accept bail and
the person arrested, deposit his license to operate a
motor vehicle with the officer demanding bail in lieu
of any other security for his appearance in Court to
answer any such charge, except when the charge is
driving while intoxicated, driving while under the
influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, leaving the
scene of a motor vehicle accident, driving when his
license is suspended or revoked, or for any charge
made because of a motor vehicle accident in which a
death has occurred.
2. Notwithstanding the fact that the officer
authorized by law or rule of Court to accept bail
authorizes the person arrested to deposit his license
to operate a motor vehicle as his security for his
appearance in Court, in lieu of depositing his license
to operate a motor vehicle, the person arrested may
decline to deposit his license to operate a motor
vehicle as security and instead deposit a bond with
the officer authorized by law or rule of Court to
accept bail or other such officer demanding bail in
the amount of Fifty Dollars (50.00) per traffic
offense allegedly committed. The officer shall issue
a receipt for such a bond to the person and deposit
the bond with the Judge, Court Clerk or other officer
requiring security for Court appearance.
3. The Judge, Court Clerk or other officer requiring
security for an appearance shall accept the bond or
deposit of the license in lieu of bail and, if the
license is accepted, shall issue a receipt to the
licensee for the license upon a form approved by the
Director of Revenue. The licensee may, until he has
appeared at the proper time and place as stated in the
receipt to answer the charge placed against him,
operate motor vehicles while in possession of the
receipt, and the receipt shall be accepted in lieu of
the license as provided by and consistent with the
laws of the State of Missouri. If a continuance is
requested anc9 granted, the licensee shall be given a
new receipt for his license.
4. Whether or not a license to operate a motor
vehicle has been deposited in lieu of bail pursuant to
this section, if the driver fails to appear at the
proper time to answer the charge placed against him,
the Clerk of the Court, or the Judge of the Court if
there is no Clerk, shall within ten (10) days notify
the Director of Revenue of the failure to appear.
Within ten (10) days of the date that the charge has
been reduced to final judgment, the Clerk of the
Court, or t}~e Judge of the Court if there is no Clerk,
shall notify the Director of Revenue that the charge
has been reduced to final judgment."
SECTION 2: The City Clerk is hereby directed to make the
appropriate changes to the Code of Ordinances.
SECTION 3: Any ordinance inconsistent with the provisions
of this ordinance is hereby repealed.
PASSED THIS ~~/La/ DAY OF ~ , 1991.
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MAYOR
ATTEST;
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CITY CLER
APPROVED THIS ~h~t DAY OF ~~,Q,CQ~/x~2.~ , 1991.
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MAYOR