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