§ 12-14-2 - Violation of parking regulations in the city of Newport.
SECTION 12-14-2
§ 12-14-2 Violation of parking regulationsin the city of Newport. – The city of Newport is authorized and empowered to fix any fines that theNewport city council may, from time to time, establish for violation of trafficordinances. The city council may designate the police department for thepurpose of collecting any fines, when the offender desires to dispose of thecharge without personal appearance in court within seven (7) days fromnotification of the fine. The police department is authorized to receive thefines, directly or by mail, from any person charged with violation of anyprovision of the ordinances of the city relating to traffic, and the money soreceived and collected shall be turned over by the police to the director offinance of the city. All charges, records and payments shall be immediatelyentered by the police in their books, containing records of the violations,their disposition, and money received as fines shall be audited not less thanonce every three (3) months by the finance director of the city. In the eventthe offender refuses or neglects to dispose of the charges within seven (7)days, then he or she shall be brought before the district court of the state ofRhode Island, second division, for trial and for any disposition of the casethat the court may decide to be proper, in which case, the provisions of §12-14-1, relating to fines and their disposition, shall prevail.