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6.090. Direct and Indirect Criminal Contempt
(a) Establishment and Function. A traffic violations
bureau shall be established
in each county court
by administrative order of the chief judge of the circuit
in which the county court is located. The function of
the bureau shall be to accept appearances,
waivers of
non-criminal hearings, admissions,
payment of civil
penalties for traffic infractions not requiring a mandatory
hearing, and nolo contendere pleas under the authority
of section 318.14(9) and (10), Florida Statutes.
If any person’s sentence
for a criminal traffic offense
or penalty for a traffic infraction requiring a mandatory
hearing or a traffic infraction in which the person elects
to appear before an official includes the payment of a
fine or civil penalty, payment may be made before the
bureau. The bureau may also accept appearances, waivers
of hearings,
admissions, and payment of civil penalties
as provided in section 318.18, Florida Statutes,
in traffic infraction cases in which the driver originally
elected, but was not required, to appear before an official
prior to the date of the hearing. The bureau shall
act under the direction and control of the judges of the
court.
(b) Civil Penalty Schedule; Payment and Accounting.
The court shall post in the place where
civil penalties are to be paid in the violations bureau
the schedule of the amount of the civil penalty as provided
in section 318.18, Florida Statutes. All fines,
civil penalties, and costs shall be paid to, receipted by,
and accounted for by the violations bureau or proper
authority in accordance with these rules.
(c) Statistical Reports. All cases processed in the
violations bureau shall be numbered, tabulated, and
reported for identification
and statistical purposes. In
any statistical reports required by law, the number of
cases disposed
of by the violations bureau shall be
listed separately from those disposed of in open court.
Committee Comments
1990 Amendment. This amendment was proposed to avoid possible
confusion as to any authority traffic hearing officers could have
in relation to the operation of traffic violations bureaus.
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