Florida Traffic Court Rule 6.100
RULE 6.100. TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS BUREAU
(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.
(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.