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<br />Checklist for Implementing Administrative Traffic Citations <br /> <br />New law authorizes exclusive use of administrative traffic citations for minor traffic offenses. This means <br />no statutory or home rule charter city may use a different process for issuing such administrative traffic <br />citations. A city may, however, issue other kinds of administrative citations pursuant to local ordinance <br />for non-traffic matters such as liquor licensing ordinance violations, nuisance and animal ordinance <br />violations, and so on. The following are the steps a city must take to issue administrative traffic citations. <br /> <br />1. Pass a resolution that <br />Authorizes police use of administrative traffic citations for $60 per violation. <br />Obligates the city to provide a neutral third party to hear and rule on challenges. <br />· Bars peace officers from issuing administrative traffic citations in violation of this law. <br /> <br />_2. Set up an appeal process using a neutral third-party hearing officer for those who wish to <br />contest their administrative traffic citation. (The legislative intent is that this hearing officer be someone <br />other than ci}Y staff or the city council.) <br /> <br />_3. Notify the commissioner of Public Safety that the council passed a resolution allowing police <br />officers to issue administrative traffic citations. Send the notice by mail (See Model Letter to the <br />Commissioner of Public Safety on page 10) or bye-mail totamara.bohmert@state.mn.us. Keep a copy! <br /> <br />_ 4. Develop an information sheet to give to anyone who gets an administrative traffic citation <br />describing how the person may contest it. (See Model Flyer for Administrative Traffic Citation Recipients <br />on page 9). <br /> <br />_ 5. Buy the new prescribed DPS uniform traffic citation through the state Cooperative <br />Purchasing Venture (CPV) program. The state has contracted with Forms & Systems ofMN, located in <br />Minnetonka. A city that wishes to purchase ticket books through the state contract must register for a free <br />CPV membership. To learn more about CPV membership and access the CPV contract, visit <br />www.mmd.admin.state.mn.us/process/contractlCPVContractsList.asp. (Cities may also use the vendor of <br />their choice to create the citations using the template on page 17 of this tool kit.) <br /> <br />_ 6. Track the number of administrative traffic citations issued and the money collected. (The <br />state auditor must collect this information from cities each year.) <br /> <br />7. Divide the money collected so that: <br />Two-thirds of the fine ($40) remains with the city that issued the administrative traffic <br />citation. <br />· One-third of the fine ($20) is paid to the state commissioner of Finance. <br /> <br />_ 8. . Submit the state's share of the money to MN Management and Budget, Treasury Division. <br />(See Administrative Traffic Citation Fine Remittance to the State, on page 12). <br /> <br />_ 9. Use one-half of the city's share ($20) for law enforcement purposes. <br /> <br />_10. Police officers may issue an administrative traffic citation to a vehicle operator who: <br />· Violates speed limits by less than 10 miles per hour. . <br />· Fails to obey a stop line. <br />· Operates a vehicle with a cracked windshield or other specific equipment violation. <br />Note: Those with commercial driver's licenses are not eligible for administrative traffic citations nor are <br />drivers of commercial vehicles. <br /> <br />Administrative Traffic Citations Tool Kit <br /> <br />3 <br />