Section 10. Within 3 business days after completion of each shift, the officer or inspector shall give to his superior those copies of each notice of a violation issued during such shift. The superior shall retain and preserve 1 copy and shall, not later than the beginning of the next business day after receipt of the notice, deliver another copy to the municipal hearing officer before whom the offender has been notified to appear, unless the ticket was produced by an automated ticketing device, in which case no duplicate copies need be retained. The municipal hearing officer shall maintain a docket of all such notices to appear.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts
Section 2 - Effective Date of Chapter in Municipality
Section 3 - Procedures for Payment of Municipal Fines; Power to Revoke or Rescind
Section 4 - Procedures for Payment of Fines Determined by Majority Vote
Section 5 - Sidewalk Snow and Ice Removal; Penalties for Non-Compliance; Standards for Clearance
Section 6 - Municipal Hearing Officer
Section 7 - Administrative Disposition of Noncriminal Violations
Section 9 - Affixing of Violation Tags
Section 10 - Retention and Delivery of Violation Notice Copies
Section 11 - Schedule of Fines for Violations
Section 13 - Challenge to Validity of Violation Notice
Section 14 - Written Request for Hearing; Time and Location of Hearing
Section 15 - Appeal of Decision of Municipal Hearing Officer
Section 16 - Effect of Failure to Pay, Request Hearing or Appear
Section 17 - Payments of Fines, Penalties or Assessments to the General Fund of Municipality