SLR 3-16.005: VIOLATIONS BUREAU

(1) A Violations Bureau is established authorized by ORS 153.800. (2) The Trial Court Administrator is appointed as Violations Clerk, and duly appointed deputies of the Administrator are further appointed as Deputy Violations Clerks. (3) The Violations Bureau may exercise authority over the following traffic and non -traffic violations as defined in ORS 153.008: (a) offenses designated as violations in the statute defining the offense; (b) offenses created by Oregon statute, or ordinance of a county, city district or other political subdivision of Oregon, that provide violation of the law is punishable by a fine but not a term of imprisonment; and (c) misdemeanors treated as violations by a prosecuting attorney as authorized by RS 161.568. (4) An appearance shall be allowed in the Violations Bureau for any defendant who has not been convicted of three or more offenses in Marion County within the preceding 12-month period if the current violation falls into one of the following categories: traffic, overload, boating, fish and wildlife, park and recreation, bicycle, pedestrian and parking violations. On all other violations, a defendant may appear in front of the Vio lations Bureau once unless he or she has been convicted of a violation in Marion County within the preceding 12-month period.