HomeMy WebLinkAboutRequiring Drivers of Motor Vehicles Involved in certain Classes of Collisions to File Written Accident ReportsORDINANCE NO. 4640 -- 64
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend,
64
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend,
Approved and signed by
Clerk
of Common Council
Clerk
IDEAL a PRESS
ORDINANCE N0. Io —
AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING DRIVERS OF MOTOR
VEHICLES INVOLVED. IN CERTAIN CLASSES OF
COLLISIONS TO FILE WRITTEN ACCIDENT RE-
PORTS WITH THE SOUTH BEND POLICE DEPARYmENT.
DEFINING TERMS, AND CLASSIFYING SUCH REPORTS
CONFIDENTIAL IN NATURE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH
BEND, INDIANA:
SECTION I. DEFINITIONS• The terms, words, and phrases used
in this ordinance shall have the meanings ascribed to them in
that certain Ordinance known as "The Traffic Code of the City,1°
being Chapter 25, Section 2 of an Ordinance duly enacted and
adopted by the Common Council of the City of South Bend,
Indiana.on the 14th day of October, 1963, numbered 4608 -63
and known as "Municipal Code of the City of South Bend,
Indiana, 1962."
SECTION II. DUTY TO REPORT ACCIDENTS: The driver of any ve-
hicle involved in an accident resulting in injuries or death
to any person or property damage to an apparent extent of
Fifty Dollars ($50.00) or more, shall within twenty -four (24)
hours make a written report of such accident at the police
headquarters on forms provided by the police department.
ar,uriuiv Ill. ACCIDENT REPORTS CONFIDENTIAL: Accident reports
required to be made and filed under this Ordinance shall be
treated by the police department as confidential, and in
(every event shall be subject to the requirements of the Acts
of Indiana for the year 1939, ch. 48. Section 50, p. 259,
compiled' as Burns Indiana Annotated Statutes, Section 47 -1920.
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SECTION IV. SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF ORDINANCE: This Ordinance
is supplementary to, and is not intended to replace or sup-
plant, any accident reporting ordinance, statute or regulation
in force at the time of its adoption.
SECTION V. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its adoption by the Common Council of the
Civil City of South Bend, Indianaa,, and approval by the Mayor.
Member of the Common Council.
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