Section 19-203. Functions, powers and duties of the parking violations bureau

The  parking  violations  bureau  shall  have  the  following  functions, powers and duties:
    a.  To  accept pleas to, and to hear and determine, charges of parking
  violations;
    b. To provide  for  penalties  other  than  imprisonment  for  parking
  violations,  provided  however, that monetary penalties shall not exceed
  fifty  dollars  for  each  parking  violation,  provided  that  monetary
  penalties  shall  not  exceed  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  parking
  violation committed in a space where stopping or standing is  prohibited
  and  provided,  further,  that  monetary  penalties shall not exceed one
  hundred fifty dollars for each handicapped parking violation;
    c. To adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with any applicable
  provision of law to carry out the purposes of  this  chapter,  including
  but  not  limited  to  rules  and  regulations  prescribing the internal
  procedures and organization of  the  bureau,  the  manner  and  time  of
  entering  pleas,  the  conduct of hearings, and the amount and manner of
  payment of penalties;
    d. To issue subpoenas to compel the  attendance  of  persons  to  give
  testimony  at  hearings  and to compel the production of relevant books,
  papers and other things;
    e. To enter judgments and enforce them, without court proceedings,  in
  the same manner as the enforcement of money judgments in civil actions;
    f.  To  compile and maintain complete and accurate records relating to
  all charges and dispositions;
    g. To remit to the commissioner of finance, on or before the fifteenth
  day of each month, all monetary penalties or fees received by the bureau
  during the prior calendar month, along with a statement thereof, and, at
  the same time, to file a duplicate  copy  of  such  statement  with  the
  comptroller;
    h.  To  prepare and issue a notice of violation in blank to members of
  the  police  department,  the  fire  department,   the   department   of
  transportation  and  to other officers as the bureau by regulation shall
  determine. The notice of violation, when  filled  in  and  sworn  to  or
  affirmed  by  such  designated  officers, and served as provided in this
  chapter, shall constitute notice of the parking violation charged.