§ 1.16.020. Processing of juvenile citations.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, when any minor under the age of eighteen years if charged with a violation of this code, and a peace officer issues a notice to appear in Superior Court to such minor, the charge shall be deemed an infraction unless the minor requests that a petition be filed under Welfare and Institutions Code Sections 601 and 602, and shall be heard, pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code Section 256, by the traffic hearing officer of the Los Angeles County Juvenile Court. If such minor has, for a period of fifteen or more days, violated a written promise to appear or a lawfully granted continuance of a promise to appear, the traffic hearing officer shall give notice of such failure to appear to the Department of Motor Vehicles, all as authorized by Vehicle Code Section 40509, and shall take such further steps as are authorized by law to effect a suspension of the minor's privileges to operate a motor vehicle.

(Ord. 96-08-1206 § 1)