A. 
Whenever in this Code or any other ordinance of the City, or in any rule, regulation, notice or order promulgated by any officer or agency of the City under authority duly vested in him/her or it, any act is prohibited or is declared to be unlawful or an offense, misdemeanor or ordinance violation or the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful or an offense, misdemeanor or ordinance violation, and no specific penalty is provided for the violation thereof, upon conviction of a violation of any such provision of this Code or of any such ordinance, rule, regulation, notice or order, the violator shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the City or County Jail not exceeding ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment; provided, that in any case wherein the penalty for an offense is fixed by a Statute of the State, the statutory penalty, and no other, shall be imposed for such offense, except that imprisonments may be in the City prison or workhouse instead of the County Jail.
B. 
Every day any violation of this Code or any other ordinance or any such rule, regulation, notice or order shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.
C. 
Whenever any act is prohibited by this Code, by an amendment thereof, or by any rule or regulation adopted thereunder, such prohibition shall extend to and include the causing, securing, aiding or abetting of another person to do said act. Whenever any act is prohibited by this Code, an attempt to do the act is likewise prohibited.
D. 
Minor Traffic Violations.
[Ord. No. 315, 11-9-2015]
1. 
The Hallsville Municipal Court judge shall not assess a fine, if combined with the amount of court costs, totaling in excess of three hundred dollars ($300.00) if the violation is a minor traffic violation as defined by Section 300.010 of this Municipal Code of the City of Hallsville.
2. 
The Hallsville Municipal Court judge shall not sentence a person to any confinement, if the violation is a minor traffic violation, except that the Hallsville Municipal Court judge may sentence a person to confinement for violations involving alcohol or controlled substances, for violations endangering the health or welfare of others, and for violations with eluding or giving false information to a Law Enforcement Officer.
3. 
A person shall not be placed in confinement for failure to pay a fine, unless such non-payment violates terms of probation.
[Ord. No. 315, 11-9-2015]