Unless a lesser maximum penalty or a specific penalty is established
by ordinance for a particular offense, the maximum penalty for violation
of any municipal ordinance shall be as follows:
A. Except for those violations of ordinances described in subsections
B and
C of this section, a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days or both;
B. For
violations of an ordinance prohibiting driving a motor vehicle while
under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, a fine of not
more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisonment for not
more than three hundred sixty-four (364) days or both; and
C. For
violations by an industrial user of a wastewater pretreatment ordinance
as required by the United States Environmental Protection Agency,
a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) a day for
each violation.
(Ordinance 94-4, sec. 1, adopted 1994; Ordinance 97-22, sec. 1, adopted 1997)
In addition to any fine or imprisonment described in section
1.12.010 of this chapter, there is imposed upon any person convicted of violating any municipal ordinance the penalty for which carries a potential jail term of any ordinance relating to the operation of a motor vehicle the following mandatory fees:
A. A correction
fee of ten dollars ($10.00);
B. A judicial
education fee of three dollars ($3.00); and
C. A court
automation fee of six dollars ($6.00).
As used in this chapter, “convicted” means the defendant
has been found guilty of a criminal charge by the municipal judge,
either after trial, a plea of guilty or a plea of nolo contendere,
or has elected to pay a penalty assessment in lieu of trial.
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(Ordinance 94-4, sec. 2, adopted 1994; Ordinance 98-12, sec. 1, adopted 1998; Ordinance 09-15, sec. 1, adopted 2009)
A. All
corrections fees collected shall be deposited in a special corrections
fund in the municipal treasury and shall be used only for municipal
jailer training, for construction planning, construction, operation
and maintenance of the municipal jail, for paying the costs of housing
the municipality’s prisoners in other detention facilities in
the state, or for complying with match or contribution requirements
relating to jails.
B. All
judicial education fees collected shall be remitted monthly to the
state treasurer for credit to the judicial education fund and shall
be used for the education and training, including production of bench
books and other written materials, of municipal judges and other municipal
court personnel.
C. All
court automation fees collected shall be remitted monthly to the state
treasurer for credit to the municipal court automation fund and shall
be used for the purchase and maintenance of court automation systems
in the municipal courts. The court automation systems shall have the
capability of providing, on a timely basis, electronic records in
a format specified by the judicial information system council.
(Ordinance 94-4, sec. 3, adopted 1994)