HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-2013-100-O-13Effective Date: December 7, 2013 9/24/2013
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100-0-13
AN ORDINANCE
Amending Provisions of the City Code Related to
Fees and Costs for the Collection of Unpaid Fines
NOW BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT:
SECTION 1: Title 1, Chapter 4 of the Evanston City Code of 2012, as
amended, "General Penalty," is hereby further amended by the enactment of a new
Section 7 thereof, to read as follows:
1-4-7: COLLECTION COSTS; ATTORNEY'S FEES:
In addition to any other late penalty, interest, or other types of charges or costs provided for
in this Code:
• (A) Any person who fails to pay any debt due and owing the City that is a result of that
person's default in the payment of a fine or any installment of a fine, shall be liable
for any costs and attorney's fees incurred by the City in the collection of said debt.
(B) The City may charge a debtor specified in Subsection (A) of this Section collection
costs and attorney's fees incurred by the City for collection of the fine. Any
collection cost and/or attorney's fees billed shall be separately stated and identified
in the City's billings. Any collection cost billed may be either the actual collection
costs incurred as a result of the debtor's failure to pay the fine, or a set amount
specified in a ruling to be published by the City, based on the average cost incurred
by the City in collecting such fines generally.
SECTION 2: Subsection 11-2-2-(A) of the Evanston City Code of 2012,.as
amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
(A) Violations of Subsection (B) of this Section 11-2-2, regulating the standing and
parking of vehicles, the condition and use of vehicle equipment, and the display of
wheel tax licenses within the City's borders, shall be civil offenses punishable by the
fines and penalties provided for in this Chapter and in Sections 10.3-13, 10-4-18-2,
10-8-10,_ 10-11-17, and 10-12-3 of this Code, and no criminal penalty, or civil
• sanction other than that prescribed.fot'4w violation in the applicable Section of this
Coyle shall be imposed. .The foregoing shall not prohibit the City from charging
cotiectiM..Qasts and/or'-ettorney's fees to persons in default of such fines.
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SECTION 3: The findings and recitals contained herein are declared to be •
prima facie evidence of the law of the City and shall be received in evidence as provided by
the Illinois Complied Statues and the courts of the State of Illinois.
SECTION 4: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 5: If any provision of this ordinance or application thereof to any
person or circumstance is ruled unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such invalidity shall
not affect other provisions or applications of this ordinance that can be given effect without
the invalid application or provision, and each invalid provision or invalid application of this
ordinance is severable.
SECTION 6: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage, approval and publication in the manner provided by law. i
Introduced` X. ��, 2013 Approved:
Rdoptedr,1 2013 I��L (�I'}'1 � 7 , 2013
Attest:
Bib6eth B. Tisdahl, Mayor
Approved as to form:
Rodney Grele, Clerk W. Grant Farrar, Corporation Counsel
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