(a) Notwithstanding the stated maximum financial penalties authorized in Chapter 501 and Chapter 513 of these Codified Ordinances, whenever a person is charged with a violation of any provision of Chapter 513 of said Codified Ordinances, and that person is ultimately convicted of such charge, or pleads guilty or no contest to any reduced or amended charge as part of a negotiated plea to any offense stemming from said drug charge, whether the ultimate conviction is drug-related or not, then in addition to any fine imposed, the trial court shall impose an additional penalty of seventy-five dollars ($75.00), which is to be credited by the City Director of Finance into the City of Ashtabula Law Enforcement Trust Fund created by Ordinance No. 2002-126.
(Ord. 2014-75. Passed 5-5-14.)
(Ord. 2014-75. Passed 5-5-14.)
(b) Division (a) of this Section shall be interpreted to allow the imposition of fines of up to the following amounts:
(1) For a misdemeanor of the first degree, not more than one thousand, seventy-five dollars ($1,075.00);
(2) For a misdemeanor of the second degree, not more than eight hundred twenty-five dollars ($825.00);
(3) For a misdemeanor of the third degree, not more than five hundred seventy-five dollars ($575.00);
(4) For a misdemeanor of the fourth degree, not more than three hundred twenty-five dollars ($325.00);
(5) For a minor misdemeanor, not more than two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225.00).
(Ord. 2009-26. Passed 3-2-09.)