(A) When a person has failed to pay any fine or penalty due and owing pursuant to this chapter on ten (10) or more parking violations, the Code Administrator shall cause a notice of impending driver's license suspension to be sent in the form as required by the Secretary of State. The notice shall state that failure to pay the amount owing within forty five (45) days of the date of the notice will result in the City notifying the Secretary of State that the person is eligible for initiation of suspension proceedings pursuant to section 6-306.5 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
(B) If a person sent a notice pursuant to subsection (A) of this section fails to pay the amount owing within the time stated on the notice, the Code Administrator may file with the Secretary of State, a certified report, in accordance with section 6-306.5(c) of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that the person is eligible for initiation of suspension proceedings. The Code Administrator shall assess a twenty dollar ($20.00) filing fee against the person named in the certified report to reimburse the City for the expense of preparing and filing the certified report with the Secretary of State.
(C) A person named in a certified report filed pursuant to subsection (B) of this section may, within twenty one (21) days of the date of the notice sent by the Secretary of State pursuant to section 6-306.5(b) of the Illinois Vehicle Code; file with the Code Administrator a written statement and supporting documentation to challenge the report; provided, however, the grounds for such challenge shall be limited to: 1) the person not having been the owner or lessee of the vehicle or vehicles receiving ten (10) or more parking violations notices on the date or dates such notices were issued; 2) the person having already paid the fine and penalty for the ten (10) or more violations indicated on the report; 3) or the person not having accumulated ten (10) or more final determinations of parking violation liability. The Code Administrator shall send notice of the decision on the challenge to the report after receipt thereof.
(D) If a person named in a certified report has paid the previously reported fine or penalty or if the report is determined by the Code Administrator to be in error, the Code Administrator shall notify the Secretary of State in accordance with section 6-306.5(d) of the Illinois Vehicle Code. A certified copy of such notification shall be given, upon request and at no charge, to the person named therein.
(E) An administrative hearing to contest an impending suspension or suspension may be had upon filing a written request with the Secretary of State. Such hearing shall not be a forum to re- adjudicate the findings of fact and law issued by the Hearing Officer. The filing fee for this hearing shall be twenty dollars ($20.00), to be paid at the time the request is made. The City shall reimburse the Secretary of State for all reasonable costs incurred by the Secretary as a result of filing a certified report, including but not limited to the costs of providing the required notice and the costs incurred by the Secretary in any hearing conducted with respect to the report and any appeal from such a hearing. In the event the owner is found eligible for suspension such owner shall reimburse the City for all of the foregoing costs. (Ord. 3143, 6-3-2019)