Whenever any provision of this code requires or mandates any person to perform some act or to bring about or maintain some circumstance or state of affairs; or prohibits, restrains, or regulates the behavior of any person or the commission of any act or the bringing about or maintaining of any circumstance or state of affairs on the part of any person; and a penalty of fine or some other procedure to compel compliance with the provision is prescribed in this code, then the provision shall be considered an enforcement provision. Unless some different procedure is expressly set forth and prescribed by the particular chapter, subchapter, or section of this code containing the enforcement provision, the enforcement of any such provision shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(1985 Code, § 1-3-1)