(A) A notice of impending suspension of a person’s driver’s license will be sent to any person determined to be liable for the payment of any fine or penalty that remains due and owing on ten or more vehicular standing, parking or compliance violations under state law. The notice will state that the failure to pay the fine or penalty owing within 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. This notice will also state that the person may obtain a photostatic copy of an original ticket imposing a fine or penalty by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the city along with a request for the photostatic copy. Such notice is to be sent by first class United States mail, postage prepaid, to the address recorded with the Secretary of State.
(B) Upon a failure to pay fines or penalties deemed due and owing to the city pursuant to Chapter 73 of the code and after exhaustion of the procedures set forth herein, the Code Enforcement Administrator will make a certified report to the Secretary of State stating that the owner or lessee of a registered vehicle has failed to pay the fine or penalty due or owing the city as a result of ten or more such violations of Chapter 73 of the code, and thereby initiate the suspension of that person’s driver’s license.
(C) The Code Enforcement Administrator will take no further action thereafter unless and until the fines and penalties due and owing the city are paid or upon determination under divisions (D) and (E) below that the inclusion of the person’s name on the certified report was in error. At either such time, the Code Enforcement Administrator will submit to the Secretary of State a notification to halt the driver’s license suspension proceeding. The person named therein will receive a certified copy of such notification upon request and at no charge.
(D) Persons may challenge the accuracy of the certified report by completing and filing within 21 days of the date of the Secretary of State’s notice under 625 ILCS 5/6-306.5(b) a form provided by the Code Enforcement Administrator specifying the grounds on which such challenge is based. Grounds for challenge are limited to the following:
(1) The person was neither the owner nor the lessee of the vehicle receiving the ten or more applicable violation notices on the date or dates such notices were issued; or
(2) The person has paid the fine and penalty for the ten or more violations indicated on the certified report.
(E) The Code Enforcement Administrator will give notice of a determination thereupon within 14 days of receipt of the form and will notify the person filing the challenge of the determination, and, if applicable, will notify the Secretary of State.
(Ord. 2008-11, passed 4-24-2008)