(a) Whoever violates any provision of this chapter which is not specifically declared to be a civil infraction and for which no other penalty is provided shall be subject to the general Code penalty provided in Section 202.99 of the Administration Code.
(b) Whoever violates Section 486.18 shall be fined not more than three hundred dollars ($300.00) for each violation.
(c) The owner or driver of a vehicle who transports a flammable liquid in violation of Section 486.28 is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than three thousand dollars ($3,000) or imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both.
(Res. 93-512. Passed 7-26-93.)
(d) An owner of a vehicle or a lessee of the vehicle of an owner-operator who causes or allows a vehicle to be loaded and driven or moved on a highway, when the weight of that vehicle violates Section 486.28, is responsible for a civil infraction and shall be assessed a civil fine in an amount equal to three cents ($0.03) per pound for each pound of excess load over 1,000 pounds when the excess is 2,000 pounds or less; six cents ($0.06) per pound of excess load when the excess is over 2,000 pounds but not over 3,000 pounds; nine cents ($0.09) per pound for each pound of excess load when the excess is over 3,000 pounds but not over 4,000 pounds; twelve cents ($0.12) per pound for each pound of excess load when the excess is over 4,000 pounds but not over 5,000 pounds; fifteen cents ($0.15) per pound for each pound of excess load when the excess is over 5,000 pounds, but not over 10,000 pounds; and twenty cents ($0.20) per pound for each pound of excess load when the excess is over 10,000 pounds. However, the court shall have discretionary power as to the amount of the civil fine within the schedule provided by this subsection and may impose the civil fine for a civil infraction when, at the time of the violation, either the motor vehicle, motor vehicle and semitrailer or trailer did not exceed the total weight which would be lawful for each unit by a proper distribution of the load upon the various axles supporting each unit.
(Res. 96-71. Passed 1-16-96.)