(A) Any person, firm or corporation who violates any provision of this code for which another penalty is not specifically provided shall, upon conviction, be subject to the following:
(1) A fine not exceeding $2,500 for the first violation; and
(2) A fine not exceeding $7,500 for second and subsequent violations, except for violations of ordinances regulating traffic and parking.
(B) A separate violation shall be deemed committed upon each day during which a violation occurs or continues.
(C) A late payment fee of $25 from a defendant who is found to have committed a crime, violated a statute defining an infraction, violated an ordinance of the town or committed a delinquent act who is required to pay court costs including fees, a fine or civil penalty and is not determined by the court imposing the court costs, fine or civil penalty to be an indigent and fails to pay to the Clerk-Treasurer a cost, fine or civil penalty in full before the latter of the following: The end of the business day on which the court enters the conviction judgment; or the end of the period specified in a payment schedule set for the payment of court costs, fines or civil penalties under rules adopted for the operation of the court. Notwithstanding I.C. 33-37-2-2, the court may suspend a late payment fee if the court finds that the defendant has demonstrated good cause for failure to make a timely payment of court costs, fines or civil penalty.
(Rule passed 7-1-2001)
Statutory reference:
Authority, see I.C. 36-1-3-8(a)(10)