(a) Upon failure of the registered owner or lessee of the "cited vehicle" to appear at the initial administrative hearing indicated in the vehicular regulation violation notice, the Traffic Compliance Administrator shall send or cause to be sent additional notices which:
(1) Shall be sent to the registered owner of the "cited vehicle" at the address as is recorded with the Secretary of State.
(2) Shall be sent to the lessee of the "cited vehicle" at the address last known to the lessor of the "cited vehicle" at the time of the lease.
(3) Shall be sent by first class mail, postage prepaid.
(4) Shall be complete as to service as of the date of deposit in the United States mail.
(5) Shall contain, but not be limited to, the following information:
A. Date and location of the vehicular regulation violation cited in the vehicular regulation violation notice;
B. Particular vehicular regulation violated;
C. Vehicle make and state registration;
D. Fine and any penalty that may be assessed for late payment;
E. Notice to the registered owner or lessee of their current status, other than paid in full;
F. Date, time and place of the second administrative hearing at which the alleged vehicular regulation violation may be contested on its merits;
G. A statement that failure to either pay the fine and any applicable penalty, or failure to appear at the hearing on the date and at the time and place specified, will result in a determination of vehicular regulation violation liability for the "cited" vehicular regulation violation in the amount of the fine and penalty indicated; and
H. A statement that upon the occurrence of a determination of vehicular regulation violation liability and the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust, available administrative and/or judicial procedures for review, any unpaid fine or penalty will constitute a debt due and owing the Village.
(b) Upon failure of the registered owner or lessee to appear at both the initial and second hearing, a notice of vehicular regulation violation liability shall be sent, detailing the rights of the owner or lessee of the "cited vehicle" to petition for the determination of vehicular regulation violation liability to be set aside on certain grounds, as provided for in Section 426.06, and/or file for judicial review pursuant to Section 426.10.
(c) A notice of final determination of vehicular regulation violation liability shall be sent following a final determination of vehicular regulation violation liability, as is hereinafter defined, and after the conclusion any judicial review procedures, or the expiration of the time period for filing for judicial review without the filing taking place, and shall contain, but not be limited to, the following information and warnings:
(1) A statement that the unpaid fine and any penalty assessed is a debt due and owing the Village.
(2) A warning that failure to pay the fine and any penalty due and owing the Village within the time specified may result in the Village's filing a complaint in the Circuit Court to have the unpaid fine or penalty rendered a judgment in accordance with ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, §11-208.3(f).
(3) A warning that the owner's or lessee's driver's license may be suspended for failure to pay fines or penalties for ten (10) or more vehicular standing or parking violations under ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 6-306.5.
(d) A notice of impending suspension of a driver's license shall be sent to any person determined to be liable for the payment of any fine or penalty that remains due and owing on ten (10) or more vehicular standing or parking regulation violations. The notice shall state that the failure to pay the fine or penalty owing within forty-five (45) days of the date of the notice will result in the Village's notifying the Illinois Secretary of State that the person is eligible for initiation of suspension proceedings under ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 6-306.5. The notice shall also state that the person may obtain a copy of an original vehicular regulation violation notice imposing a fine or penalty by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to the Village of Palos Park Police Department along with a request for the copy. The notice of impending driver's license suspension shall be sent by first class mail, postage prepaid, to the address recorded with the Illinois Secretary of State.
(Ord. 2009-25. Passed 10-26-09.)