(a) A default fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each charge shall be assessed against a defendant who fails to appear, or who fails to pay a sanction or penalty imposed by the court, in any case involving a civil traffic violation of the Arizona Revised Statutes or civil violation, civil infraction or civil parking infraction of the Code.
(b) The default fee may be waived or suspended when such waiver would be in the interest of justice. No person who is found to be indigent by the city court shall be required to pay the default fee.
(c) The default fee provided for in this section is hereby declared to be a cost recovery measure, administrative in nature, separate from and in addition to any other fines or fees imposed. The city court shall set forth the requirement and amount of such default fee as a separate item in all orders and judgments.
(d) In addition to any other rights and remedies available to the city, the city attorney is authorized to institute appropriate civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction for recovery of the default fee authorized under this section.
(Ord. No. 9194, § 1, 1-25-99; Ord. No. 10010, § 1, 8-2-04)