2011-64 AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 29 - ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUDICATION OF OFFENSES

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t , issued to the person accused of such violation. A payment shall be considered made within said fourteen (14) days if the payment is actually received by the City's Finance Department, or such other place as designated for receipt of fines, within the fourteen day period. Payments shall be made by cash or certified check, money order or cashier's check made payable to the City of Decatur, or such other forms of tender as the Director of Finance shall specify. C. The Corporation Counsel or his or her designee may, in his or her discretion, elect to reject any such minimum fine as settlement of any violations set forth prior to the date the Notice to Appear and Complaint which charges a person with such violation is filed with the Circuit Court or Violation Notice and Complaint which charges a person with such violation is filed with ACES. In addition, if a violation proximately causes actual out-of-pocket expenses or loss to the victim or victims of said violation, the Corporation Counsel or his or her designee may elect to accept payment of restitution to the victim or victims of the said violation in addition to payment of the minimum fine set forth, as settlement of a violation prior to and in lieu of filing a complaint for the same. D. Peace officers who have issued a Notice to Appear in Circuit Court or Notice of Violation and Complaint in ACES to a person for an offense under this Code for which the minimum fine is set forth in Table 29-1 shall deliver the original copies of the Notice to Appear or the Violation Notice and Complaint to ACES. E. If a person pays a minimum fine pursuant to this Section, and such payment is not rejected under Subsection (C) of this Section, then the Complaint charging the person with the particular violation shall not be filed by the City in either the Circuit Court or ACES or if filed, shall be dismissed with no administrative costs assessed. F. Effective May 1, 2013, and every two (2) years thereafter on May 1, the minimum fine set forth in Table 29-1 shall be increased automatically by the amount of Ten Dollars ($10) unless the City Council, by ordinance, delays the effective date of such increase. The City Clerk shall on or after May 1 of any such year cause a new Table 29-1 be codified. 12. SEVERABILITY. It is declared to be the intention of the Council that the sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and words of this Code and Chapter are severable. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or word is declared unconstitutional or otherwise invalid by the lawful judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, its unconstitutionality or invalidity shall