Administrative procedures for unpaid civil fines

(a) Notices of order. Notices of order for violations of city ordinances, rules, or regulations, for which civil fines are imposed, shall include, in addition to any other required content, the following: (1) A statement declaring that the civil fines being imposed, if unpaid within the time periods prescribed therein, can be added to specified taxes, fees, or charges collected by the city; and (2) A statement or statements advising persons receiving notices of order that their rights to an administrative appeal or judicial review, as appropriate, shall also involve all potential remedies, including the addition of unpaid civil fines to certain taxes, fees, or charges collected by the city, and specified in the notice of order. (b) Rules. Only the executive agency administering a specific civil fines program shall be able to administratively add those unpaid civil fines imposed under their authority to specified taxes, fees, or charges collected by the city. Before administratively adding unpaid civil fines to any taxes, fees, or charges collected by the city, each eligible executive agency shall adopt or amend appropriate rules, pursuant to Chapter 1, Article 9 , for administratively adding unpaid civil fines, and such rules shall specify, at least, the following: (1) The particular taxes, fees, or charges to which unpaid civil fines may be added; (2) The manner whereby written notification shall be made to the executive agency responsible for administering, and thereby collecting, the unpaid civil fines after their addition to each particular tax, fee, or charge; (3) The period of delinquency that must elapse before any unpaid civil fines may be added to any taxes, fees, or charges; (4) The manner whereby written notification shall be made to any person affected by the addition of unpaid civil fines to any taxes, fees, or charges collected by the city, pursuant to this section. The express purpose of such notice shall be only to properly inform an affected person of the action taken; and such notice shall not be construed to provide any additional rights for further review or appeal, other than the appeal rights already provided by this article. Such notice shall provide statements specifying, at a minimum: (A) The particular tax, fee, or charge to which any unpaid civil fine has been administratively added as provided in the notice of order; (B) The effective date of the addition of the unpaid civil fine to the tax, fee, or charge; and (C) The amount of the unpaid civil fine that has been added to the tax, fee, or charge; and (5) Where daily civil fines are accruing, unpaid civil fines shall be added to taxes, fees, or charges, as fixed amounts, subject to the following alternative methods: (A) Unpaid civil fines may be added to any taxes, fees, or charges at such time when the civil fines cease to accrue, whereby the accrual shall cease at a point in time specified in the rules, and the total fine at the cessation of accrual shall become the total unpaid civil fine deemed due and owing; or (B) Unpaid civil fines may continue to accrue so long as a violation is outstanding, whereby the unpaid balance due and owing each year may then be added to the tax, fee, or charge, as specified in the rules, and unpaid balances accruing after this date may be added annually in subsequent years, in the same manner, until paid in full.