§ 86-241. Withholding of license plates and validation stickers.

(a)

Effective October 1, 1992, the clerk of courts shall supply the state department of highway safety and motor vehicles (DHSMV) with a magnetically encoded computer tape reel or cartridge which is machine readable by the installed computer system at the state department of highway safety and motor vehicles, listing persons who have three or more outstanding parking violations or one or more handicapped parking zone violations issued by the city.

(b)

If a person's name appears on the list referred to in subsection (a) of this section, the county tax collector shall not issue a license plate or revalidation sticker to such person until such person's name no longer appears on such list or until the person presents a receipt showing that such parking fines and all applicable late charges or other related charges have been paid. The tax collector shall be entitled to receive monthly, as costs for implementing and administering this subsection, ten percent of the civil penalties and fines recovered from such persons.

(c)

If a person's name appears on the list referred to in subsection (a) of this section, the civil penalty or fine for each parking violation that contributed to the appearance of the person's name on the list will increase by 15 percent, and tender of payment of a lesser amount will not be accepted.

(Code 1979, § 19-218)