(70 ILCS 200/240-45)
Sec. 240-45.
Ordinances and rules; fines and penalties.
The Board shall have power to pass all ordinances and make all
rules and regulations proper or necessary to carry into effect the powers
granted to the Authority, with such fines or penalties as may be deemed
proper. No fine or penalty, however, shall exceed $500 and no imprisonment
authorized by this Section for failure to pay any fine, penalty or cost
shall exceed 6 months for one offense. All fines and penalties shall
be imposed by ordinance, which shall be published in a newspaper of general
circulation published in the area embraced by the Authority. No such ordinance
shall take effect until ten days after its publication.
The Board is authorized to recover the fines and penalties imposed for
violation of its ordinances by suit in the name of the Authority before
the circuit court of Winnebago County. The procedure in such suits shall
be the same as that provided by law for like suits for the violation of
ordinances in cities organized under the Illinois Municipal Code, and offenders
may be imprisoned for nonpayment of fines and costs in the same manner as
in such cities. All fines when collected shall be paid into the treasury
of the Authority.
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)
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