§ 45-53-201 — Rulemaking Authority; Enforcement; Penalties

(a) The county commission may adopt rules and regulations to enforce the purchase of county motor vehicle license plates and tags by county residents. The county, after a hearing, may impose a civil penalty upon county residents violating the rules or regulations enforcing the purchase of county motor vehicle license plates and tags which have been imposed by the county commission. The civil penalty shall be payable at a place and pursuant to procedures adopted by the county commission.
(b) The sheriff and other duly constituted and authorized law enforcement officers shall enforce any violations of the rules and regulations enforcing the purchase of county motor vehicle license plates and tags pursuant to subsection (a).
(c) The county commission may develop, adopt, promulgate, enforce, and collect a civil penalty for the violation by any person of any county commission rule and regulation authorized by this section. The civil penalty for each violation shall be five hundred dollars ($500). The civil penalty shall be payable directly to the county and may be enforced, in the discretion of the county commission, by civil suit or process in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(d) The county commission may develop, adopt, and implement forms and procedures for the issuing of citations for civil violations and payment of civil penalties to implement this section. The civil penalties shall be deposited in the county general fund and used for general county purposes.

Legislative History

(Act 2001-664, p. 1386, §§ 2-5.)