As Amended
SEC. 69-21-137. Payment of penalties, attorney's fees, and court costs.
(1) Any penalty assessed by the board shall be due and payable within thirty (30) days of the receipt of the board's order in the matter by the person owing the penalty unless the board agrees to allow a longer period for payment. All sums of money collected as a result of fines levied under this section shall be disbursed as provided in Section 69-21-125(1).
(2) If the judgment is not paid within thirty (30) days, or within such additional time as the board may allow, the board through its designated representative may file suit in the circuit court of the county where the defendant resides or in the case of a nonresident defendant in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County or any other court with appropriate jurisdiction to enforce the decision of the board and recover reasonable attorney's fees and all court costs.
(3) A copy of the notification sent by the board to the violator shall be sufficient proof as to the judgment of the board, and a copy of the United States Postal Service return receipt, or a similar indicia of delivery or service, shall be sufficient to prove receipt of the board's order by the person owing the penalties.
SOURCES: Laws, 2002, ch. 301, § 16, HB 866, eff from and after passage (approved Jan. 31, 2002.).