HB416 Summary

• Authorizes municipalities to adopt ordinances establishing civil parking violation enforcement procedures with fines up to $100, or minimum $100 for handicap violations, plus up to $100 in court costs for contested cases.

• Establishes that vehicle owners are presumptively liable for parking violations but may contest liability at administrative hearings before a magistrate with municipality bearing burden of proof by preponderance of evidence.

• Allows appeals of adverse municipal court findings to circuit court for trial de novo without jury, with appeals staying enforcement of civil fines if filed within 14 days.

• Authorizes municipalities to immobilize vehicles (using wheel clamps/boots in high visibility colors) or impound them when owners have 3 or more unpaid parking tickets, with immobilization removal fees up to $65 and impoundment procedures requiring post-impoundment hearings within 3 business days.

• Permits vehicle owners or lien holders to recover immobilized or impounded vehicles by paying outstanding fines and fees within 21 days, with vehicles deemed abandoned and subject to public auction if not claimed within that timeframe.