Sec. 51-164r. Failure to pay or plead.
Sec. 51-164r. Failure to pay or plead. (a) Any person charged with an infraction
who fails to pay the fine and any additional fee imposed or send in his plea of not guilty
by the answer date or wilfully fails to appear for any scheduled court appearance date
which may be required shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
(b) Any person charged with any violation specified in subsection (b) of section
51-164n who fails to pay the fine and any additional fee imposed or send in his plea of
not guilty by the answer date or wilfully fails to appear for any scheduled court appearance date which may be required shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(P.A. 76-381, S. 2; P.A. 79-534, S. 5; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 75, 117; P.A. 93-141, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 79-534 added reference to additional fees; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 added new Subsec. (b) to provide
that failure to pay fines and additional fees pursuant to Sec. 51-164n or submit a not guilty plea by the answer date or
appear for any trial is guilty of a class A misdemeanor; P.A. 93-141 added "wilfully fails" before "to appear" and changed
"trial" to "scheduled court appearance".
Cited. 8 CA 542.