- (1) It is a civil infraction for any person to commit any offense or violate any statute of this state that is specifically classified as a civil infraction. A civil infraction is a civil matter.
(2) For the purposes of this article 2.3:
- (a) Judge includes any county court magistrate who hears a civil infraction matter; and
- (b) Magistrate includes any county court judge who is acting as a county court magistrate in a civil infraction matter.
- (3) The penalty for commission of a civil infraction, upon conviction, is a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, unless otherwise provided in the section describing the infraction.
- (4) Every person who is convicted of, who admits liability for, or against whom a judgment is entered for a violation of a civil infraction must be fined and have a surcharge levied pursuant to sections 24-4.1-119 (1)(g), 24-4.2-104 (1)(b)(III), and 24-33.5-415.6.
Source: L. 2022: Entire article R&RE, (HB 22-1229), ch. 68, p. 333, § 1, effective March 1.