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(1)__The authority shall send a notice of liability by | | certified mail, return receipt requested, to a person | | alleged to be liable as a registered owner under this | | subsection.__The notice must be sent to the address of | | the registered owner on record with the authority if the | | registered owner is an electronic toll collection patron | | of the authority or, if no such record exists, the | | address of the registered owner on record with the | | Secretary of State.__A record of the certified mailing is | | prima facie evidence of the mailing of the notice. |
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| | | (2)__A notice of liability must include the name and | | address of the person alleged to be liable as a | | registered owner for the failure to pay a toll under | | this subsection, the amount of the toll not paid, the | | registration number of the vehicle involved, the toll | | collection facility at which the failure occurred and | | the date and the approximate time of the failure.__The | | notice must also include the name, address and | | telephone number of the violation clerk responsible for | | enforcing the penalty for the failure to pay. |
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| | | (3)__A notice of liability must include information | | advising the person liable under this subsection of the | | manner and time in which the liability alleged in the | | notice may be contested and the statutory defenses | | described in paragraph E.__The notice must also include | | a warning that failure to contest in the manner and | | time provided is an admission of liability and a waiver | | of available defenses and may result in revocation of | | the registration certificate and plates issued for the | | vehicle. |
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| | | (4)__Within 30 calendar days after the date of the | | issuance of the notice of liability, the registered | | owner to whom the notice is issued must: |
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| | | (a)__Pay the amount of the toll for which the | | person is liable, the civil penalty or penalties | | provided for in paragraph A and an administrative | | fee of $20 for each toll for which the person is | | liable but has not paid; |
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| | | (b)__Send a written dispute by mail to the | | violation clerk named in the notice, as provided | | by paragraph I; or |
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| | | (c)__Request a hearing with the violation clerk | | named in the notice as provided by paragraph J. |
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