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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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