Fine Assessment and Parking Citations

The Fine Assessment feature enables your jurisdiction to establish rules that Contexte uses to automatically calculate fines and fees when a parking violation is filed. Fines/fees are classified as either pre-disposition or post-disposition. Pre-disposition fees are not considered receivables. Pre-disposition fines/fees can be adjusted before disposition; post-disposition fines/fees can be adjusted after disposition.

How the fine assessment feature works with parking violations

1. Using the Uniform Bail/Penalty Schedule Rule form (CTRUBPS), the person setting up your system defines rules associating parking violations with detail codes and fine amounts. Each rule has an effective date range.

Rules for bail calculation are also established on the Uniform Bail/Penalty Schedule Rule form (CTRUBPS), as are minimum and maximum fine/fee amounts for violations.

2. You file a case on the Parking Citation Entry form  (CVAPARK) and enter a parking violation. The system checks if the violation is part of a rule defined on the Uniform Bail/Penalty Schedule Rule form (CTRUBPS). If it is, the system calculates fines/fees based on the rule.

Fee rules may also exist for the violation on the Violation/Fine Rule Maintenance form (CTRCFIN). If so, those are added to the case as collectible fees. Any fees added through CTRUBPS rules are considered assessed fees until such time as the violation is disposed.

Viewing and adjusting fines/fees

Use the  Uniform Bail/Penalty Schedule form (CBAUBPS) to view and adjust both pre-disposition and post-disposition fines/fees, as well as fines/fees associated with the violation on either the Violation/Fine Rules form (CTRCFIN) or the Case/Party Account Detail form (CBAACCD). You can enter a case and party ID to view violations, total amounts, and the details on each charge. You can increase fines/fees. However, fines/fees may be defined on CTRDETC as ineligible for decrease until all other fines/fees are reduced to zero. In that case, you must zero out all other fees first.

Once a violation is disposed, any fines/fees become receivables and can be seen on other ACS Contexte forms.

You can use the Uniform Bail/Penalty Schedule Inquiry form (CBIUBPS) to view both pre-disposition and post-disposition fines/fees, including any adjustments.

You can also use the Parking Ticket Query form (CVIPARK) to view parking citation information including the amounts owed on the violation. This form also reflects any payments that have been made and the payment receipt number.

Viewing the distribution of fines/fees

Use the Violation Fees General Ledger Inquiry form (CAIVFGL) to view the distribution of all payments to fines/fees after the Accounting Feed Process has been run. You can query by case ID or receipt number. If authorized to do so, you can open the GL Transactions form (CAAMENT) from this form in order to adjust the general ledger.