A. Any person who receives a notice of civil infraction shall respond to such notice as provided for in this Section within 15 days of the date of the notice.

B. If the person determined to have committed the civil infraction does not contest the determination, the person shall respond by completing the appropriate portion of the notice of civil infraction and submitting it, either by mail or in person, to the court specified on the notice. A check or money order in the amount of the civil penalty prescribed for the civil infraction must be submitted with the response. The clerk of a court may accept cash as payment for a civil infraction. When a response which does not contest the determination is received, an appropriate order shall be entered in the court’s records.

C. If the person determined to have committed the civil infraction does contest the determination, the person shall respond by completing that portion of the notice of civil infraction requesting a hearing and submitting it, either by mail or in person, to the court specified on the notice. The court shall notify the person in writing of the time, place, and date of the hearing, and that date shall not be earlier than 14 days nor more than 90 days from the date of the notice of hearing.

D. If the person determined to have committed the civil infraction does not contest the determination but wishes to explain mitigating circumstances surrounding the infraction, the person shall respond by completing that portion of the notice of civil infraction requesting a hearing for that purpose and submitting it, either by mail or in person, to the court specified on the notice. The court shall notify the person in writing of the time, place, and date of the hearing, and that date shall not be earlier than 14 days nor more than 90 days from the date of the notice of hearing.

E. The court may notify the Prosecuting Attorney of the failure to respond to the notice of civil infraction, or to appear at a requested hearing, or to comply with a court order and shall enter a default judgment as provided for in this Section assessing the monetary penalty prescribed for the civil infraction, with statutory assessment, if any person issued a notice of civil infraction fails to:

F. If any person issued a notice of civil infraction fails to respond to the notice of civil infraction as provided in subsection B above or fails to appear at a hearing requested under subsection C or D above, a monetary penalty in the amount of $25.00 plus statutory assessments shall be imposed.