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513.99 GENERAL OFFENSES CODE 38 <br />513.99 PENALTY; MANDATORY FINES. <br />(EDITOR'S NOTE: See Section 501.99 for penalties applicable to any misdemeanor <br />classification.) <br />(a) Notwithstanding the fines otherwise required to~ be imposed pursuant to <br />Section 501.99 ~ for violations of this chapter and the sentencing criteria <br />provided in Ohio R.C. 2929.22, the court shall impose a mandatory fine <br />for any violation of this chapter as follows: <br />Classification of Misdemeanor Mandatory Fine <br />First degree $1000.00 <br />Second degree 750.00 <br />Third degree 500.00 <br />Fourth degree 250.00 <br />Minor 100.00 _ <br />(b) The court may impose a fine in addition to a mandatory fine imposed pursuant <br />to subsection (a) hereof if the total of the additional and mandatory fines <br />does not exceed the maximum fine that could be imposed pursuant to <br />Section 501.99 <br />(c) The court shall not impose a mandatory fine pursuant to subsection (a) <br />hereof upon an offender who alleges, in an affidavit filed with the court <br />prior to his sentencing, that he is indigent and is unable to pay any mandatory <br />fine imposed pursuant to subsection (a) hereof, if the court determines the <br />offender is an indigent person and is unable to pay the fine. <br />1993 Replacement <br />