The city adopts AS 12.55.039 which adds a surcharge of ten dollars ($10) to the fine or other penalty for all offenses cited by the city under this chapter. The surcharge is not part of the fine. It must be assessed separately, listed separately on the citation and on the judgment, and receipted using a separate accounting code.

The surcharge is mandatory. It may not be waived, deferred or suspended. However, a judge may allow a defendant who is unable to pay the surcharge to perform community work service under AS 12.55.055(c) in lieu of the surcharge.

In imposing the fine, the court may not reduce the fine by the amount of the surcharge or otherwise consider the applicability of a surcharge to the offense. AS 12.55.035(f). [Ord. 13-17 § 2.]