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p- Sf. ~"L: j s Sec. 1.05. Penalty. (a) Ordinance violations, Any person violating any provision of the Legislative Code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon cO!l~tiolbthereof may be punished by a fme not to exceed seven hundred dollars ($700,00)Wby9mprisonment for a term not to exceed ninety (90) days, or both, regardl6s of whether a lesser penalty is fIxed or provided for by a particular ordinance, including but not limited to reductions or stated maximums for early payment offmes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any person violating a section of the Legislative Code which provides a penalty of a fine only shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof may be punished as provided by that section, but in no event to exceed two hundred dollars ($200,00). Nothing herein is intended to or shall have the effect oflimiting the power of the judiciary to establish and use recommended fIne schedules for violations of provisions of the Legislative Code. (b) Maximumjines after August I, 2000, Notwithstanding subsection (a) above, on and after August I, 2000, the maximum allowable tine for a misdemeanor shall be one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), and the maximum allowable tine for a petty misdemeanor shall be three hundred dollars ($300.00). (c) Ordinances identical to state law. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Legislative Code to the contrary, the ptmishment tor violation of any ordinance which is identical (except tor the punishment provided therein) to a Minnesota statutory provision, shall be as provided in the said Minnesota statutory provision. (Code 1956, ~ 500.05; C.F. No. 00.573, g 1,7.5.00) Sec. 1.06. Liability for ordinance violations of another. (a) A person is criminally liable tor a crime committed by another if he intentionally aids, advises, hires, counsels or conspires with or otherwise procures the other to commit the cnme. (b) A person liable under paragraph (a) is also liable tot any other crime committed in pUl'suance of the intended crime if reasonably foreseeable by him as a probable consequence of committing or attempting to commit the crime intended. (c) A person who intentionally aids, advises, hires, counsels or conspires with or otherwise procures another to commit a crime and thereafter abandons his purpose and makes a reasonable effort to prevent the commission of the crime prior to its commission is not liable if the crime is thereafter committed. (d) A person liable under dlis section may be charged with and convicted of the crime although the person who directly committed it has not been convicted or has been convicted of some other degree of the crime or of some other crime based on the same act.